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Bills, or Gold or Silver, and all Bounties, Rewards, and Allowances
given and allowed by any Act of Assembly of this Province, in
Tobacco; and also all Fines, Forfeitures, and Penalties, settled and
established in Tobacco, by any Law of this Province, shall and may
be paid, satisfied, and discharged, in the said Bills of Credit, or in
Gold or Silver, rating Tobacco at Ten Shillings per Hundred, and
in Proportion for a lesser Quantity: And all Rates, Duties, and
Impositions, upon the Importation or Exportation of any Goods,
Wares, or Merchandizes, Servants, and Slaves (the Duties on To-
bacco per the Hogshead, Chest, or Case, and Tonnage on Ships or
Vessels, and all other Money to become due, or payable to the Right
Honourable the Lord Proprietary, not being for the Breach of any
Penal Law, or Penalty for any Offence, excepted,) allowing the
usual Allowance of Thirty Three Pounds, Six Shillings, and Eight
Pence, per Hundred, between Sterling and Currency.
Provided always, That no Person shall be obliged to pay the said
Bills of Credit, or Gold or Silver, in Lieu of Tobacco; but that every
Person shall be at Liberty to pay Tobacco for the said Levies, Fees,
and Penalties, as if this Act had never been made.
And be it further Enacted, That any Person tendering or offering
the said Bills of Credit, in Discharge of any Debt, for current Money,
to be contracted, as aforesaid; or the said Bills of Credit, or current
Money, in Payment and Discharge of any Levies, (except as before
excepted) or the said Fees, or Penalties, shall have and receive
the same Benefit and Advantage, from and by such Tender, as if
such Tender was made of Gold, or Silver, or Tobacco in Specie;
any Law, Usage, or Custom, to the contrary, notwithstanding.
Provided nevertheless, and be it Enacted, That every Person,
who shall not tender or pay such Bills of Credit, or Gold or Silver,
by the Tenth Day of April, Yearly, during the Continuance of this
Act, shall be obliged to pay all Levies, and all Persons, who shall not
tender the said Bills of Credit, or Gold or Silver, for any Lawyers
Fees, when the Causes shall be ended, for any Fees from them justly
due and owing, in Tobacco, as if this Act had never been made;
any thing therein contained to the contrary, notwithstanding.
And be it further Enacted, That if at any Time, pending any
Action or Suit, on any Bond, or other Contract, for the Payment of
current Money, payable by such Bond, or Contract, to be made
after this Act shall take Effect, if the Defendant shall bring into
Court, where the Action or Suit shall be depending, all the Principal
Money and Interest due on such Bond, or other Contract, and effec-
tually secure the Payment of all Tobacco Costs, which shall arise
due on such Action or Suit, in the Judgment of the Court where such
Action or Suit shall be depending, and shall tender the same Bills
of Credit, or Gold or Silver; that upon such Tender, and giving
Security for the Costs, as aforesaid, the Defendant, or Defendants,
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