248 Assembly Proceedings, November 1-12, 1681.

Liber W. H.

An act for paym^t & assessm^t of the
publicke charge of this province./

Whereas there hath beene Two hundred Twenty Three
Thousand ffour hundred fforty Three pds of Tob laid out &
disbursed by the vpper & Lower houses of this p^rsent Gen^ll
Assembly, & by seuerall other the good people of this Province,
for the Publicke good of the same, & to the intent the same
may bee satisfied & paid to those psons to whom the same is
due, Bee itt therefore enacted by the Right Honourable the
L^d Prop^ry by & with the advice & Consent of the vpp^r & Lower
houses of this Present Gen^ll Assembly & the authority of the
same, that the said sume of Two hundred Twenty Three
Thousand ffour hundred fforty Three pds of Tob, to bee paid
in manner & forme as is heereafter expressed, that is to say,
to Tho: ffrancis ffiue hundred sixty ffour pds of Tob, to Edw^d
Dorsey Three hundred & ninety pds of Tob, to Rob^t Porter
Three hundred & Three pds of Tob, to Anth: Holland Three
hundred & Three pds of Tob, to Geo: Yate, to John Grasham,
to ffardinando Battee, to Richard Bedworth, to Abra: Birkhead,
to John Spencer, to Mathew Hewes to Dan^ll Edge, to Augustin
Skinner & to Nich: Grasse each of them Two hundred & sixty
pds of Tob, to Edw^d Selby, to John Watkins, to John Huske
to James Pascall, & to Rich^d Gott each Two hundred & sixty
pds of Tob, to John Walters ffour hundred & nine pds of Tob,
to Sam^ll Howard one hundred & Twenty pds of Tob, to
Thomas Lightfoote one hundred & Twenty pds of Tob, to
And: Roberts, & Rob^t Clerkson each one hundred pds of Tob,
to Geo: Holland & W^m Home each Two hundred & Twenty
pds of Tob, to Phi: Howard ffiue hundred pds of Tob, to Rich^d
Beard Jun^r Six hundred & ninety pds of Tob, to John Gater
ffiue hundred Eighty ffiue pds of Tob, to Walter Phelpes Six
hundred Ninety nine pds of Tob, to Gabriell Parrett one hun-
dred sixty seauen pds of Tob, to Cap^t Nich: Gassaway ffour
hundred Thirty ffour pds of Tob, to John Cross, to Rob^t Ward,
to ffra: Watts, to Edm^d Towall to Tho: Beston to Tho: Heb-
bard, to W^m White, to James Machell, to Horton House, to Geo:
Hugg, to W^m Ramsey, to Ja: Cooke,to Tho: Sutton, & to Nich:
Jacob each one hundred & Thirty pds of Tob, to John Greene,
to John Browne, to John Maryton to Ja: Henly, to Hen: Kettle-
well, to Jn^o ffrisell, to W^m Chandler, to Tho: Bowles, to Gilb^rt
Attwood, to Jn^o Davis to Rob^t Sidebottome, to Cha: White-
head, to Elias Browne, to M^r Nathan^ll Heathcoate, to Rob^t
Piles, to Jn^o Thurstone, to Rob^t Davis, to Rich^d Nicholson &

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to Timothy Thorne each one hundred & Thirty pds of Tob, to
Chr: Chott one hundred seauenty ffour pds of Tob, to Tho:
Beston, to Marke Richardson & to Tho: ffeild each Thirty pds
of Tob, to Geo: Bradbourne, & Steph: Poole each Sixty pds of