Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1752. 545

Upon reading the Petition of several of the Parishioners of
William and Mary Parish in Charles County preferred to this
Board on the 14^th Day of December last, and Both Parties
being this Day heard; It appears The Pews or Seats in the
said Church not being allotted to the Use of particular Per-
sons, there was a Meeting of the Church Wardens and Major
Part of the Vestry of the said Parish on the 8^th Day of this
Instant Iune, when towards a Reconcilement of the several
Parties concerned and Satisfaction of the Parish They pro-
ceeded to regulate and allot Seats in the said Church to the
several Freeholders and their Families in the said Parish ;
After which Eight Seats together with the Two Galleries still
remained Vacant; But after such Allotment and Regulation
The Majority of the said Vestry refused to sign the same in
order to present it to this Board for their Confirmation This
Board taking the whole matter under their Consideration are
of Opinion That from the Usage of the established Church of
England and for the Preservation of Order and Decency, And
that Divine Service may not be interrupted by a promiscuous
Use of and Disturbance of Each Other in the said Pews and
Seats It is necessary the Seats and Pews in the said Church
should be regulated and particularly appropriated Therefore
This Board doth order direct and adjudge That the several
Pews in the said Church marked and numbered 1,2, 3 &^c
according to the Plan or Schedule N^o (I) hereunto annexed
shall be used by, and are hereby appropriated to the several
Persons and their Families mentioned and expressed in the
Schedule marked (N^o 2) also hereunto annexed; But foras-
much as It has been suggested to this Board that several
Tenants & their Families by the af^d Regulation will not be
provided with Seats It is therefore further Ordered and

Lib.C. B.
p. 481

Directed That the Pews numbered, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21
and 22 and which by the aforesaid Regulation are left Vacant
together with One or Both of the said Galleries shall be appro-
priated by the Church wardens and Vestry of the said Church
to the Use of such Tenants and their respective Families.

Schedule N^o 1

p. 482

ft

in

ft.

Inc.

N^o

1.

A Pew

7 :

6

by-

4..

6

2.

D^o

10

—

by

4..

6

3

D^o

7-

6

by

4..

6

4

D^o

10:

by

4..

6

5

6

D^o

9:

9

by

4:

—

Each

7.