| 1640. |
10 CÆCILIUS Lord BALTIMORE.
|
CHAP.
X.
|
Tobacco to be exported, 'til sealed by a sworn Viewer,
on pain of treble Forfeiture. (2.) The
Commander of every County to appoint and swear 3 Viewers
in every Hundred. (3.) Any person
might demand a Viewer to view any Tobacco wherein he
might have Interest, paying the Fee.
(4.) if any Exception was taken at the Viewer's
Judgment, the Owner of the Tobacco was to
name one, the Creditor of Viewer another, and (if they
dissented) the Commander to name a
third, which two or three should determine the question.
(5.) Bad Tobaccoes were to be judged,
Ground-Leaves, Second-Crop-Leaves, notably Bruised or
Worm-eaten, or Leaves Houseburnt,
Frost-bitten, Weather-beaten in the House, Sooty, Wet,
or in too high Case, so that
the Viewer, upon his Conscience, might reasonably think
that it was not likely to last Sound
'til Midsummer following. (6.) Where a Hogshead
was found bad for the greater part, it was
to be burned; where, for the less Part, the Owner was
to forfeit four-fold the quantity of the
bad ( so as it exceeded not the quantity in the Case
or Chest) one half to the Viewer, the other
half to the Lord Proprietary. (7.) The Viewer
to have, for Viewing, Two Pounds of Tobacco
per hogshead; for Receiving, Four Pounds; and for Burning,
Ten Pounds of Tobacco
per Hogshead. (8.) All Cases and Offences
against this Act, to be determined, & c. by the
Lieut. General and Council, or by the Commander and Assistants
of any County, &c. |
| 1641. |
At a Session of GENERAL ASSEMBLY, begun
and held at St. Mary's, on the 5th and
ended the
12th Day of August 1641, were Enacted
the following
Laws. |
|
The Hon. LEONARD CALVERT, Esq; Lieut. General.
|
|
CHAP. I.
|
Passed 12th
August 1641.
|
An Act against Fugitives. Lib. C and WH. fol.
72.
This Act was passed without Limitation;
yet another Act in the very same Words was passed
in March
Session this current Year, ch. 6. |
|
CHAP. II.
|
| Ditto. |
An Act for Measures. Lib. C and WH. fol. 72.
EXP. |
|
To continue for 2 Years, &c.
|
|
CHAP. III.
|
| Ditto. |
An Act for Causes Testamentary. Lib. C and WH.
fol. 73. EXP. |
|
To continue for 2 Years, &c.
|
|
The above ACTS were Published, under the Great Seal,
on 15th August 1641. |
|
At a Session of GENERAL ASSEMBLY, begun
and held at St. Mary's on the 21st, and
ended the
23d day of March 1641, were Enacted the
following
Laws. |
|
The Hon. LEONARD CALVERT, Esq; Lieut. General.
|
|
CHAP. IV.
|
Passed 23d
March 1641. |
An Act for the putting in Force of some * Laws for the Government
of the Province.
Lib. C and WH. fol. 75. EXP. |
|
* Viz. Certain branches of 1638, ch. 2,
hereby continued 'til the end of the next Assembly,
& c. See the Note upon that
Act. |
|
CHAP. V.
|
| Ditto. |
An Act for granting One Subsidy. Lib. C and WH.
fol. 76. EXP. |
|
N.B. " The Freemen of this
Province (as set forth in the Preamble) out of their Desire to
" return his Lordship some Testimony of their Gratitude
for his Lordship's great Charge and
" Sollicitude in maintaining the Government, and protecting
the Inhabitants in their Persons,
" Rights and Liberties, and to contribute some Support
towards it, so far as the young and poor
" Estate of the Colony will yet bear, do desire that
it may be Enacted," & c. And the Subsidy
granted was 15 lb of Tobacco per Poll, and Cask, for
every Inhabitant of the Province, Male
and Female, Children under the Age of 12 Years excepted,
to be paid according to the Lists or
Returns made by the several House-keepers, between the
25th July and 25th August next, under
the Penalty of 30 lb of Tobacco for every such Taxable
concealed, &c. |
|
 |
