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we are obliged: And the better to demonstrate our most
humble Gratitude, and to shew the good Respects we have
for and towards the said John Hart Esq; our present Gov-
ernor, and the great Hopes and Expectation we have of his
Excellency's good Government over us, we most humbly
pray, that it may be Enacted; And be it Enacted by the
Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and
Consent of Her Majesty's Governor, Council, and Assembly
of this Province, and the Authority of the same, That an Im-
position of Three Pence Sterling, per Hogshead, over and
above the One Shilling per Hogshead, heretofore Granted, for
che Support of Her Majesty's Government here, upon all
Tobacco that shall be hereafter Exported out of this Province
by Land or by Water, and Three Pence Sterling upon every
Four hundred Pounds of Tobacco (be it in Chest or Case)
may be raised, levied and paid to Her Sacred Majesty, Her
Heirs or Successors, for the Use and better Maintenance of
Her Majesty's said Governor, John Hart Esq; during his
Government in and over this Province, and no longer, it Her
Majesty shall be so Graciously pleased, by the Master of every
Ship or Vessel, or other Person trading into, or living in this
Province, in Sterling Money of Great Britain, or Bills of Ex-
change, at the Election and Choice of the said Master or
others, to be collected by the Naval Officer of the Port or
District where such Ship or Vessel shall enter, or such other
Persons as his Excellency shall think fit.
And be it further Enacted and Declared by the Authority
aforesaid, That it any Tobacco should, by any Casual Means
be lost after the Imposition paid, that then and in all such
Cases, the Owner or Freignter of all such Tobaccoes shall
have free Liberty to freight and ship off the like Quantity
again without paying the Additional 'ihree Pence.
This Act to endure so long as the said John Hart Esq:
shall continue Governor in and over this Province, and no
longer.

Pass'd June 30^th 1714.

Baskett

An Act laying an Imposition of Three Pence per Hogshead
on Tobacco, for Defraying the Public Charge of this Province.

Be it Enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the Advice and Consent of Her Majesty's Gov-
ernor, Council, and Assembly of this Province, and the Au-
thority of the same, That from and after the End of this Ses-
sion of Assembly, a Duty or Imposition of Three Pence
Sterling for every Hogshead of Tobacco, and the like Duty
for every Five hundred Pounds of Tobacco, contained in

p. 77 (2)