The Upper House. 477

Friday morning 23^d May 1740

This House met again according to Adjournment Present as
Yesterday
Read the Petition of the Vestrymen Church Wardens and several
of the Inhabitants of S^t Mary Anns Parish in Cecil County praying
that a Bill may be brought in to levy six hundred Pounds on the
taxable Inhabitants of the said Parish by two equal Assesments to-
wards building them a Brick Church
Read the Petition of the Vestrymen and sundry the Inhabitants
of Queen Anns Parish in Prince Georges County praying that an
Act may pass to levy One hundred Pounds upon the Taxable Inhabi-
tants of the said Parish to repair the Chappel built by the Reverend
M^r Henderson and his late Wife, and that the said Chappel may be
made a Chappel of Ease for the said Parish

U. H. J.
Calvert
Paper
No. 735
May 23

Read the Petition of the Rector Church wardens & Vestrymen of
William and Mary Parish in S^t Mary's County praying an Act may
pass empowering the Justices of the said County to levy fifty
thousand Pounds of Tob^o in four years towards building a Chappel
of Ease in said Parish & purchasing One Acre of Land whereon to
build the same
Read the Petition of the Freeholders and Parishioners of the
Parish of William and Mary in S^t Marys County praying that the
two aforegoing Petitions may be rejected, and that One new Church
may be built in the said County according to the Vote of the major
Part of the Parishioners therein
Read the Petition of the Rector Vestrymen Church Wardens and
Others the Inhabitants of All Faiths Parish in S^t Marys and Charles
Counties praying that an Act may pass enabling the Justices of the
said Counties to levy two thousand Pounds in ten Years on the
taxable Inhabitants of the said Parish to build a new Church on the
Church Land in the said County
Read the Petition of the Visitors of Dorchester County School
praying an Act may pass enabling them to purchase a small Peice
of Land whereon to erect the new School House intended to be
built
Read the Petition of sundry Inhabitants of Dorchester County
praying that Leave may be given to bring in a Bill empowering the
free holders of the said County to meet and appoint a Place con-
venient for building a new Court House and Prison in the said
County; the Eight preceeding Petitions were referred to the Con-
sideration of the Lower House of Assembly
Read the Petition of William Ratcliffe of Queen Anns County
praying an Allowance may be made him for his Slave who dyed in
Prison, and which Slave was by him apprehended and committed
to Goal for the Murder of his fellow Slave.

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