His Excellency Thomas Lord Culpeper Governor Collonel Anthony Lawson the present Sherif of Lower Norfolk and all succeeding Sherifs are hereby Ordered and Required pursuant to an order of Assembly made in 1680 and directions therein given to Captain Adam Keeling then Sherif thereof to demand ask Levy require and receive Quittrents Levys fees and all other publick dues from the Inhabitants of Currituck and all others there adjoining that Claime and hold their Lands by virtue of patents issued from the secretary's Office of this Government and in case of their or any of their refusals or failures thereof that then he & they Levy the same by distress as in ye like cases on any other his Matys Subjects of this Colony