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Chap. XI
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An Act repealing such Part of an Act of Assembly, entitled,
An Act for laying an Imposition on several Commodities
exported out of this Province, as relates to the laying an
Impost or Duty on Furs and Skins only; and for laying an
Imposition on Pork, Pitch and Tar, in lieu thereof.
Be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprie-
tor, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's
Governor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly,
and the Authority of the same, That such Part of an Act of
Assembly, made at a Session of Assembly begun and held
at the City of Annapolis, the Fifth Day of September Seven-
teen Hundred and Four, entitled, An Act for laying an Im-
position on Several Commodities exported out of this Prov-
ince, as relates to the laying an Impost or Duty on Furs and
Skins only, be, and is hereby declared to be repealed.
II. And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice
and Consent aforesaid, That from and after the Publication
hereof, no Person or Persons whatsoever, not being Inhab-
itants within this Province, shall import any Pork, Pitch or
Tar, into this Province, by Land or Water, from any other
Colonies or Plantations, with Intent to sell or dispose thereof,
but what the Importer or Importers shall pay unto his Lord-
ship the Lord Proprietor of this Province, to be employed
towards the maintaining a Free-School or Schools, within
this Province, by the Rector and Visitors of the Free-School,
according to the Directions of an Act of Assembly relating
to Free-Schools, made at a Session of Assembly begun and
held at Annapolis, Anno Domini Sixteen Hundred Ninety-
five, entitled, To the King's most Excellent Majesty, the
Duties and Imposts following, (That is to Say,) For every
Barrel of Pork, the Sum of One Shilling per Barrel, or for
every Hundred Weight thereof Six-pence: For Pitch, One
Shilling per Barrel: For Tar, Six-pence per Barrel; which
said several Impositions shall be collected by the Several and
respective Naval Officers within this Province, who are hereby
required annually to render an Account of the said Impo-
sitions to the Public Treasurers of the Province, for the
Time being, who shall, and are hereby authorized and im-
powered to receive the same, and render an Account thereof
to the General Assembly of this Province, to the Uses Intents
and Purposes aforesaid.
III. And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice
and Consent aforesaid, That no Pork, Pitch or Tar, upon
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