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252 Assembly Proceedings, April 2 — 21, 1649.
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Liber A
P. 273
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hee shall not plant and tend soe much Corne as is provided for
in this Act such pson shalbe releived herein according as the
Governor and Counsell then prsent or other Judge in his or
theire best discrecon shall thinke fitt. And the Constable in
every Hundred taking one other sufficient able man along with
him shall viewe every mans Cropp and for his paines therein
shalbe allowed and paid by every respective Offender against
this prsent Act 50l of Tob. for every Acre that he shall fall short
of the proporcon aforesaid respectively to be divided equally
betwixt the said Constable and the pson soe assisting him as
aforesaid
The ffreemen haue assented Tho: Hatton
Enacted by the Governor Willm Stone
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An Act for the Support of the Lord Proprietary
9 Confirmed vt supra To the end his Lopp may the better
pceive our good wills and intencons in complyeing with his
Lopp soe farr as the poore distracted condicon can well beare
and is yet capable of, And to the end also hee may bee the
better incouraged, and enabled to protect vs in our lives,
liberties, and estates. Be it Enacted by the Lo: Propr with the
advise and consent of the ffreemen this in prsent Assembly That
all Tobaccoes shipped vpon any Dutch Vessell and bounde for
any other Port then his Mats shall pay for a Custome to the Lo:
Propr of this Province and his heires for these seaven yeares
ensueing Tenne shillings in money or value, for every hogs-
head or quantity of a hogshead shipped to bee transported
out of the Province. And any one transporting or attempting
to transport any Tobacco chargeable with Custome out of
the province afore discharge had vnder the hand of the
Governor or other Officer authorized in that behaulf, shall
forfeit in kinde if it may bee seised or else in value, all the
Tobacco soe attempted to be transported afore such discharge
had Provided that the one half thereof bee yearely ymployed
towards the satisfaccon of all iust arreares and claymes touch-
ing the late recovery & defence of the Province as shalbe
brought into the Secretaries Office and made appeare due
before the last of March next vntill they bee fully discharged.
And it is further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, that there
shalbe raised by an Assessmt made vppon all the Inhltants of this
Province for the vse of the Lord Proprietary in consideracon of
of his Lopps former stock of Cattell distributed and disposed
of towards the defence and prservacon of the Province sixteene
Cowes and a Bull within these twoe yeares. Provided that his
Lopp shall ratify and confirme vnder his hand and seale this next
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