208 Assembly Proceedings, November 16— December 23, 1773-

Liber R. G.
1773

said Commissioners had been legally constituted a Body Politic and
Corporate in Deed and in Name with Capacity to purchase

By the Lower House of
Assembly Dec.^r 14^th 1773
Read and Assented to
Signed by Order
John Duckett
Clk. Lo: Ho:

4 Sides

On behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord
Proprietary of this Prov-
ince I will this be a Law
Rob.^t Eden

The great Seal
in Wax appendant

By the Upper House of
Assembly Dec.^r 15^th 1773
Read and Assented to
Signed by Order
U. Scott Clk. Up: Ho:

No. 9

p. 248
[Preamble.]

An Act for the Relief of the poor in Ann Arundel County —
Whereas the Trustees for the Poor of Ann Arundel County have
represented to this present General Assembly that they have con-
tracted with Workmen to erect an Alms and Work House and
finish the same on or before the first Day of May next And that the
Justices of Ann Arundel County are prohibited by Act of Assembly
from Assessing or Levying any Tobacco or Money for the Sup-
port of such Poor as may be taken into said House untill the Month
of November one Thousand seven hundred and seventy four in Con-
sequence Whereof the said House will stand idle and useless to the

County unless Provision be made to defray the expence that must

attend the taking in and supporting the Poor in said House: All
which Facts appearing to be true and that the said Work House will
Probably be finished some time next summer

Justices to
levy 10 lb.
of Tobacco
per Poll, to
defray the
Expence of
supporting
the Poor.

Be it enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Governor and the Upper
and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority of the same that
the Justices of Ann Arundel County shall and they are hereby re-
quired at this laying of the County levy for the present Year to
assess and levy on the Taxable Inhabitants of Ann Arundel County
a Sum not exceeding ten pounds of Tobacco per Poll together with
the Sheriffs Salary of five per Cent for collecting the same which
said Assessments so as aforesaid to be made and levied shall be
collected the ensuing Year by the sheriff of said County from the
Taxable Inhabitants of said County in the same Manner as Publick
and County Levies are collected and paid to the Trustees of the
Poor for said County to defray the Expence of taking in and sup-
porting the Poor in said House

Tobacco
may be paid
in Money.

And be it further enacted that the Taxable Inhabitants of said
County shall be and they are hereby enabled to pay the Tobacco so
assessed in Money at the same Rates and in the same Manner as other