BE it Enacted, by the Right
Honourable the Lord Proprietary, 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
so much
of an Act of Assembly, made at a Session of Assembly, begun and held
at
the City of Annapolis, the Third Day of October One Thousand
Seven Hundred
and Twenty-eight, entitled, An Act to encourage the destroying of
Wolves,
Crows and Squirrels, as relates to the Killing of Crows and
Squirrels, so far as
the same relates to the several Counties of St. Mary's, Somerset,
Charles, Anne-Arundel,
Cæcil, Calvert, Worcester, Prince-George's, Frederick, Baltimore,
and
Dorchester, be, and is hereby repealed, abrogated, and made
null and void.
II. And be it
further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That from and
after the First Day of March, which shall be in the Year One
Thousand
Seven Hundred and Fifty-nine, that every master, Mistress, Owner of
a
Family, or single Taxable. in the several Counties aforesaid, shall
be, and are
by this Act obliged, yearly, at some Time before the laying their County
Levy, to produce to some one of the Magistrates of their County, Four
Squirrels Scalps, or Crows Heads, for every taxable Person they shall
pay
Levy for that Year, and the several Magistrates, before whom such Squirrels
Scalps, or Crows Heads, shall be brought, shall burn, or cause to be
burnt,
or otherwise destroyed, such Squirrel Scalps, or Crows Heads, that
shall
be so produced to him or them, to prevent their being produced a second
Time, and give such Person a Certificate under his Hand, certifying
the
Number of Squirrels Scalps, or Crows Heads, such Person brought before
him, which Certificate, the person obtaining the same, shall lay before
the
Justices of their County, at the Time of laying their County Levy,
and the
Justices of the said Counties severally shall then cause a List of
Taxables of
their County to be laid before them, in order from thence to compare
the
Number of Taxables each Person pays in the County, with the Certificates
produced, that thereby it may be found what persons have complied with
this
Act, and who failed therein.
III. And be it
further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice and Consent aforesaid,
That every Person that shall fall short of producing a Certificate
of
Squirrels Scalps, or Crows Heads, in Proportion to their Taxables,
according
to the Directions and Exigence of this Act, the Justices of the several
and
respective County Courts, wherein such Person or Persons shall reside
at the
Time of laying the County Levy, are hereby impowered and required for
each Squirrel Scalp, or Crow's Heads, such person shall fall short
in Manner
aforesaid, to levy upon such Person the Sum of Two Pounds of Tobacco,
to be upon Execution and collected by the Sheriff of the County, in
the
same Manner as the Public and County levies are, to be applied towards
the
Defraying the County Charge.
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The Act of
1728, ch. 7,
so far as relates
to St.
Mary's, Somerset,
&c.
Counties repealed.
Four Squirrel
Scalps or
Crows Heads,
to be annually
produced
for each taxable
in the
aforesaid
Counties.
Certificate of
the Number
to be given
by the Magistrate,
who
shall burn the
same.
Persons falling
short of
the Number,
shall pay 2 lb
Tobacco for
every Scalp,
&c. so not
produced. |
