Repealed by Act of May, 1760, Sec. 11, " ...
inasmuch as the same prevents the importation of slaves, and thereby
lessens the fund arising from the duties upon slaves." Hening,
_Statutes_, VI. 461; VII. 363. Cf. _Dinwiddie Papers_, II. 86.
~1756, March 22. Maryland: Additional 20s. Duty Act.~
"An Act for granting a Supply of Forty Thousand Pounds, for his
Majesty's Service," etc. For five years. Bacon, _Laws_, 1756, ch. v.
~1757, April. Virginia: Additional Ten per cent Duty Act.~
"An Act for granting an aid to his majesty for the better protection of
this colony, and for other purposes therein mentioned."
Sec. 22. " ... from and after the ninth day of July, one thousand seven
hundred and fifty-eight, during the term of seven years, there shall be
paid for all slaves imported into this colony, for sale, either by land
or water, from any port or place whatsoever, by the buyer or purchaser
thereof, after the rate of ten per centum on the amount of each
respective purchase, over and above the several duties already laid upon
slaves imported, as aforesaid, by any act or acts of Assembly now
subsisting in this colony," etc. Repealed by Act of March, 1761, Sec. 6, as
being "found very inconvenient." Hening, _Statutes_, VII. 69, 383.
~1759, November. Virginia: Twenty per cent Duty Act.~
"An Act to oblige the persons bringing slaves into this colony from
Maryland, Carolina, and the West-Indies, for their own use, to pay a
duty.
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