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10 CHARLES Lord BALTIMORE.
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CHAP.
VI.
A Tender of
Tobacco legal
from the
1st of Nov. to
the last of
May yearly. |
II. Be it therefore
Enacted, by the Right Honourable
the Lord Proprietor,
by and with the Advice and Consent
of his Lordship's Governor, and the Upper and
Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the same, That
all Debtors
tendering Tobacco at any Time between the First Day of November,
and the
Last Day of May yearly, shall have the same Privileges, Benefits
and Advantages
as they might have had by virtue of the said recited Act, in case of
Tenders between the First Day of November and the last of March
yearly,
any Limitation therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
III. Provided
always, That the Creditor shall
not be obliged to receive
Tobacco of less Weights, or worse Quality, than the Debtor hath contracted
to pay; any thing in this, or the said recited Act to the contrary notwithstanding.
IV.
And be it Enacted, That Tobacco
to be paid to the Sheriff, in Discharge
of the Public and other Dues and Fees, shall and may be viewed and examined,
as the said recited Act directs Tobacco to discharge other Debts to
be viewed and examined; and that where any Person hath good merchantable
Tobacco in Hogsheads, (or in Parcels, if the Debt br but a Parcel) ready
to
pay the Sheriff, and tenders the same, and that notwithstanding such Tender,
the Sheriff shall take the Party tendering such Tobacco, or his or her
Goods
in Execution, without suffering such Tobacco to be viewed, or allowing
a reasonable
Time for such View, not to exceed Ten Days, that in all such Cases,
the Sheriff shall not only have no Fees, but also be liable to an Action
of
False Imprisonment, or Trespass, and to pay double Damages and Cost of
Suit to the Party grieved; any Law, Usage, or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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CHAP. VII.
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Passed 4th
Nov. 1724. |
An Act to confirm unto William Anderson of Ann-Arundel
County, Planter, a
certain Tract of Land herein after mentioned.
Lib. L. Nº 5. fol. 11. PR.
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CHAP. VIII.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for the Naturalization of John Swineyard of Baltimore
County, Planter.
Lib. L. Nº 5. fol. 11. PR.
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CHAP. IX.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for confirming a certain Deed of Settlement made by Robert
Proctor, of
certain Lands and Tenements therein mentioned, to his
then Wife Rachel, now
called Rachel Freeborn; and to invest the said
Rachel with other Lands, in
pursuance of one Deed of Gift Settlement. Lib.
L. Nº 5. fol. 12. PR.
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CHAP. X.
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Ditto.
* 1715, ch. 36. |
An ACT repealing Part of an Act, entitled, * An Act laying
an Imposition on Negroes, and several Sorts of Liquors
imported;
and also on Irish Servants, to prevent the importing
too
great a Number of Irish Papists into this Province.
Lib. L.
Nº 5. fol. 15.
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That Part of
the ct of
1715, ch. 36,
which imposes
9 d. per
Gallon on
Rum, &c.
by Land
from Pensylvania,
repealed. |
BE it Enacted, by
the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietor, by and with
the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and the Upper and
Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the same, That
the Part
of the said Act imposing Nine-pence per Gallon on Rum, Spirits, Wine and
Brandy, to be imported from Pensylvania, and the Territories thereto
belonging,
by Land, shall be utterly repealed and made void.
II. Provided
always, That nothing
in this Act shall extend, or be construed
to extend, to exempt Persons bringing any of the said Liquors from
Pensylvania by Land, from paying the Duty of Three-pence per Gallon
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