| 1704. |
3 ANNE.
|
CHAP.
LXII.
Certificate of
the Rate of
Freight, &c.
to be sent
with Craft
fetching Tobacco
from
another
County, on
Penalty of
40 s. Sterling.
Copies of
this Act to be
affixed in the
Offices of the
Collectors
and Naval
Officers. |
IV. And be it
further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That every
Master and Commander of Ship, or Vessel, as aforesaid, that shall send
any
Sloop, or other Craft, to another County to fetch Tobacco, to be put
on
board his Ship or Vessel on Freight, shall send by the Skipper or Master
of
such Sloop, or other Craft, a Certificate, under the Hand of the Clerk
of
that County where such Note of Freight was published as aforesaid,
certifying
the Rate of his Freight, and Publication thereof as aforesaid, under
the
Penalty of Forfeiting Forty Shillings Sterling, to the Uses aforesaid,
to be recovered
as aforesaid.
V. And the
Collectors and Naval Officers shall, at the Charge of the County
where such Collectors and Naval Officers inhabit, procure Copies of
this
Law; for each Copy whereof the said County Clerk shall have Ten Pounds
of Tobacco, and no more, and affix the same in their offices, on or
before
the Tenth Day of December next ensuing, under the Penalty of
Forty Shillings
Sterling, to be for such Neglect forfeited and paid to the Uses aforesaid,
to be recovered as aforesaid.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
|
|
CHAP. LXIII.
|
Passed 3d of
October 1704. |
An Act for appointing Court Days in each respective County in this
Province.
Lib. LL. N° 3. fol. 153.
REP. 1708, ch. 12. |
|
A new Law made 1708, ch. 12.
|
|
CHAP. LXIV.
|
| Ditto. |
An Act for laying an Imposition of Three Pence per Hogshead on Tobacco,
for defraying
the public Charge of this Province. Lib. LL.
N° 3. fol. 153. REP.
1715, ch. 1.
To continue 3 Years. Farther continued
by 1708, ch. 17; and 1712, ch. 14. A new Law
1714, ch. 1.
|
|
CHAP. LXV.
|
| Ditto. |
An Act prohibiting the Inhabitants of this Province, or any others,
from carrying
Liquors to Indian Towns. Lib. LL. N°
3. fol. 155. OBS. |
|
A new Law made 1715, ch. 16.
|
|
CHAP. LXVI.
|
| Ditto. |
An Act prohibiting Commissioners, Sheriffs, Clerks, and Deputy-Clerks,
to plead
as Attorneys in their respective County Courts.
Lib. LL. N° 3. fol. 155. OBS. |
|
A new Law made 1715, ch. 41.
|
|
CHAP. LXVII.
|
| Ditto. |
An Act to encourage the Inhabitants of this Province to adventure
their Ships and
Vessels more freely abroad, to import Rum, Sugar, Negroes,
and other Commodities.
Lib. LL. N° 3. fol. 150. OBS. |
|
The Purport of this Act is answered by the Act 1715,
ch. 36.
|
|
CHAP. LXVIII.
|
| Ditto. |
An Act impowering a Committee to lay, assess and apportion the public
Levy of this
present Year, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Four.
Lib. LL. N° 3. fol.
157. EXP.
|
|
CHAP. LXIX.
|
| Ditto. |
An ACT against excessive Usury. Lii. LL. N° 3. fol.
159.
|
Interest of
Money limited
to 6 per
Cent. |
BE it Enacted by the Queen's
most excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice
and Consent of her Majesty's Governor, Council, and Assembly of this Province,
and the Authority of the same, That no Person or persons whatsoever,
within this province, whether Inhabitant or Foreigner, upon any
Contract, from and after the End of this present Session of Assembly, shall
exact or take, directly or indirectly, for Loan of any Monies, Wares or
Merchandizes,
or other Commodities whatsoever, to be paid in Money, above the
Value of Six Pounds for the Forbearance of One Hundred Pounds for one
Year, and so after that Rate for a greater or lesser Sum, or for a larger
or
shorter Time; nor shall any Person or persons whatsoever, within this Province,
as aforesaid, from and after the Time aforesaid, exact and take, directly |
|
 |
