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304 Assembly Proceedings, October 2-November 30, 1771.
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Liber R. G.
1771
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able to the Directions of the said Act & that the same Tobacco will
not be wanted for that Purpose for some Time hence
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[Tobacco
not to be
assessed for
fitting up a
Building
for a Court
House, &c.
until 1775;
nor for the
Use of the
Poor, until
1774.]
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Be it enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by &
with the Advice & Consent of his Lordship's Governor & the Upper
and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority of the same,
that the said Tobacco first above mentioned shall not be assessed or
levied by the said Justices untill the Laying the Levy of the said
County for the Year seventeen hundred and seventy five when it
shall & may be assessed and levied & applied as in the said Act was
directed and the said Tobacco last above mentioned shall not be
assessed or levied by the said Justices until the laying the Levy of
the said County for the Year seventeen hundred & seventy four when
it shall and may be assessed & levied & applied to the Use of the
Poor, and the other Purposes in the said Act directed.
And Whereas it is represented to this General Assembly by the
Trustees for the Poor of Ann Arundel County that they have not
been able to find any Owners of Land near and convenient to the
City of Annapolis willing to dispose of the same.
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[Trustees
for the Poor
to Purchase
Land within
Ten Miles of
Annapolis,
&c.,]
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Be it further enacted that the said Trustees for the Poor of the
said County or the Major Part of them & their Successors be & are
hereby authorized & required to buy & purchase in Fee any Quantity
of Land within ten Miles of the said City of Annapolis not exceed-
ing one hundred Acres which they shall think proper and convenient
for the Uses & Purposes by the said Act directed and to agree with
the Owner or Owners of the said Land for the absolute Purchase
thereof and to cause thereon such Buildings & Erections to be
made for the Use of the Poor as are required by the Act entituled
an Act for the Relief of the Poor within the several Counties therein
mentioned.
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[and are em-
powered to
sue for and
recover from
the Sheriffs,
any Sums
remaining in
their Hands,
&c.]
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And be it further enacted that the Trustees for the Poor in the
several Counties wherein Work Houses are to be erected under the
said Act shall be and are hereby enabled and impowered to demand
sue for recover and receive of and from the present or late Sheriffs
any Sum or Sums of Money or Tobacco remaining in their Hands
respectively for or on Account of the Assessments made in Virtue
of the said Act.
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