CHAP.
XVIII.
Certificate of
the Oath to
be lodged
with the Sheriff,
by the
10th April,
yearly.
Sheriffs to
execute after
the 10th of
June.
Persons making
Tobacco
may pay Part
in Money,
On making
Oath that
they made no
more Tobacco
than what
they have
paid, &c.
Such Tobacco
to be paid
by the 5th of
April. |
any Person or Persons not making Tobacco, by him or them, his or their
Children, Servants or Slaves, or the Goods and Chattels of such Person
or
Persons, not making Tobacco as aforesaid, for the Poll-tax due tot
eh Clergy, Lawyers,
or Officers Fees, Assessments for building or repairing Churches,
or for Public or County Levies, in any other Manner than for Gold and
Silver,
at the Rates in Tobacco mentioned in this Act; notwithstanding that
such Person or Persons, not making Tobacco, as aforesaid, shall fail
in paying
before the Tenth Day of April yearly, the Poll-Tax due to the
Clergy,
Lawyers, or Officers Fees, Assessments for building or repairing Churches,
the Public or County Levies, as by this Act is directed; any thing
herein
contained, or any Law to the contrary notwithstanding.
LXXXII. Provided
always, That such Person or Persons, not making
Tobacco as aforesaid, shall make Oath, or Affirmation thereof if a
Quaker,
according to the Directions of this Act, and lodge a Certificate of
such Oath
or Affirmation with the Sheriff of the County, at or before the Tenth
Day
of April yearly, the Party lodging such Certificate taking a
Copy thereof
from the Sheriff, which he is hereby directed to give and attest, and
which
Copy so attested by the Sheriff, shall be good Evidence to prove that
the
Party lodged such Certificate.
LXXXIII. And
be it likewise Enacted, That in case such Person or Persons,
not making Tobacco as aforesaid, shall make Oath, or Affirmation thereof
if a Quaker, and lodge a Certificate thereof with the Sheriff of the
County
as aforesaid, on or before the Tenth Day of April, as is before
directed, and
shall not pay in Gold and Silver as aforesaid, the Poll-Tax due to
the Clergy,
Lawyers, and Officers Fees, Assessments for building or repairing Churches,
Public or County Levies, on or before the Tenth Day of June in
every
Year, during the Continuance of this Act, that then, and in such Case,
the
Sheriff or other Officer who shall be legally authorized to receive
and collect
the same, shall execute such Person or Persons, his, her, or their
Goods,
and Chattels, after the said Tenth Day of June, for such Poll-Tax,
Assessments,
Public or County Levies, in Gold and Silver, as regulated in Tobacco
as aforesaid.
LXXXIV. And be it likewise
Enacted, That it shall and may be lawful
for any person or Persons making Tobacco, by themselves, his, her,
or their
Children, Servants, or Slaves, to pay what Tobacco he, she, or they, shall
make in one Year, during the Continuance of this Act, towards the Discharge
and Satisfaction of his, her, or their several and respective Debts due
the same
Year for the Poll-Tax to the Clergy, and for Lawyers and Officers Fees,
to
be divided proportionably between every such Creditor; and the remaining
Part of such Debts, to discharge and pay, in Gold and Silver; any thing
in
this Act, or any Law, to the contrary notwithstanding.
LXXXV. Provided
always, That every such Person or Persons making
Tobacco as aforesaid, before he, she, or they, shall be allowed to pay
or discharge
any part of the Poll-Tax aforesaid, Lawyers or Officers Fees, in Gold
and Silver as aforesaid, do and shall make Oath, or Affirmation if a Quaker,
at or before the Tenth Day of April yearly, that he, she, or they,
hath or
have not, by him, her, or them, his or their Children, Servants or Slaves,
made any more Tobacco than what he, she, or they, hath, or have already
paid towards the Discharge and Satisfaction of the Poll-Tax due to the
Clergy,
and Lawyers, and Officers Fees, except what he, she, or they, have
consumed, or shall consume, in his, her, or they Families, in such
Year.
Provided also, That such Person or
Persons not making Tobacco enough, as
aforesaid, do pay the same, at or before the Fifth Day of April, yearly,
and
likewise pay and satisfy, on the Tenth Day of June, yearly, in Gold
or Silver
as aforesaid, the residue of the Poll-Tax due to the Clergy, Lawyers,
and |