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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, May, 1730-August, 1732
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170 Assembly Proceedings, May 21-June 16, 1730.

Session
Laws

the Name of Cascil Town, and not by any other Name or Distinction
whatsoever.

Saving to His Most Sacred Majesty, his Heirs and Successors; the
Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, his Heirs and Successors ;
and to all Bodies Politick and Corporate; and all Persons not men-
tioned in this Act, their several and respective Rights; any Thing
in this Act to the contrary, notwithstanding.
And Be It Further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice, and Con-
sent aforesaid, That every Person taking up, or being in Possession
of any of the Lots to be taken up in the aforesaid Town, shall pay
yearly unto the Agent of the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
for the Time being, for the Use of the said Lord Proprietary, One
Penny Current Money of Maryland per Annum: And that the Clerk
of the said Commissioners do transmit to his Lordship's Agent, an
Account of all Lots taken up, pursuant to the Directions of this Act.

Chap. IX

An Act for the building a Church in Baltemore County, and in a
Town called Baltemore Town, in St. Paul's Parish.

Whereas, by an Act of Assembly, Intituled, An Act impowering
the Vestrymen and Churchwardens of St. Paul's Parish, in Baltemore
County, to purchase one or more Acres of Land in the said Parish,
and to build a Parish Church thereon; as also for raising a Fund
to compleat and finish the same, amongst other Things, it was
Enacted, That the Vestrymen and Churchwardens should be author-
ized and impowered to agree for, and purchase one or more Acres of
Land, in the most convenient Part of the said Parish :
And Whereas, it is made appear to this General Assembly, That the
said Vestrymen and Churchwardens did purchase some Land, in
order to build a Church thereon; but that the same is not begun; which
being very inconvenient, and the Inhabitants of Baltemore County,
upon Application to the General Assembly, having had a Town laid
out in the same Parish, called Baltemore Town, which is only Two
Miles Distance from the Land purchased as aforesaid, they the
Parishioners of the same Parish, now praying the Liberty of building
their Church in the same Town; as also that the Tobacco to have been
raised, by Virtue of the former Act, may be only applied to the build-
ing of a Church in Baltemore Town :

p. 31

Be It Therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietor, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Gov-
erneur, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the
Authority of the same, That the Vestrymen and Churchwardens of
the same Parish, or the major Part of them, be, and are hereby
authorized and impowered to agree for, and purchase One Lot of
Ground in the same Town, and cause a Church to be built thereon,
for the Use of the said Parishioners; which shall be the Parish
Church of the said Parish, and be called St. Paul's Church.



 
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