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4 WILLIAM and MARY.
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CHAP.
XVII. |
' His Majesty was pleased to approve
of the said Report, and did Order, as it is hereby Ordered,
' that the Act lately passed in Maryland for the
Fourteen Pence Tonnage be, and it is
' hereby, set aside and disallowed. And that the
Lord Baltimore be permitted, without any Disturbance,
' or interruption, to collect and receive, by such person
or Persons as he shall thereunto
' authorize and appoint, the said Duty of Fourteen Pence
per Ton, for Port-Duties or
' Anchorage, for his own Use, of Right belonging to him
by law, as Lord Proprietary of
' the said Province. And as well Col Copley,
their majesty's present Governor, as the Lord
' Baltimore, and all others whom it may concern,
are to take Notice of his Majesty's Pleasure
' hereby signified, and to comply with the several Particulars
of the said Report.
' JOHN NICHOLAS.'
And accordingly, at a Council held
here on the 2d October
1693, the Board being moved on
Behalf of Lord Baltimore in Relation to the above
Report and Royal Order, it was Ordered, that
the King's Commands touching the same, should be fully
observed, and that the said Report, and
King's Order, should be entered in the Journal of the
Council, and likewise in the Provincial
Office, that all Persons concerned mught take Notice
thereof. |
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CHAP. XVIII.
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Passed 9th of
June 1692. |
An Act ascertaining the Expences of the Commissioners of the Provincial
and County
Courts. Lib. LL. fol. 60.
and Lib.
WH and L*. fol. 120. REP. 1694,
ch. 7. |
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CHAP. XIX.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for taking away all Errors in Proceedings at Law and Equity,
and in the
Court for Probat of Wills, occasioned by the
late Revolution, Lib. LL. fol. 64.
Lib. WH and L*. fol. 79.
and Lib. LL. N° 2. fol.
12.
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CHAP. XX.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for settling Naval Officers Fees within this Province.
Lib. LL. fol. 66.
and Lib. WH and L*. fol. 66.
N.B. This
Act takes Notice in the Preamble of a Fee paid upon Clearing out every
Ship,
under the Pretext of Secretary's Fees of 2 l. 1 s. 4 d.
besides other Fees to inferior Officers for
writing Entries, Permits and Clearings, without any Pretence or Colour
of Law, &c. and then
settles a Fee of 40 s. Sterling to the Governor for Entering, Clearing
and granting Permits to
each Ship or Vessel trading into this Province; except
Sloops trading between Virginia and this
Province, which were to pay only 10 s. Sterling for each Clearance.
And the Governor to find
Officers for the due Execution of the Premises without any further Expence
to the Shipping;
but that this Act should not extend to the Fees or Perquisites due to the
Collectors, &c. A new
Act was made , ch. 10 , whereby 3 d. per Ton was given
to the Governor on all Ships (not
being Country Property) trading and coming into this Province; and the
Naval Officers had
their own separate Fees established.
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CHAP. XXI.
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| Ditto. |
An Act enabling one Burgess out of each County, to lay the Public
Levy of this
Province for this present Year. Lib. LL. fol.
69. OBS.
N.B. This
Act is not recorded in Lib. WH and L*. probably for the same
Reason as the
last Section of ch. 8, above, viz. That it was not
thought necessary, the Purposes thereof being
immediately compleated.
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CHAP. XXII.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for the Imposition of Four Pence per Gallon on Liquor imported
into this
Province. Lib. LL. fol. 70. and
Lib. WH and L*. fol. 143. REP. 1694,
ch. 19.
Payable for the space of 3 Years, for
discharging the great Expences to this Province
in paying of Soldiers, Discharging the Arrears of the late Government,
Repairing of Court-Houses
and Prisons, and also for Raising a better Allowance for paying the Charge
of their Majesty's
Councillors and Justices of the Provincial Court, and for Paying an Agent
of this Province
in England.
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CHAP. XXIII.
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| Ditto. |
An Act appointing Peter Pagan, Merchant, to be Agent for
their Majesty's Province
of Maryland. Lib. LL. fol. 72.
and Lib. WH and L*. fol. 145.
REP. 1694, ch. 17.
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CHAP. XXIV.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for the Publication of all Laws within this Province.
Lib. LL. fol.
73. Lib. WH and L*. fol.
34. and Lib. LL. N° 2. fol. 11. REP. |
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A new Law made 1704, ch. 18.
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CHAP. XXV.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for the Election of Sheriffs. Lib. LL. fol.
75. and Lib. WH and L*.
fol. 35. REP.
N.B. By
this Act the Continuance of a Sheriff in this Office was limited to two
Years: But
by 1699, ch. 26, it was
extended to 3 Years. |
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