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JOHN SEYMOUR, Esq; Governor
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1704. |
of Assembly of this Province, made or enacted at any Time before the
Session
of Assembly begun and held at the Port of Annapolis, the Twenty-Sixth
Day
of April One Thousand Seven Hundred and Four, except the Act, entitled,
An Act for Establishment of Religious Worship in this Province, according
to the
Church of England, and for the Maintainance of Ministers; and
except the Act
for keeping good Rules and Orders in the Port of Annapolis; and
which are not
revived, saved, and enacted this present Session of Assembly, be, and are
hereby repealed and made void.
II. Saving always,
to all and every person or Persons, whatsoever was
and is his and their Rights and Benefits, which he or they had by the former
Acts of Assembly; any thing in this present Act contained to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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CHAP.
LXXVII.
The Act of
1702, ch. 1,
and of 1696,
ch. 24, excepted.
A Saving of
all Rights
under former
Acts. |
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CHAP. LXXVIII.
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An ACT confirming to the Governor of this Province the Duty
of Three Pence per Ton, upon the Burthen of Ships and
Vessels.
Lib. LL. N° 3. fol. 170.
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Passed 3d of
October 1704. |
WHEREAS the Governors of this Province have heretofore had and
enjoyed a Duty of Three Pence per Ton of the Burthen of all
Ships and Vessels trading into this Province;
II. Be it therefore
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 the several and respective
Masters
of all Ships or Vessels trading or coming into this Province, of what Burthen
soever, shall, at the Time of Entering such Ships and Vessels as aforesaid,
pay unto the Governor of this Province for the Time being, Three Pence
per
Ton for every Ton of Burthen the said Ship or Vessel shall be of, or give
good Caution to the Naval Officer with whom he or they shall Enter, for
Payment thereof.
III. All Such Ships or Vessels as are bonâ
Fide, built in, or belonging to the
People of this Province excepted.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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Preamble.
Three Pence
per Ton to be
paid, on Vessels,
to the
Governor,
at the Time
of their Entry,
&c.
Country Bottoms
excepted. |
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CHAP. LXXIX.
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An Act declaring an Act, entitled, * An Act ascertaining the
Bounds of Land,
to be in Force. Lib. LL. N° 3. fol. 170.
EXP. |
Passed 3d of
October 1704. |
* 1699, ch. 18; hereby continued to the End
of the next Session.
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CHAP. LXXX.
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An ACT declaring the Petitionary Act relating to the Free-School,
to be in Force. Lib. LL. N° 3. fol.
171.
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Ditto. |
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 the Petitionary Act of
Assembly, for founding and establishing Free-Schools within this Province,
made at a General Assembly of this Province, begun and held at Annapolis,
the First Day of July in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred
and Ninety-six, directed To his most Excellent
Majesty, and every Branch,
Clause and Paragraph thereof, is hereby declared to stand and be in full
Force,
Power and Virtue, to all Intents, Constructions and Purposes whatsoever.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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The Act of
1696, ch. 17,
declared to
be in Force. |
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