An Act for the Support of Government of His Majesty's Colony of New-Jersey, to commence the tenth Day of August, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty One, and to end the twenty-first Day of November, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Two, * * * * *

1752, 3 Bush 195, 201.

[page 199] * * * * * Six Thousand Pounds, part thereof, to be assessed, levyed and paid into the Treasury, on or before the tenth Day of June, next ensuing, and Two Thousand Pounds the Remainder thereof, to be also assessed, levyed and paid into the Treasury, on or before the twenty-first Day of November next.

* * * * * IT IS HEREBY ENACTED by the Authority aforesaid, that there shall be assessed, levyed and raised, on the several Inhabitants of this Colony, their Goods and Chattles, Lands and Tenements, the said Sum of Eight Thousand Pounds Money aforesaid, in Manner following, viz.

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[page 201] Every bought Servant and Slave, being Male of Sixteen Years old and upwards, (except such Slaves as are not able to work) shall be rated the Sum of two shillings in the first Tax, and the Sum of eight-pence in the second Tax, to be levied as aforesaid.