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6 and 7 FREDERICK Lord BALTIMORE.
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At a Session of ASSEMBLY, begun and held at
Baltimore-Town, in Baltimore County, on
Friday
the Eighth Day of April, in the Sixth Year of
the
Dominion of the Right Honourable FREDERICK,
absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces
of Maryland and Avalon, Lord Baron of
Baltimore,
&c. and ended the 9th Day of May following,
in the 7th Year of his Lordship's Dominion,
Annoq; Domino, 1757: The following Laws
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HORATIO SHARPE, Esq; Governor.
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CHAP. I.
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Passed 9th
May 1757. |
An Act for his Majesty's Service, and the more immediate Defence
and Protection
of the Frontier Inhabitants of this Province.
Lib. H.S. fol. 305. EXP.
N.B. By
this Act, the Sum of 7469 l. 17 s. 4 d. the remaining
Part of the 25000 l. granted
by 1756, ch. 5, towards carrying on an Expedition to the Westward,
which was yet unapplied;
(See 1756, ch. 19,) and a farther Sum of 3000 l. granted
by the same Act, for engaging the ASsistance,
&c. of the Southern Indians, amounting in the Whole to 10469
l. 17 s. 4 d. was appropriated
to the Raising, Cloathing, Paying, &c. of 500 Men (including those
under the Command
of Col. Dagworthy) to be paid, &c. from the 10th April 1757.
Such Parts of the ACt of 1756, ch. 5, as related
to the Grant of 3000 l. to be employed in engaging
the Assistance of the Southern Indians, were hereby repealed.
The Agents appointed by the Act of 1756, ch. 5,
were continued for the Purposes in this Act
mentioned, and to have a Commission of Three per Cent.
Soldiers Enlisting in this Service, on producing a Certificate
of their good Behaviour therein,
were exempted from all Levies, Labouring on Highways, and Ferriages, for
3 Years, &c. And if
Maimed in the Service, were entitled to a yearly Pension, out of the Public
Levy, according to
their Disability of getting a Livelihood; they procuring from the County
Court a Certificate,
that the party petitioning for such pension, is an Object of Charity, and
deserves to have such
Allowance.
This Act to continue in Force till the 25th December
1757.
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CHAP. II.
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| Ditto. |
An Act continuing an Act, entitled, a An
Act for the Advancement of Justice.
Lib. H.S. fol. 316. EXP. |
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a 1753, ch. 2,
hereby continued 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. III.
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| Ditto. |
An Act continuing an Act, entitled, b An
Act for Relieving the Inhabitants of
this Province from some Aggrievances in the Prosecution
of Suits at Law;
and for continuing the c Supplementary
Act thereto. Lib. H.S. fol. 317. EXP. |
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b 1714, ch. 4:
c 1728, ch. 24:
Hereby continued 3 years, &c.
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CHAP. IV.
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| Ditto. |
An Act continuing an Act, entitled, d An
Act to remedy some Evils relating to
Servants. Lib. H.S. fol. 318.
EXP. |
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d 1750, ch. 5,
hereby continued 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. V.
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| Ditto. |
An act continuing an Act, entitled, e A
Supplementary Act to the Act, entitled,
An Act ascertaining the Height of Fences; to prevent
the Evil occasioned by the
Multitude of Horses, and restraining Horse-Rangers within
this Province; and
to redress the great Evil accruing to this Province
by the Multitude of useless
Horses, Mares and Colts that run in the Woods.
Lib. H.S. fol. 319. EXP. |
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e 1750, ch. 25, hereby
continued 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. VI.
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| Ditto. |
An Act continuing an Act, entitled, f An
Act for the Gauge of Barrels for Pork,
Beef, Pitch, Tar, Turpentine; and Tare of Barrels for
Flour or Bread.
Lib. H.S. fol. 319. EXP. |
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f 1745, ch. 15,
hereby continued 3 Years, &c.
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