II. And
to prevent the Changing of Gold and Silver carried from out of
this Province into another, in order to have the benefit of this Act,
Be it
Enacted, by the Authority,
Advice and Consent aforesaid, That every Person or
Persons, claiming the Deduction of Fifteen per Cent, as aforesaid,
shall, before
he or they shall have any Advantage thereof by this Act, take the following
Oath (mutatis mutandis) before the Officer appointed to receive
the
same Duties, Rates and Impositions, who are hereby impowered and directed
to tender the same, viz.
" I A. B. do Swear, That the Sum of Gold
and Silver which I now Pay, in
" Discharge of the Rates, Duties and Impositions, for the Goods
and Commodities
" by me Imported at this Time of Entry, was Imported bu ,me into
this province,
" and not purchased or procured by myself or any other Person for
my Use, in this
" Province, nor was ever carried from out of this Province by myself
or any other
" Person for my Use, with Design of bringing it back again for the
Allowance of
" Fifteen per Cent, on the Duties arising upon the Commodities by
me now Imported;
" nor that the same Gold or Silver hath been Exchanged, or obtained
by
" Barter, or in any Manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, by
myself or any
" other Person, for any Sum or Sums of Money in Gold or Silver,
exported or
" carried from the province of Maryland, by me or any other
Person, to the
" best of my Knowledge. So help me GOD."
III. And
that the Officer or Officers, who shall allow the said Fifteen
Pounds per Cent, as aforesaid, shall be, and is hereby obliged and
directed to
,make Oath, before he or they pass his or their Accounts, to be administred
by one Provincial Justice, or two Justices of the County Court, " That
the
" Sum or Sums of Money, for which the said Officer or Officers shall
crave
" the Allowance of Fifteen Pounds per Cent, as aforesaid, in his or
their
" Accounts, was or were bonâ fide paid by the Person or
Persons directed as
" aforesaid, to pay the same to the said Officer or Officers:
And that the
" Oath before directed to be taken by such Person or Persons, was taken
by
" such person or Persons at the Time of each Payment;" and which
Oath
being certified by the said Justice or Justices, it shall and may be
lawful to
and for such Treasurer or Treasurers to allow the Deduction aforesaid,
to the
said Officer or Officers in his or their Accounts aforesaid.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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CHAP.
XV.
Persons
claiming the 15 per Cent
deduction,
shall take the
following
Oath.
And the Officers,
before
passing their
Accounts,
shall also
make Oath,
on Certificate
whereof the
treasurers
shall allow
the deduction. |
