Acts. 615

same, can agree upon, and for any Term not exceeding Twenty-one
Years, to the Use and Benefit of the Incumbent of the said Parish
for the Time being.

Session
Laws

Be it therefore Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's
Governor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the
Authority of the same, That from and after the End of this present
Session of Assembly, it shall and may be lawful for the Rector,
Vestry-men, and Church- Wardens of St. James's Parish, in Anne
Arundel County, for the Time being, from Time to Time to grant,
lease, demise, and to Farm let, to any Person or Persons willing and
capable to take the same, the aforesaid Land of Wrighton, as afore-
said, or any Part of it, and on such Conditions, Covenants, Provisoes,
Agreements, and Yearly Rents, as the said Rector, Vestry-men, and
Church- Wardens, for the Time being, or the major Part of them,
and the Person or Persons who shall from time to time be willing
and desirous to take the same, or any Part thereof shall agree upon,
and for any Term not exceeding Twenty-one Years, in any one

Rector,
Vestrymen,
&c. of
St. James's
Parish, im-
powered to
lease cer-
tain Lands.

Demise.

P. 19

And be it Enacted by the Authority, Advice, and Consent afore-
said, That the Yearly Rents, Revenues, and Profits of the Premises
be, and are hereby Enacted and to be and belong to the Incumbent of
the said Parish for the Time being, for his sole and separate Use
and Benefit, and to and for no other Use, Intent, or Purpose what-
soever.

And Rent of
the said
Land to be-
long to the
Incumbent.

Provided also, and be it Enacted, That if there shall at any Time
hereafter happen to be a Vacancy in the said Parish for want of an
Incumbent, that then and in such Case it shall and may be lawful to
and for the Vestry-men and Church- Wardens of the said Parish for
the Time being, or the major Part of them, or any Person by them
or the major Part of them to be appointed for that Purpose, to ask,
demand, and receive of and from such Person or Persons from whom
the same shall be payable, the several Rents to be reserved as afore-
said, accruing due during such Vacancy, and the same shall be by
the Vestry-men and Church- Wardens aforesaid for the Time being,
or the major Part of them, used and applied in the same Manner,
and to the same Uses and Purposes as the Forty per Poll on the like
Occasion, by an Act of Assembly made and passed at a Session of
Assembly begun and held at the City of Annapolis, on the Twenty-
sixth Day of April, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifteen,
entituled, An Act to declare how the Forty Pounds of Tobacco per
Poll, in such Parishes where there is no Incumbent shall be disposed

Proviso.

of, is directed to be applied.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the
aforesaid Lease or Leases so as aforesaid to be made, shall and are
hereby directed to be within Three Months from the Date thereof,

The Leases
to be entered
in the Reg-
ister-Book
of said
Parish.