Acts. 123

Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the same, That the Act,
intituled, An Act for the speedy and effectual Publication of the
Laws of this Province; and for the Encouragement of William
Parks, of the City of Annapolis, Printer, made at a Session of As-
sembly, begun and held at the City of Annapolis, the Tenth Day of
October, Anno Domini, One Thousand, Seven Hundred, and
Twenty Seven, be and is hereby revived, and continued in full Force,
from and after the End of this Session of Assembly, for and during
the Term of Seven Years, and to the End of the next Session of
Assembly, that shall happen after the said Seven Years.

Session
Laws

An Act for the Assessment of so much Tobacco on the Inhabitants
of St. Stepen's Parish, in Cecil County, as will build them a new
Parish Church, and a Chapel of Ease, on Bohemia Manor, in the
said Parish.

Whereas, the Vestrymen, Churchwardens, and other the Inhabi-
tants of St. Stephen's Parish, in Cecil County, have, by their Peti-
tion to this General Assembly, set forth, That their Parish Church
is in such a ruinous Condition, that it is dangerous being therein ;
and have prayed, that an Act may pass, that so much Tobacco may
be levied on the taxable Persons of the said Parish, as will enable
them to build a new Church, at or near the Place where the old one
now stands; and to build a Chapel of Ease, on Bohemia Manor,
Be it therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Upper and
Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the same, That
the Justices of Cecil County Court, shall and may, and they are
hereby authorized and directed, on the Application of the Vestry-
men and Churchwardens of the said Parish, to assess and levy on the
taxable Inhabitants of the said Parish, any Quantity of Tobacco, not
exceeding Sixty Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, to erect a new
Church in the said Parish, at or near the Place where the old one
now stands; and Fifty Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, to build a

Chap. X

Chapel of Ease, on Bohemia Manor; which said Tobacco so to
to be levied, shall be collected, in equal Dividends, in Three Years,
by the Sheriff of Cecil County, for the Time being, who is hereby
authorized and required to collect the same; and who shall have,
for such Collection, at and after the Rate of Five per Cent. And
the said Tobacco, when so collected, shall be paid to the Vestry and
Churchwardens aforesaid, who are hereby authorized and required
to apply the same to the building and finishing a new Church in the
said Parish, at or near the Place where the old one now stands; and
to build the Chapel of Ease aforesaid, as near as may be, to the
Place where the old one now stands.

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