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142 Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1666.
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P. R. O.
Colonial En
try Book
No. 53
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them neglected to be sent to the Provinciall Court as afore-
sayd. This Act to Endure for three yeares or to the End of
the next Generall Assembly which shall First Come
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An Act for Repeale of parte of a
branch of an act intituled an addicon to the
Secr'tari's Fees
Whereas divers Masters of Shipps and other persons that
have brought Servants and other passengers into this Province
have been constrained to pay twelve pence p pole for all such
Servlf and passengers soe by them brought in as aforesaid, to
the Sectary of this Province according to a branch of an act
intituled an act concerning the Sectary an addicon to his fee
Bee itt therefore Enacted by the Right honoble the Lord Pro-
prietor by and with the assent of the vpper and Lower house
of this present generall assembly that from and after the Pub-
licacon here of that part of the branch of the aforesd act
whereby the Secrtary was allowed 12s p pole for all persons
imported into this province be Repealed and is hereby repealed.
Vpon the Reassumpcon of this bill the Lower house vpon
further debate doe thinke itt very vnreasonable to repeale the
Clause or branch of the act mentioned in this bill.
Wm Bretton
Clk.
An act touching paymt of
debts in the yeare of our Lord MDCLXVII
Forasmuch as there is a necessity of making a cessacon from
planting tobacco from the first of February 1666 till the first
of February 1667 in which yeare tis probable many poore peo-
ple of this province may not only be in great want but alsoe
remayne indebted to the mrcht unless tymely care be taken by
this assembly for the sd poore and Indigent persons And
whereas above halfe the tob. planted last yeare now lyes vpon
the planters hands and another Cropp of tobacco is ready to
be planted to satisfy the debts due to the severall mrchts trad-
ing into this province & as yett noe certaine lawe provided to
compell the mrchts to receive his debts even out of his Second
cropp now to be planted after he has refused the last yeares
Cropp Bee itt enacted by the Right honoble the Lord Proprietor
by and with the assent of the vpper & Lower house of this
present generall assembly that all mrchts their Factors & At-
torney's and all other psons whatsoever within this Province
shall be obliged to receive their debts being duely tendred uto
them att any time betweene the 10th of November next and
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