260 Ac/s Passed at the Session, Mar. 16, 1701/2-Mar. 25,1 702.

Lib. L. L.

No. 2.

respective Parish haveing noe other Benifice to Officiate in ;
Presented; inducted or Appoynted by his Excell^cy the Govern-
eur or Comander in Cheife for the tyme being And every such
Minister is hereby Required and Enjoyned to Appoynt And
Constantly to Keep a Clerk of Such Parish Church; and to
pay and Satisfye such Clerk the Sume of One Thousand
Pounds of Tob^o yearly and Every year out of the said ffourty
p Poll; And to prevent all illegall and Vnlawfull Marrages ;
not allowable by the Church of England; but forbidden by
the Table of Marrages. Bee it Enacted by the Authority
aforesaid; That noe Minister, Preist or Magistrate shall Pre-
sume to joyne Together in Marriage any Person whatsoever
Contrary to the Table of Marriage; by this Act appoynted to
be sett up; in Every Parish Church w^th in this Province ;
Vnder the penalty of ffive Thousand pounds of Tob^o Nor
shall any Person fforbidden to Intermarry by such Table of
Marriage p^rsume to be joyned in Marriage Vnder the Like
Penalty of ffive Thousand pounds of Tob^o such Penalty and
fforfeiture; on either side; to be made to our Soveraigne
Lord the King; his heires and Successors, for the uses in
this Act hereafter menconed; And to prevent Any Lay Per-
sons ffrom Joyning any Persons in Marriage; Where any

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Minister or Prest cann be had; And to Assertaine what shall
be paid for Marriages; Bee it likewise Enacted by the
Authority Aforesaid; th^t in every Parish where any Minister
or Incumbent shall reside & have Charge of Souls therein ;
noe Justice or Majestrate being a Lay man shall Joyne any
Person in Marriage; Vnder the Penalty of ffive Thousand
Pounds of Tob^o ffor such Offence; To our Soveraigne Lord
the King; As aforesaid; And it shall be Lawfull to every
Minister; To take and receive of Every Person or Persons
by him Married the Sume of ffive shillings Ster and noe more.
Provided such Persons come to such Parish Church or Chap-
pell at time of Divine Service for Solemnizeing such Marriage
And for the better and more Effectually collecting the said
Duty of fforty Pound of Tob^o p Poll; And paying the same
to the uses by the Law intended and Appoynted; Bee it
Enacted that the Sherriffe of each Severall County shall and
is hereby obliged to Collect and gather the said Assessm^t of
fforty p Poll of the Severall persons within each respective
Parish in his County; in the same maner. And by the same
Authority as the Publick and County Levys are Collected;
and shall pay the same fforty Pounds p Poll to the Minister
or incumbent in each respective Parish; And the better to
Promote the Execution of the good Laws of this Province ;
soe farr as Concerns the Respective Parishes. And for the
more Easey Dispatch of Parish Buisness; Bee it ffurther