At a session held at St. Mary's, November 1~12 1681
Charles Calvert Lord Baltimore Propietary
His Lordship in Person
The Upper House of Assembly
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An Act for paymt & assessmt of the publicke charge of this province
Whereas there hath beene Two hundred Twenty Three Thousand ffour hundred fforty Three pds of Tob laid out & disbursed by the vpper & Lower houses of this prsent Genl Assemnbly
& by severall other the good people of this Province for the Publicke good of the same
& to the intent the same may bee satisfied & paid to those psons to whom the same is due
Bee itt therefore enacted by the Right Honourable the Ld Propry by& with the advice & Consent of the vpper & Lower houses of this Present Genl Assembly & the authority of the same
that the said sume of Two hundred Twenty Three Thousand ffour hundred fforty Three pds of Tob to bee paid in manner & forme as is heereafter expressed
that is to say....
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To Mich Simands
to Ja Wheeler
to Wm Theobalds
to Wm Wells
to Geo Groves
to Ffra Harrison
to Edwd Ffrawnes
to Cornel Mattox
to John Lambert
to Wm Newman
to Tho Hussey &
to Hen Newcastle
each one Thousand & ffifty pds of Tob