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At a Session of ASSEMBLY begun and held at the
City of Annapolis, in the County of Ann-Arundel,
the 27th Day of October, and ended the 14th Day
of November, in the 12th Year of the Reign of
our
Sovereign Lady ANNE, Queen of Great-Britain,
France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith,
&c.
Annoq; Domini 1713, were Enacted the Laws following. |
Preamble.
The Sheriffs
to convey all
Public letters
to the
Sheriff of the
next County.
The annual
Allowances
to Sheriffs to
be charged in
the Public
Levy, in lieu
of all Charges
accruing
by the Conveyance
of
Public Letters.
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FORASMUCH as several of the Inhabitants of this Province have been
formerly subject to great and manifest Inconveniences by pressing of
Horses, under Pretext of carrying and conveying Public Letters and
Packets: For Prevention whereof, and that due Care may be taken for the
future, that all Public Letters and Packets, relating to her Majesty's,
or the
Public Service of this Province, be securely and expeditiously conveyed,
according
to their Directions, the Delegates of this present General Assembly
do pray that it may be Enacted;
II. And be it
Enacted, by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the
Advice and Consent of her Majesty's President, Council, and Assembly of
this Province,
and the Authority of the same, That the Sheriff of each respective
County is hereby enjoined and commanded to take Care of all Public Letters
and Packets, and expeditiously convey them, according to their respective
Directions,
to the next Sheriff or Under-Sheriff of the next adjacent County.
III. And for
the Encouragement of the several and respective Sheriffs, and
their Diligence in conveying such Public Letters and Packets, that they
may
be allowed the several Sums hereafter expressed, to be laid in the Public
Levy
of this Province, That is to say;
To the Sheriff of Ann-Arundel County, Fifteen Hundred Pounds
of Tobacco,
who is hereby obliged to convey all such Letters and Packets as are directed,
and must go over tot he Eastern Shore, to Kent-Island, and there
to
be delivered to the Sheriff of Queen-Anne's County, or his Deputy.
To the Sheriff of Queen-Anne's County, Fourteen Hundred Pounds of
Tobacco,
who is hereby also obliged to convey all such Letters and Packets as
are directed to the City of Annapolis, to the said City.
To the Sheriff of Cæcil County, One Thousand Pounds of Tobacco,
who is
also obliged to convey all such Letters and Packets as are directed to
the Northward,
to the Town of New-Castle upon Delaware.
To the Sheriff of Talbot County, Eight Hundred Pounds of Tobacco. |
