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of Taking Corporal possession of the Church with the Tem-
poralties thereto Belonging. Lord Baltimore's Right of Pat-
ronage being founded on the firmest and most extensive
Grounds, and being always usd and exercis'd in the fullest
Manner, His Lordship under the double Capacity of Patron &
Bishop, has united and blended the Several Powers together
& by one Act that of Induction so adopted in, and Confirmed
by the Usage of the Province gives and Grants plenary Pos-
session to a Parson of an Ecclesiastical Benefice, investing
him with an Absolute Freehold therein for his Life, by which
he becomes entitled to the Profits Appropriated for that use
by and under the following Clauses of the Act of 1701/2
Sect 3. And for the Encouragement of faithful & able
Ministers labouring in the Work of the Gospel to Come &
Reside in* this Provincet Be it Enacted by the Authority afore-
said That a Tax or Assessment of 40lb of Tobacco pt poll be
yearly And every year levied upon every taxable Person within
each Respective Parish within this Province as they have been
now, are or hereafter may be, Laid out limited or appointed
by Laws of this Province, and entred upon Record, as the
said former Laws therein did direct which said Assessment of
40lb of Tobacco p Poll, shall allways be Paid and Allowed to
the Minister of each Respective Parish, having no other Bene-
fice to officiate in presented, inducted, or appointed by his
Excellency the Governor or Commander in Chief for the
Time being.
And the 40 p poll is further appropriated for the Ministers
use by the Subsequent Clause :
Sect 6 " Be it Enacted that the Sheriff of each several
County shall and is hereby obliged to Collect and gather the
said assessment of 40 p Poll of the Several Persons within
each Respective Parish in this County, in the Same Manner
and By the same Authority as the public and County Levies
are Collected, and shall pay the same 40 p poll to the Minister
or Incumbent in each respective Parish."
The Sheriff is herein directed to pay the 40 p poll to the
Minister or Incumbent in each respective Parish, if there be
* By 26. H. 8. c. 19. 91 E. c. i The Canon Law is recognized to be in
force by Authority of Parliament. Therefore says Burn in his Preface
the Business or this heads Inquire, first what is the Canon Law upon
any point : & then to find out how far the same was received here before
the said Statute, & then to compare the same with the Common Law, &
with the Statute Law & with the Law Concerning the Kings Prerogative
(wch also is part of the common law) & from thence will Come out the
genuine Law of the Church,
t The very preamble of this Act sets forth that it was made for the
Encouragement of Strangers.
I The 40 p poll by the Inspection Law is Reduced to thirty p poll
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