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An Abridgment of the Laws of
V. The Clerks of the several County
Courts shall permit
the several Clerks of Vestries to take Copies of all
and singular the Acts of Assembly relating to Religion,
gratis. Under penalty of 2000 l. of Tobacco, to the
use aforesaid.
T.
Tares, and Customs.
I. An.
7. W. & M. 1695. p. 34. None Residing or
Inhabiting within this Province,
shall export any Furs
or Skins herein after mentioned, for England, or his
Majesties Plantations in America, without paying the
following Duties towards the maintenance of a Free-School
or Schools, viz. Every Bears Skin 9 d. Sterling,
Beaver 4 d. Otter 3 d.
Wild Cat, Minks, Fishers, Woolf,
1 d. ob. per Skin, Musk-rat 4 d. per dozen, Racoons 3 q.
per Skin, Elk 1 s. per Skin, Deer 4 d. young Bear and
Cub 4 d.
II. All Non-Residents Exporting as
aforesaid shall
pay double Duties.
III. The said Impositions shall be collected
by the
respective Naval Officers, who shall once a year account
for the same to the Governors, Trustees, and Visiters of
the foresaid Free-School or Schools, who shall dispose the
same to the uses aforesaid.
IV. Every person exporting Furs aforesaid,
shall
at or before the Shipping of the same, render an Account
upon Oath of the Skins to be exported, whose they are,
and whether the Owners be Inhabitants or Residents of
this Province.
V. Whoever puts on board any Furs or Skins
aforesaid,
without paying the Imposition, or giving Caution
for the same to the Naval Officer, and taking a Certificate,
shall Forfeit and lose all the said Furs and Skins
so Shipped, half to the King for the use aforesaid,
and half to the Informer. And the Master of the
Ship or Vessel who takes on board any such Furs or
Skins for which no Certificate is produced, shall forfeit
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