AN ORDINANCE Impowring COMMISSIONERS TO Put in Execution an Act of Parliament, Entitled, An Act Prohibiting the PLANTING OF Tobacco in England.   blazon of the Commonwealth 

Tuesday 11th April,1654.  
ORdered by His Highness the Lord PROTECTOR and the Council, that this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and Published.  
HEN. SCOBEL, Clerk of the Council.   
LONDON, Printed, by William Dugard, and Henry Hills, Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector. 1653.   

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AN ORDINANCE Impowring Commissioners to put in Execution an Act of Parliament, Entitled (An Act Prohibiting the Planting of Tobacco in ENGLAND.)  
UPon consideration had of the great prejudice arising to the English Plantations in Foreign parts, and the great Damage and Loss to Trade at home, by the planting of Tobacco in this Nation; Be it Ordained by His Highness the Lord Protector, by and with the advice and consent of His Council, That Sir William Robert, John Stone, Gervas' Benner, Henry Elsing, Adam Baines, and John Bocker, Esquires, or any three or more of them, be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, and empowered, authorized and required, by all fit and lawful ways and means, to put in Execution an Act of Parliament, Dated the first of April, 1652. Entitled, (An Act prohibiting the Planting of Tobacco in ENGLAND) and every Claus, Article, matter and thing therein contained, any Act or Ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding; And all Officers, Civil and Military, and all other persons, are hereby required to be aiding and assisting unto the said Commissioners, or any person or persons employed by them in this service, for the effectual execution of all the powers and authorities, by the said Act or this Ordinance, granted and entrusted to the said Commissioners.   

Tuesday 11th April, 1654.  
ORdered by his Highness the Lord PROTECTOR and the COUNCIL, that this Ordinance be forthwith printed and published.  
Hen. Scobell, Clerk of the Council.