296 Assembly Proceedings, March 20, 1734/5-April 24, 1735.

Session
Laws

said Church, so to be built thereon, when it is finished, shall be called
Christ-Church.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice, and Consent
aforesaid, That the Justices of St. Mary's and Charles County
Courts, shall and may, and they are hereby authorized and directed,
on the Application of the Vestrymen and Churchwardens of the
aforesaid Parish, to assess and levy on the taxable Inhabitants of
the same Parish, the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds Current Money,
to be paid by the Parishioners, by the Tenth Day of April, Yearly,
to purchase Two Acres of Land, in that Part of the Parish which lies
in St. Mary's County, and thereon to erect and build a new Church,
and to repair Newport Church, in the same Parish: Which said
Assessment, so to be levied, shall be paid at Three several Collections
to the Sheriffs of St. Mary's, and Charles Counties, for the Time
being, who are hereby authorized and required to collect the same;
and shall have, for such Collection, after the Rate of Five per Cent.
And the said Money, when so collected, shall be paid to the Vestry-
men and Churchwardens aforesaid, who are hereby authorized and
required to apply the same to the Uses aforesaid.

Chap. X

An Act for Licensing Pedlars, and Hawkers.

Whereas sundry Persons, called Pedlars, Hawkers, or Petty-
Chapmen, going from Town to Town, or to other Mens Houses,
and travelling either on Foot, or with Horse or Horses, or otherwise,
carrying to sell or exposing to Sale, divers Goods, Wares, and Mer-
chandices, do frequently purchase, from Servants and dissolute Per-
sons, stolen Goods; and also do export out of this Province, great
Quantities of Furs, Skins, and Feathers, to the great Damage of the
Inhabitants thereof :
Be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, 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 June next, it shall not
be lawful for any Pedlar, Hawker, or Petty-Chapman, to trade, vend
or sell any Goods whatsoever within this Province, without first

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having obtained a Licence to trade in this Province, as a Pedlar,
Hawker, or Petty-Chapman, from some Naval-Officer within this
Province: And that the Person applying for such Licence to any
Naval-Officer, shall enter into Bond, with Two sufficient Sureties,
to His Lordship the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, His
Heirs and Successors, in the Sum of One Hundred Pounds, Cur-
rent Money, with Condition, that such Pedlar, Hawker, or Petty-
Chapman, be of good Behaviour for One Year ensuing the Date of
the said Bond; and that such Pedlar, Hawker, or Petty-Chapman,
shall not purchase any Furs, Skins, or Feathers, within this Province,