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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, October 1678-November 1683
Volume 7, Page 324   View pdf image
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324 Assembly Proceedings, AprilMay 1682.

Liber W. H.

this Province haveing A Deck flush fore & aft Comeing in &
tradeing within this Province shall pay for port dutys or Anc-
corage halfe a pound of Powder & three pounds of shott, or
so much in Value for every tun of Burthen, to the Ld Propry &
his Heires wch Clause not sufficiently expressing the designe
& Intendm'of the sdAct to the great decay & discovragemt of
Navigacon in this Province, for explanacon whereof be it
enacted by the Rtt Honoble the Ld Propry by and wth the advice
& Consent of the Vpper & Lower Houses of this prsent Genll
Assembly & the authority of the same tht no Vessell or Ves-
sells whatsoever properly belonging to this Province Comeing
in & tradeing wthin this Province shall pay or be Charged
with any Port dutys or Anccorage whatsoever, or any fee or
fees whatsoever, to any pson or psons whatsoever other then
five shillings for entering & fife shillings for Cleering at the
Respective Entries & Cleering for each Respective Vessell
belonging to this Province aforesd any Lawe statute useage or
Custome to the Contrary notwithstanding./

p. 242

An act for encovragemt of makeing Linnen
& Woollen Cloath within this Province.

The Vpper & Lower Houses of this prsent Genll Assembly
haveing taken into their serious Consideracon the great quantys
of Linnen and Woollen Cloath wch are brought from forreigne
pts into and spent in this Province & tht the Inhabitants of this
Province for want of the like Pollicy & Industry as other
Covntrys have attained unto in the Inventing & practising &
putting in Exercise the makeing of Linen & woollen Cloath
do yearly spend vast sumes of money & quantys of tobb in
purchasing those manufactures for Cloathing & Considering
the great be'nifit & advantage th'they by the makeing of such
manufactures of Linnen & Woollen Cloath, will accrue to this
Province and being willing to give all encovragemt tht may be
to any pson or psons whatsoever tht will make or Cause to be
made any Linnen or woollen Cloath do humbly pray tht it may
be enacted by the R" Honoble the Ld Propry by and with the
advice & Consent of the Vpper & Lower Houses of this prsent
Genll Assembly & the Authority of the same tht from & aftr
the Publicacon hereof any pson or psons whatsoever Inhabit-
ant within this Province tht shall make or Cause to be made &
woven within this Province of the groth & manufacture of this
Province any quanty of Linnen or Woollen Cloth of what kinde
soever such pson or psons so makeing or Causeing to be
made such Linnen or Woollen Cloath as aforesd within this
Province shall for his & their encovragemt in the advancing &
setting forward such manufactures have & receive from the



 
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