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7 and 8 FREDERICK Lord BALTIMORE.
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CHAP. VI.
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Passed 13th
May 1758
c 1724, ch. 10. |
An Act entitled An Act to repeal Part of an Act, entitled, c
An Act repealing
Part of an Act laying an imposition on Negroes,
and on several Sorts of Liquors
imported, and also on Irish Servants;
and to prevent the Importing too great a
Number of Irish Papists into this Province.
And to lay a Duty upon Rum,
Spirits, Wine and Brandy, imported into this
Province from Pennsylvania, or
the Three Lower Counties on Delaware, called
New-Castle,
Kent and Sussex.
Lib. H.S. fol. 363.
EXP.
N.B. This Act (having first
repealed that Part of the Act of 1724, ch. 10, which imposed a
Duty of 3 d. per Gallon on Rum, Spirits, Wine
and Brandy, imported by Land from Pennsylvania,
and which was appropriated to the defraying the Charges
of the Public) establishes the
following Duties, viz.
Nº 1. On all Rum,
Spirits, Wine, or Brandy, imported by Land from Pennsylvania,
to
be paid down on Entry, before Importation, to some Sheriff or
Naval Officer
within this Province, or Security to be given for the Payment
within 3 Months
from obtaining a Permit to import the same,
Three Pence,
Nº 2. An Excise
over and above the aforesaid 3 d. per Gallon, to be paid or
} per Gallon
secured as
above mentioned, on all Rum, Spirits, or Brandy, imported under
the Quantity
of 50 Gallons, of ----
---- ----
---- Four Pence,
Nº 3. The like Duty
on all Wine imported, in any Quantity less than Twenty-five
Gallons, of
---- ----
---- ----
---- ----
Six Pence,
Which several Duties, together with a Moiety of all the
Fines imposed upon Breaches of this
Act, were applied to the sinking of the 40000 l.
granted by the Act of 1756, ch. 5, &c.
This Act was to continue in Force
3 Years, and thence to the End of the next succeeding
Session, and consequently expired the 24th April
1762.
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At a Session of ASSEMBLY begun and held at the
City of Annapolis, on the 22d Day of November,
and ended the 24th Day of December, in the
8th
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. Annoq; Domini
1758: The following
Laws were Enacted. |
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HORATIO SHARPE, Esq; Governor.
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CHAP. VII.
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Passed 30th
Nov. 1758. |
An Act continuing an Act, entitled, a An
Act for amending the Staple of Tobacco,
for preventing Frauds in his Majesty's Customs., and
for the Limitation of Officers
Fees; and also one other Act, entitled, b
A Supplementary Act to the Act, entitled,
An Act for amending the Staple of Tobacco, for preventing
Frauds in his
Majesty's Customs, and for the Limitation of Officers
Fees; also one other Act,
entitled, c An
additional Supplementary Act to the Act, entitled, An Act for
amending the Staple of Tobacco, for preventing Frauds
in his Majesty's Customs,
and for the Limitation of Officers Fees; and also one
other Act, entitled, d An
Act for the Relief of Inspectors, and Owners of Tobacco,
ad Others, who have
suffered by Means of extraordinary Rains and high Tides,
and other Defects in
the Inspection law. Lib. H.S. fol. 370.
EXP.
a 1753,
ch. 22; b 1754,
ch. 1; c 1754,
ch. 3; d 1755,
ch. 7: All which were hereby
continued, &c. in full Force,
until the 1st Day of December 1763.
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CHAP. VIII.
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Passed 24th
Dec. 1758. |
An act continuing an Act, entitled, e An
ACt for the Relief od such Persons as
cannot find Surety for their Appearance, to testify
as a Witness against any Person
Arrested, Accused, or Prosecuted, for any Criminal Matter.
Lib. H.S.
fol. 371. EXP. |
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e 1752, ch. 13;
hereby continued 3 Years, &c.
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