104 Assembly Proceedings, October—November 1678.

Liber W. H.
& L.

one hundred and forty pounds of Tobacco To Thomas Gaunt
one hundred forty Eight pounds of Tobacco To John Evans
fifty Eight pounds of Tobacco To Coⁿ Peirce Eight hundred
pounds of Tobacco To Thomas Sprigg one hundred pounds
of Tobacco To Thomas Bankes three Thousand two hundred
& one pound of Tobacco To Francis Burton sixteen hundred
pounds of Tobacco To Thomas Window six thousand five
hundred pounds of Tobacco To Charles Boteler Clerke four
thousand two hundred and fifty pounds of Tobacco.
And Bee itt further Enacted by the Right Hon^ble the Lord
Proprietary with the advice and assent of the upper and lower
houses of this present Generall Assembly and the Authority of
the Same That the aforesaid Sume of Tobacco Amounting in
the whole to the Sume of Eight hundred twenty five thousand
Nyne hundred seventy Nyne pounds of Tobacco Be Leavied
and Assessed by an Equall Assessment vpon the Bodyes or
Estates of the Inhabitants Taxables of this Province and payd
To the severall persons to whom the same is due as aforesaid
Any Law Statute Vseage or Custome To the Contrary thereof
Notwithstanding—

An Act for Punishment of Edward Husbands for menacing &
Curseing this Assembly &^ca

p. 182

Whereas the Lower house of this present Generall Assembly
have taken into their serious Consideracon The Wicked and
Malitious Attempt of poysoning most of the members of this
house supposed to be done by Edward Husbands of Calvert
County Chirurgeon And that the Circumstances thereof are
strong and violent Enough To Convict the said Husbands
thereof And he being a person that hath given such Cause of
Suspition of his Attempting to poyson the Hon^ble the Gouern-
our and the upper and lower houses of this present Generall
Assembly Doe pray that itt may be Enacted And Bee itt
Enacted by the Right Honb^le The Lord Prop^ry by and with the
advice & assent of the upper and lower houses of this present
Generall Assembly That the said Edward Husbands be and is
hereby utterly disabled & made incapable of ever practiseing
as a Phisitian or Chirurgeon within this Province And if att
any time or times hereafter he shall presume to practice as
aforesaid he shall for every such offence forfeit & pay the Just
sume of two hundred pounds starling one halfe thereof to the
Right Hon^ble the Lord Proprietary the other halfe to him or
them that shall enform or sue for the same And Bee itt
further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That The said
Husbands be bound personally to appeare att the next Pro-