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ACTS OF THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND, MADE AND PASSED At a Session of Assembly, begun and held at the City of ANNAPOLIS, on Wednesday the Twenty-second Day of November, in the Eight Year of the Dominion of the Right Honourable FREDERICK, Lord Baron of Baltimore, Absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon, &c. Annoque Domini 1758.
Published by Authority. Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green, 1758. Unbound, 8 loose pages. 7" x 11 3/4" pamphlet.
The 11 Acts include:
AN ACT FOR AMENDING THE STAPLE OF TOBACCO, FOR PREVENTING FRAUDS IN HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS.
AN ACT TO PREVENT DISABLED AND SUPERANNUATED SLAVES BEING SET FREE, OR THE MANUMISSION OF SLAVES, BY ANY LAST WILL OR TESTAMENT.
AN ACT FOR DESTROYING OF CROWS AND SQUIRRELS IN PARTICULAR COUNTIES.
AN ACT FOR GRANTING A SUPPLY OF FORTY THOUSAND POUNDS FOR HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE, AND STRIKING THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND AND FIFTEEN POUNDS SIX SHILLINGS THEREOF, IN BILLS OF CREDIT, AND RAISING A FUND FOR SINKING THE SAME, TO PAY THE SEVERAL SUMS OF MONEY FOR INDIAN SCALPS TO THE PERSONS IN THIS ACTION MENTIONED.
etc. Full list or more scans available on request.
I could find only two copies of this act, one in Bucknell, the other in Univ. of Minnesota. RARE, there are NO other copies currently for sale on the net.
CONDITION: The left hand margin appears to have been trimmed by about 1/2" (not affecting any text so perhaps this was disbound from a book(?), o/w the 4 loose leaves (8 pages) are clean, supple and in Near Fine condition.
NOT an ex-library, NO bookplates, and NO previous owner's signatures.
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