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HORATIO SHARPE, Esq; Governor.
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1763. |
CXVIII. And
be it further Enacted, That from and after the Eleventh
Day of December next, Jonas Green, of the City of Annapolis,
Printer, shall
be allowed, by the several and respective County Courts, at the laying
their
County Levy, the Sum of Three Hundred and Twenty Pounds of Tobacco
per Annum, for each Inspection respectively, for printing and delivering
a sufficient
Number of Books, Notes, and Manifests, for the Inspectors of each
Inspection within their Counties respectively.
CXIX. And whereas
there is not any Provision yet made for the delivering
out of the Tobacco already inspected, or which may hereafter be inspected,
in virtue of the Laws now in Being for the inspecting of Tobacco, and which
shall remain in the Warehouses after the Expiration of the said Laws; Be
it
therefore Enacted, That the Inspectors of the several Warehouses,
so established,
wherein any Tobacco shall remain after the Expiration of the said
Laws, (whether the same Houses be continued by this Act or not), or one
of them respectively, shall and may deliver out such Tobacco for Exportation,
after the Expiration of the said laws, and that such Inspector and Inspectors,
and all and every Master and Skipper of every Vessel, and other Person
or Persons
who shall be employed in the Transportation of such Tobacco, from the
Warehouses, on board of any Ship or other Vessel for Exportation, shall
be
under the same Regulations, Restrictions, and Penalties, with respect to
such
Tobacco, as if the same Tobacco had been inspected in virtue of this Act,
the Expiration of the said Laws notwithstanding.
CXX. And be it
further Enacted, That in all Tobacco Payments, which
shall or may be made, under or by direction of this Act, where a Liberty
is
given to pay in Gold or Silver, in lieu of Tobacco, and also in Payment
of
all Charges attending the Inspection, or Delivery out of Tobacco, and for
all
Penalties and Allowances mentioned in this Act, the following Species of
Gold and Silver Coin, if offered or tendered. shall be accepted and received
at the following Rates, Regulations, and Values, viz. |
CHAP.
XVIII.
Allowance to
the Printer
for Books and
Notes, 320 lb
for each Inspection.
Tobacco Inspected
under
former Laws,
may be exported
under
the Regulations
of this
Act.
Tobacco Payments
made
under this
Act in Gold
or Silver: |
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lb Tob. |
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lb Tob. |
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Johannes's,
Half Johannes's
Moidore,
English Guineas,
French Guineas,
Spanish Pistoles, not lighter
than 4 dwt. 6 gr.
French milled Pistoles, |
at 920
460
348
272
268
216
212 |
Arabian Chequins,
Other Gold Coin (German excepted)
by the penny-weight,
French Silver Crowns,
Spanish milled Pieces of Eight,
Other good Coined Spanish Silver
per Ounce, |
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The Rate at
which the
Coins shall
pass. |
CXXI. And be
it further Enacted, That all and every Person and Persons,
who now are, or hereafter shall be, entitled to any Action or Actions,
or
who have any Action or Actions now depending, for the Breach of any of
the Laws now in Being, For amending the Staple of Tobacco, shall
have and
be entitled to the full Benefit of such Action or Actions, and be at Liberty
to prosecute the same hereafter, in the same Manner, and as fully and effectually
to all Intents and Purposes, as if the said Acts were to be continued in
full Force, the Expiration of the said Laws notwithstanding. Provided,
That such Action or Actions be commenced within the Times limited
by
the said Laws.
CXXII. And be
it further Enacted, That all Prosecutions now depending,
in any of the Courts of this Province, for the Breach of any of the
Laws aforesaid, shall be continued and carried on, and that any Person
or
Persons who have been, or shall hereafter be, guilty of a Breach of any
of
the said Laws, and who have not yet been prosecuted for the same, shall
and
may be prosecuted for all and every such Breach, and Breaches, in the same
Manner, and as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes, as if
the
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Actions for
the Breach of
former Inspection
Laws may be
prosecuted.
Prosecutions
depending at
the passing
this Act, &c.
may be carried
on. |
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