Whereas the Inhabitants of the said New Erected Countys of Johnston and Granville have respectively paid their Publick County & Parish Taxes & Levies and Contributed to the erecting of the publick buildings in the said Countys of Craven or Edgecomb from whence they were divided and now must necessarily be at great expence and charge to erect the necssary publick buildings in their respective countys, Wherefore we pray that it may be enacted—
And be it Enacted by His Excellency the Governor, Council & General Assembly of this Province, And it is hereby Enacted that the said Countys of Johnston & Granville shall be and they are hereby exempted from paying any Publick County or Parrish Levy or Tax laid & payable in the several & respective counties of Craven & Edgecomb for the year One Thousand Seven Hundred & Forty Six.
And that the said clauses in the aforesaid Acts Directing the several Sheriffs of the said Counties of Craven & Edgecomb to collect the said Publick County & Parrish Taxes or Levys in the respective Counties of Johnston and Granville for the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Six are and stand hereby repealed to all Intents & purposes as tho' the same had never been made.
Ratified 7th March 1746.