Acts. 229

raised a Certaine Sume of tobacco & mony amounting to the sume
of one hundred Seventy Seven thousand Nine hundred and thirty
six pounds of tobacco and twenty five pounds Eighteen Shillings and
Six pence Current money But by reason more publick Charges may
arise and grow due before the usuall and accustomed time of paym^t
which is the tenth day of Novemb^r Yearly at which time againe to
Call and Convene the whole Assembly for that Occasion only Con-
sidering the great Number of them and the remoteness of their
habitations from the place Appointed would be Very Chargeable and
troublesome to the whole province in Gen^ll for prevention whereof.
Be it Enacted by the Right Honble the Lord Proprietary by and with
the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governor and the upper and
Lower houses of this present Generall Assembly and the Authority
of the same that the Honble Samuel Young, Thomas Addison Phil
Lloyd and Richard Tilghman Esq^rs of his Lordships Honble upper
house of Assembly and Coll Mathew Tilghman Ward Cap^t Thomas
Truman Greenfield Coll Nathaniel Hynson Capt. Dan^ll Mariarte
Coll John Mackall Coll James Maxwell Cap^t Thomas Dent M^r Sam-
uel Hopkins Capt. Tobias Pollard Col John Ward M^r Robert Tyler
and M^r Charles Wright of the Honble the Lower house of Assembly
or the Major Part of them be and Appeare at the City of Annapolis
on the first Tuesday of Octob^r next then & there to Lay and Assess
the said Publick Levy already raised and also to Allow Levy and
Assess what further Charge may Accrue which to them shall Justly
Appeare to be due from the Publick not Exceeding one hundred

Liber LL, 4
Acts

thousand pounds of tobacco and three hundred pounds Sterl or the
Vallue thereof in Currant mony more than what is already raised
and Likewise to Apportion order and pay out of the Publick Treas-
ury of this province the sume of twenty five pounds Eighteen
Shillings and Six pence Currant mony of this province to the
Severall persons to whome the same shall be due as by the Jour-
nall of the Comitte of Accounts appeares and a fair Journall of all
their proceedings to be delivered to the Clerk of the Assembly for
satisfaction of all psons therewith Concerned by the tenth day of
November next And if it shall happen that his Excellency shall
please to Convene an Assembly before the said first Tuesday of
October af^d then this present Act and Every Clause therein Contained
shall be Void and of no Force

p. 360

A Supplementary Act to the Act for Ascertaining the bounds of
Land within this pvince
Whereas an Act of Assembly of this province Intituled An Act
for Ascertaining the bounds of Land within this province hath been
found to be of great use and Generall Ease to such parts of Its In-
habitants as have had Occasion to make use of the same But foras-
much as Its defects could not be observed before the same was put

Acts of 1717,
ch. 9
p. 372