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to her Majesty her heires and Successors for the Support of
Government of this Province the other half to the Informer
or him or them that shall sue for the same to be recovered in
any Court of Record within this Province by bill Plaint or
Information wherein no Essoyn protection or Wager of Law
to be allowed

Septemb 21^st 1704. September 21^st 1704

Read and assented to by the Read and assented to by her
house of Delegates Ma^ities hon^ble Councill
W Taylard Clk hD W Bladen Cl Concil.

Maryland October 3^d 1704

On the Behalf of her Majesty &c I will this be a Law.
Jo: Seymour

Lib. L. L.
No. 64.

An Act to encourage the Inhabitants of this Province to
Adventure their Shipps and Vessells more freely abroad to
import Rum Sugar Negroes and other Comoditys.

Be it Enacted by the Queens most excellent Maj^ty by and
with the Advice and Consent of her Majestys Governour
Councill & Assembly of this Province and the Authority of
the same that no Shipp or Vessell built in this Province
whereof all the Owners shall be Actuall Residents of this
province And that no Shipp or Vessell English or Plantation
built purchas'd enjoy'd and held by Owners which are all
Residents of this Province nor the Owners thereof shall be
lyable to pay the duty of three pence per Gallon for rum
imported in such Shipp or Vessell mencond in one Act of
Assembly Intituled An Act Imposing three pence per Gallon
on Rum and Wine and twenty Shillings per pole for Negroes
for raising a Supply to defray the publiq Charge of this
province and twenty shillings per poll on Irish Servants to
prevent the Importing too great a Number of Irish papists into

this Province nor to pay the Duty of twenty shillings for every
Negro imported mencond in the aforesaid Act but from those
Dutys aforesaid And from the Duty of three pence per Tonn
payable to the Governour of this Province for the time being
shall be fully and Clearly Exempted Any fformer Act or Acts
of Assembly to the Contrary notwithstanding.
And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that such
Owner or Owners of such Shipps or Vessells as aforesaid
shall for entring and Clearing pay no more but half so much
ffees to the Navall Officers and Collectors with whom they

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