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WILLIAM PACA, Esq; Governor.
II. Be it enacted,
by the general assembly of Maryland, That a duty of five
shillings be and hereby is imposed on every tun of British shipping, at
the entrance
or clearance of any ship or other vessel, to be collected and paid into
the
treasury in the same manner prescribed in an act passed at November session,
1782,
entitled, An act for the defence of the bay, and to impose certain duties
on
imported articles. |
1783.
CHAP.
XXIX.
Five shillings
per tun imported
on British
shipping,
&c. |
III. Be it enacted,
That an additional duty of two per centum, ad valorem,
over and above what is now paid, or may hereafter be paid, by the citizens
of
this state, be and hereby is imposed and directed to be collected, in the
same
manner as other duties imported in vessels the property of the citizens
of this
state, or the United States, upon all merchandise, manufactures and commodities,
the growth or produce of Great-Britain, brought or imported in any British
ship, or other
British vessel owned or belonging in part or wholly to any British
subject or subjects;
provided that all merchandise, manufactures and commodities, being the
property of any citizen or citizens of this, or the United States, brought
or
imported into this state before the first day of August next, in ships
or other
vessels owned as aforesaid, shall not be subject to the payment of the
duty
aforesaid. |
Additional
duty imposed
on British
merchandise,
&c. |
IV. Be it enacted,
That no register shall be granted for any ship or other
vessel owned in whole or part by any British subject, any law to the contrary
notwithstanding; and the master, owner or mate, of any ship or any other
vessel for
which register is required, shall make oath that the said ship or vessel
is not
owned, either in whole or any part thereof, by any British subjects. |
No register to
be granted for
vessels owned
by British
subjects, &c. |
V. And,
for the more effectual removal and prevention of all restraints laid,
or that may be laid, upon the commerce of the United States, Be
it enacted,
That the delegates from this state to congress are hereby authorised and
empowered,
in the name and on behalf of this state, to agree, and ratify any article
or articles, by which the United States in congress assembled shall be
invested
with a power to prevent or prohibit the importation of all foreign goods
or commodities
in any other than ships or vessels owned by citizens of the United
States, or any of them, and navigated by seamen citizens of the United
States,
or any of them, or such a proportion of seamen citizens of the United States,
or any of them, as from time to time may be agreed to by nine states in
congress
assembled; and the article or articles containing the power aforesaid,
or a power
substantially the same, when agreed to by the other states in the union,
or that
may be in the union, shall be considered, taken and held, as a part of
the articles
of confederation and perpetual union; provided always, that said power
shall
not be exercised to the contravening any stipulation or treaty between
the United
States and foreign nations. |
Delegates to
ratify articles,
&c. |
CHAP. XXX.
An ACT to continue the acts
of assembly therein mentioned. |
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CHAP. XXXI.
An ACT to settle and pay the civil list.
For the ensuing year only. |
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CHAP. XXXII.
An ACT to empower Elizabeth Margaret Littig, Philip Littig, and George
Littig,
to demise the real estate therein mentioned. PR. |
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CHAP. XXXIII.
An ACT to empower the justices of Somerset county, to levy on the inhabitants
of the said county, a sum of money sufficient to erect
a bridge over the river
Wiccomico, at the town of Salisbury.
The sum is not to exceed £. 200,
to be levied at the next June court. The justices, or a majority
of them, are to contract for the building of the bridge, in such a manner
as not to obstruct the navigation
for flats and other small craft. |
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