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264 Assembly Proceedings, April 26- June 3, 1715.
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And be itt further Enacted by the Authority afd by and with
the Advice and Consent afd that in any Parish where the
Church is old or soe out of repair as not fitt to be made use
of And shall be soe Adjudged by the Vestrymen of such
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Parish itt shall and may be Lawfull to and for such Vestrymen
to Apply the said forty pounds of Tobo p poll for the building
of a new one and if itt hath or shall so happen by reason of a
Long Vacancy in such Parish that there shall be no Occasion
to Apply the said Tobo to the Uses afd or if any such Tobo after
such application hath or shall remaine in the hands of the
Vestry the said Vestry are hereby directed and Impowered to
Purchase therewith Either a plantation with a Tract of Land
or a Certaine tract of Land as near and Contiguous to the
Church belonging to such parishes as may be (and if there be
no Church in such Parishes then to purchase a tract of Land
as may be most Convenient for the Inhabitants thereof and
build a Church thereon) which Plantation or Land shall be and
forever remaine as a Gleebe to the Uses of the Ministers of
such parish for the time being who shall be Lawfully Inducted
and Appointed According to the Usuage of the Church of
England And this Province And if there shall happen in Any
Parish to be Tobo Over and Above Answering the uses afd itt
shall be Employed to the Improvement and Stocking such
Gleebe as the Vestry shall Judge most proper.
And forasmuch as by the said recited Act there is nothing
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Allowed to the Sher. for Collecting the said forty pounds of
Tobo p poll and paying the same to the Incumbent or Vestry,
Be itt Enacted by the Authority afd that the Sher. of Each
respective County shall have Allowed him or them out of the
said forty pounds of Tobo p poll which they shall pay to such
Vestry or Incumbent five pounds of Tobo p Cent for Collecting
and paying the same and no more Any Law Statute or
Usuage to the Contrary notwithstanding.
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An Act for the Direction of Sher. in their Offices and restrain-
ing their ill practices within this Province.
Be itt Enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majesty by and
with the Advice and Consent of his Majesties Governour
Councill and Assembly of this Province And the Authority of
the same that no Sherriffe Under Sherriffe or Deputy Sherriffe
shall Seize any Tobo Unstript or Seize or marke any Merchts
or Others Tobo received Marked and Nailed for any Cause
whatsoever but only for Levies due to the publick County
parish or for the forty p poll to the Minister And the Sevll
Shers are hereby Irnpowered to break the Lock of Any Tobo
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