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Tobacco so cutt or Suffered to be Cut Cropt or Lessened in the Lib. l. l.
Length or breadth abused Defaced or Impaired upon oath made ^°- ^^
thereof by one Sufficient Wittness or a Certifficate thereof
made under the hand and Seale of his office of any one of her
Majestys Custom house officers in England shall forfeit Three
pounds Sterling one third part thereof to her Majesty her
heires and Successors for the Suport of the Government of
this province and the other two Thirds thereof to the party
grieved for recovery whereof the bond so as afd to be given
shall at the prayer of the party be put In suit and prosecuted
to Judgm'. This Act to Continue for Three years and to the
end of the next Session of Assembly w'^'' shall happen after the
Three years.
Aprill lo'"" 1707. Read and Assented to by the house of
Delegates Signed p order. W Taylard CI h D.
Aprill the lo"" 1707. Read and Assented to by her Maj'^^
hon''''= Councill, & Signed p order W Bladen CI Councill
Aprill the 15"' 1707. On behalf of her Maj'^ Queen Anne
of England &c. I will this be a Law
Jo : Seymour
A Supplementary Act to the Act for advancement of Trade p- 305
and Erecting Ports and Towns.
Whereas Severall Towns within this province were ordered
and Intended to be Layed out according to An Act of Assembly
of this province Entituled an Act for advancement of
Trade and Erecting Ports and Town's in the province of Maryland
made at an Assembly begun and held at the Port of
Annapolis the second day of Aprill One Thousand Seven
hundred and Six, but for Severall reasons some of the said
Towns were not Laid out within the Time prescribed within
the said Act so that the time being Elapsed diverse Inhabitants
of this province have petitioned this present Generall Assembly
to have the said Towns revived and others Erected.
Be it therefore Enacted by the Queens most Excellent Maj'^
by and with the Advice and Consent of her Maj'*' Governour
Councill and Assembly of this Province and The Authority of
the same That the severall and respective Commissioners
nominated and appointed in and by the said Act in their Sev-
erall and respective Countys (Except where other Commis- p. 306
sioners are by this Act appointed) shall be and are hereby
Authorized & Impower'd to purchase Cause to be Surveyed