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thorized and impowered to agree for and purchase One or more
Acres of Land in the most convenient Part of the said Parish, and
to cause a new Church to be built thereon, for the Use of the said
Parishioners; which said Church shall hereafter be deemed and
taken as the Parish Church of the said Parish, and be called St.
Paul's Church. And, for the better enabling the said Vestry-Men
and Church-Wardens to proceed on the Purchase and Building
aforesaid,
Be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice and Consent
aforesaid, That the Justices of Baltemore County-court for the
Time being, shall (on Application to them made by the Rector,
Vestry, and Church-Wardens of that Parish) by Virtue of this
Act, be authorized and required, to assess the Sum of Ten Pounds
of Tobacco on every Taxable Person within the said Parish, in
every November Court Yearly and every Year, untill the said Land
shall be paid for, and the said Church finished; which said Ten
Pounds of Tobacco per Pole, the Sheriff of Baltemore County for
the Time being, is hereby required to levy and collect the same, (for
which the said sheriff shall be allowed Five per Cent and no more,)
and pay the same to the Vestry-Men and Church-Wardens of the
said Parish for the Time being, for the Uses aforesaid.
And whereas there is now in the Hands of the said Vestry, the
Sum of Six Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, which cannot be applied
otherways, than to the Repair of the new Church,
Be it Enacted, That the said Vestry-Men and Church- Wardens
be and are hereby impowered to apply the said Six Thousand
Pounds of Tobacco to the Uses herein before directed; any Law,
Usage or Custom to the contrary, notwithstanding.
Provided always, That the said Vestry-Men and Church- War-
dens, do not purchase any more than Two Acres of Land, or raise
more than Forty Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, by the Ten per
Pole, on the Inhabitants of the said Parish, towards the building
the said Church; anything herein before contained to the contrary,
notwithstanding.
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Chap. XI
p. 21
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An Act for erecting a Court-House and Prison on the East Side
of the Head of Port-Tobacco Creek, at a Place call'd Chandler-
Town, in Charles County; and for making Sale of the Old Court-
house and Prison.
Whereas the Magistrates of Charles County-court, by their
humble Petition to this General Assembly, have set forth, That
their Court-house is so far impaired, ruined, and decayed, that there
is a Necessity for erecting a new One; and that the Place where the
Court-house now stands, is so remote from any Landing, that the
Charge of bringing Materials together, by Land-Carriage, for that
End, will be much greater than if the same was to be built at the
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