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1763.
13  FREDERICK Lord BALTIMORE.
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



 
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