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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1698-1731
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    Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1708. 247

         

    of Room as if they were of an equall size which is a great      Lib. C. B.

    Discouragement of the Navigation of this Kingdorne.

      The second Law, to prevent Cropping, Cutting and De

    facing of Tobacco Hogsheads &c. Enacts That Every Masrs

    of a Ship, taking Freight shall Give Bond with one surety in

    the sum of two hundred pounds sterling, that he [will] Not for  p. 132

    that Voyage, Cut, Crop, lessen, Disminish, Deface impair any

    Tobacco Hogsheads, taken on Board his said Ship, or suffer

    the same to be Done under the penalty of three pounds ster

    ling for Every Hogshead so Defaced.

      This the merchants complains of, as an other hardship upon

    them; for the penalty upon those that shall make the Hogs-

    heads larger than the Size in the aforementioned Act is to

    forfeit but one hundred pounds of Tobacco, amounting to

    about six shill ; whereas the penalty for Defacing or Endam

    aging a hogshead in the stowing, being three pounds Sterling,

    is more than the value of a Hogshead of Tobacco there,

    which the said Comrs conceive to be unreasonable, for the

    large size of the Maryland Hogsheads obliges the masters to

    vse screws to squeeze them in their stowage, which is lyab!e

    to be interpreted a Defacing or Endamaging the said Cask.

    Her Maty taking the same into Consideration, was pleased to

    Order in Councill, That Colonel Seymour Governour of

    Maryland or the Governour in Chief for the time being do

    move the Assembly, that instead of the aforesaid two repeated

    Acts, they pass a new law conformable to that of Virginia, in

    respect both to the Size of the Hogshead and to the penalty

    on the offenders therein, and that he Transmitt the same to

    this Board By the first Conveniency for her Majestys Royall

    approbation                     Chr Musgrave

   

      Ordered by his Exncy & this Board that Proclamacon issue

    to signifye the Repeale of the said Laws which was done

    accordingly.

      Then was read the Report of Sr Symon Harcourt her Matys

    Attorny Genll concerning Her Matys Secry and the Order          p. 133

    with her Matys Order upon the said His Exncy and this

    Board resolve to recomend Genll Assembly and by the

    pressing Arguments & Motives they can use to them en

    deavour to them to complye with her Matys Royall ple[asure]

      But inasmuch as Sr Thomas Laurence has suggested that

    by the Assemb!ys applying the ifynes of those Lycences to

    the Defraying the pub!iq Charge for four Years He is de

    feated of £600 sterl, so that He computes them to be annually

    worth £150 sterl: p Annu. Whereas upon Inquiry and nice

    Inspection of the County Clerks Returns of the said Lycences

    they have not in all exceeded in four years Which tobo

   



 
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