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the General Assembly, set forth, that their Parish Church is so
decaied, and out of Repair, that it will almost cost as much to repair
it, as it would to build a new One; besides, the said Church stands
not convenient for the Parishioners; and have prayed that an Act
may pass, to enable them to build a new Church, and purchase Two
Acres of Land, just by where an Old School-House stood; that one
Patrick Oglevie formerly kept School in, on the South West Side of
the main Road that leads up on the North Side of Severn-River, to
build the said new Church on; and that so much Tobacco may be
levied on the Taxable Persons of the said Parish, as will enable them
to purchase the Two Acres of Land, and build a Church :
Be It Therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Gov-
ernor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the
Authority of the same, That the Vestry-Men and Church- Wardens
of Westminster Parish aforesaid, or the major Part of them, be and
are hereby authorized and impowered, to agree for and purchase Two
Acres of Land, where an old School-House stood, that one Patrick
Oglevie formerly kept School in, on the South West Side of the main
Road, that leads up on the North Side of Severn-River, to build the
said new Church on.
And Be It Further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Justices of Anne-Arundel County Court, shall and may, and they are
hereby authorized and directed, on the Application of the Vestry-
Men and Church- Wardens of the Parish aforesaid, to assess and
levy on the Taxable Inhabitants of the said Parish, any Quantity of
Tobacco not exceeding Twenty Thousand Pounds of Tobacco in any
One Year; and to continue so doing Yearly, until there shall be a
sufficient Quantity of Tobacco levied, to erect and cbmpleat a new
Church in the said Parish, and to purchase the Two Acres of Land
aforesaid: Which said Tobacco, so to be levied, shall be collected by
the Sheriff of Anne-Arundel County, for the Time being, who is
hereby authorized and directed to collect the same; and who shall have
for such Collection, at and after the Rate of Five per Cent, without
any Deduction: And the said Tobacco, when so collected, shall be
paid Yearly to the Vestry-Men and Church- Wardens, who are hereby
authorized and required to apply the same to the Building and Fin-
ishing a new Church in the said Parish, and to pay for the Two Acres
of Land, to be purchased as aforesaid.
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Whereas, it may so happen, that the Person or Persons interested
in the Two Acres of Land aforesaid, may wilfully refuse to make
Sale thereof, or the Person or Persons interested therein, through
Nonage, or Coverture, Non sane Memoria, or other Impediment or
Disability, may be unable to do the same :
Be It Therefore Further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid,
That the Vestry-Men and Church- Wardens aforesaid, or the major
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