580 Assembly Proceedings, 1714-1726.

Session
Laws

asmuch as thro' some Neglect of the Vestry of the said Parish for
the Time being, or Town-Clerk, by his not making due Entries, it
doth not appear that the said Chappel and Two Acres of Land as
aforesaid, are well and sufficiently secured to the Use and Behoof
of the said Parish, according to the Provisions of the Acts of Assem-
bly; by Occasion whereof it may hereafter happen that the said
Two Acres of Land and Chappel thereupon, may be claimed by
some other Person; and the Parish's Right and Title thereunto may
become disputable: For the Prevention whereof, and for that Wil-

p. 278

liam Ennals, of Dorchester County, Gent, present Possessor and
Lessee for Years, of the said Land, appears in the House, and tes-
tifies his Consent thereto,
Be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietor, by
and with the Advice and Consent of His Lordship's Governour,
and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority
of the same, That the Vestry of the said Parish and their Succes-
sors, shall, notwithstanding any Defects in the Vestry or Clerk afore-
said, stand good, and are hereby vested and seized of the same good,
sure and indefeazable Estate in Fee-Simple, to the Use of the said
Parish, of, in, and to the aforesaid Two Acres of Land whereon the
said Chappel now stands, and next adjoining thereunto, as they
might have had in case all the necessary Provisions requisite there-
unto had been complied with by the Vestry aforesaid: Any Law,
Statute, Usage or Custom to the contrary, notwithstanding. Saving
to His Most Sacred Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, the Lord
Proprietor, his Heirs and Successors, and all Bodies Politick and
Corporate, and all others not mentioned in this Act, their several
and respective Rights.

1725
Chap. X
[Wm Parks
compilation,
1727, p. 278]

An Act for dividing Great-Choptank Parish in Dorchester County,
and for erecting a Parish out of the same, called by the Name of
St. Mary White-Chappel-Parish.

Whereas it is represented to this present General Assembly, by
the Inhabitants of Great-Choptank in Dorchester County, That the
said Parish is very large, and that the Forty Pounds of Tobacco
per Poll is a sufficient Allowance for Two Incumbents; and that the
Upper Inhabitants thereof, by the vast Extent of the same, are often
depriv'd of the great Blessing of having the Gospel preached among
them. For Remedy whereof, and for that the Reverend Thomas
Howel, the present Incumbent, having Notice thereof, and consent-
ing thereto, It is prayed that it may be Enacted,
And be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietor,
by and with the Advice and Consent of His Lordship's Governour.
and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority
of the same, That from and after the Tenth Day of December,
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty Five, all that Part