of October now last past, which act as to so much thereof as relates to the imposition of the said duty, will expire on the twentieth day of October next ensuing. II. And whereas by reason of the present short crop of tobacco, the said duty will not raise money sufficient for the purposes mentioned in the said act, and it is necessary that the said duty should be further continued: Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so much of the said recited act of Assembly as relates to the imposing, collecting, and accounting for the said duty, shall continue and be in force from and after the said twentieth day of October next, until the twentieth day of October one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven, and no longer, and that the money arising from the said duty shall be paid to John Robinson, esquire, treasurer, or to the treasurer for the time being, appointed by, or pursuant to an act of Assembly, and by the said treasurer accounted for to the General Assembly, after deducting two per cent. for his salary in receiving the same, and shall be applied as is herein after directed. III. And whereas by a late accidental fire large quantities of tobacco were burnt in the public warehouses at Coan, in the county of Northumberland, and at Deep-Dreek, in the county of Lancaster, an account of which tobacco, with the names of the proprietors, is stated in the memorials of the inspectors of the said warehouses respectively, and contained in a schedule hereunto annexed, for the relief of which sufferers, Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the said treasurer, out of the money to be raised by this and the said recited act, shall, some time before the last day of July next ensuing, pay to the several proprietors of the tobacco burnt in the said last mentioned warehouses, and mentioned in the said schedule, after the rates following, that is to say, for the two hogsheads of crop tobacco inspected at Coan warehouse, in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty three, also for the transfer tobacco burnt in the said warehouse, for which the inspectors notes are out, and for the three hogsheads of uninspected tobacco burnt in the said warehouse after the rate of ten shillings and six-pence per hundred; for the nett transfer tobacco burnt in the said warehouse, and for which no notes are out, and also for all the transfer tobacco burnt in the said Deep. Creek warehouse, after the rate of eleven shillings per hundred; for the hogshead of crop tobacco inspected in the said Coan warehouse, in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty four, after the rate of twelve shillings per hundred; and for the crop tobacco inspected at each of the said warehouses of Coan and Deep-Creek, in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty-five, after the rate of twelve shillings and six-pence per hundred. IV. And whereas by reason of the deficiency of the duty laid by the said recited act, and the long time of payment of the duty hereby continued, the treasurer will not be able to pay the proprietors of the tobacco burnt in the said Bolling's-Point warehouse at the time mentioned in the said act, and it will be injurious to the said proprietors to wait any longer, or even until that time, for such payment; they, and also the proprietors of the said tobacco burnt at Coan and DeepCreek warehouses, being by law entitled to immediate satisfaction for their losses: Be it therefore enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the said recited act as directs the treasurer to pay the said proprietors of tobacco burnt in Bolling's-Point warehouse for their said losses, on the last day of October next ensuing, be, and the same is hereby repealed, and that the said treasurer, out of the duties laid by this and the said recited act, shall, some time before the said last day of July next ensuing, pay the said several proprietors for their tobacco according to the rates and regulations in the said act mentioned, with an interest of five per centum per annum, from the time of passing the said recited act until the time of such pay ment. V. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said John Robinson, or the treasurer for the time being, appointed as aforesaid, to issue or emit, at any time or times, before the last day of October next, and not after, in such proportions as he shall find necessary to answer the demands that shall be made on him, for the purposes of this and the said recited act, any number of treasury notes so as the whole sum of such notes shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand pounds current money, which notes shall be prepared, printed or engraved, and numbered in such form, and after such method as the said treasurer shall judge most convenient for their circulating in payments, and being safe from counterfeits and forgeries and shall be signed by John Robinson, esquire, treasurer, or the treasurer for the time being, appoint ed as aforesaid, and Peyton Randolph, esquire, and Robert Carter Nicholas, gentleman, who shall be allowed twenty-five pounds each for their trouble in doing the same, to be deducted out of the allowance to the treasurer for emitting the said notes, and the said treasurer shall be allowed two per centum, upon the notes so to be issued for his trouble therein. VI. And be it further enacted, That all such notes, so issued, shall be redeemable on the fifteenth day of December; one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven, and shall then be paid by the said treasurer; and further, that all such notes, shall be received and pass as a lawful tender in any payment, for any debt, demand, or duty whatsoever (except for the payment of his majesty's quit-rents) from and after the issuing of the same, for and during the time before specified for their redemption aforesaid. VII. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons, shall forge or counterfeit, alter or erase, any treasury note issued by virtue of this act, or shall tender in payment by way of barter, or otherwise, to any person whatsoever, or shall demand a redemption of any such note at the treasury, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, altered or erased, every such person or persons, so offending, if lawfully convicted, shall be adjudged a felon, and shall suffer as in cases of felony without benefit of clergy. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the money to be raised by virtue of this and the said recited act, shall stand, remain, and be, as, and for a security for the redemption of the said treasury notes, so to be issued, and the said John Robinson, treasurer, or the treasurer for the time being, to be appointed as aforesaid, is hereby required to apply all such money as shall come to his hands, by virtue of this and the said recited act, for, and towards the redemption of such treasury notes, and to no other purpose. GVOL. 7. A SCHEDULE of the Tobacco burnt in Coan Warehouse, to which this Act refers. do. 43 1042 1086 E W 8 1091 1074 10 756 do. do. 11 951 1089 160 1022 60 758 do. 28 955 1090 331 1023 76 768 Number. Quantity. Quantity. Number.. Quantity. Number. Quantity. Number. Quantity. Number. Quantity. Number. Quan. Nett. 15 1001 25 729 27 546 10 402 281 88 200 60 403 13 90 22 36 91 25 881 1091 28 1027 CB 25 916 1095 35 1038 50 716 16 614 10 434 94 159 180 |