Acts. 219

June one thousand seven hundred and fourteen and the Supple-
mentary Act thereto made at a session of Assembly begun and held
at the City of Annapolis the third Day of October one thousand
seven hundred and twenty eight be and are hereby continued and
shall remain and be in full fforce for and during the Term of twenty
one Years and to the End of the next Session of Assembly which
shall happen after the End of the said twenty one Years.

Liber R. G.
1773

By the Lower House of
Assembly Dec.^r 16.^th 1773
Read and Assented to
Signed by Order
Jn.^o Duckett
Clk: Lo: Ho:

2 1/2 Sides

On behalf of the Right
Honble the Lord Pro-
prietary 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 16.^th 1773
Read and Assented to
Signed by Order
U. Scott Cl. Up. Ho.

No. 1 8 An Act for the Relief of the Poor in Saint Marys County —
Whereas the Necessity, Number and continual Increase of the
poor within said County is very great, and exceedingly burthensome,
which might be greatly lessened, by a due Regulation and Employ-
ment of them —

p. 260

Be it therefore enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary 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 there shall be an Alms and Work House erected built and
set up in Saint Marys County at a Convenient Place therein at the
General Charge and Expence of the said County of Saint Marys,

[An Alms
and Work-
House to be
erected in
St. Mary's
County.]

and that the Justices of the said County Court for the Time being
shall and they are hereby Authorized and impowered to Assess
and Levy on the Taxable Inhabitants of said County at the Time
of Laying their County Levy a Quantity not exceeding fifteen pounds
of Tobacco by the Poll on each and every the Taxable Inhabitants
of their said County in each of the Years of our Lord Seventeen hun-
dred and seventy three Seventeen hundred and Seventy four and
Seventeen hundred and Seventy five 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 by the Sheriff
of the said County from the several Taxable Persons who shall
reside within the same, in the same manner as the Public and
County Levies are collected and the said Tobacco when so as Afore-
said collected shall be paid by such Sheriff to such Trustees for the
Poor or the Major Part of them as are by this Act appointed; who
are hereby authorized and required to receive and apply the same to
the Use and Purposes hereinafter directed.

[Justices to
levy 15 lb.
of Tobacco
per Poll, in

1773, 1774,
and 1775, to
be paid to
the Trustees,
&c.]

Provided always and be it enacted That it shall and may be Lawful
for the several and Respective taxable Inhabitants within the said
County to pay and discharge the said several Assessments in Money

[Proviso.]