636 Assembly Proceedings, May 1-June 4, 1744.

Session
Laws

Governor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the
Authority of the same, That the Vestry-men and Church- Wardens
of King George's Parish, in Prince George's County, or the major
Part of them, be, and are hereby authorized and impowered to agree
for and purchase Three Acres of Land, in the most convenient Place
in the Lower Part of the said Parish, to cause a Brick Chapel to be
built thereon; which said Chapel so to be built thereon, shall be con-
stituted and deemed a Chapel of Ease of the said Parish, and for
ever hereafter be supported and repaired at the Charge of the said
Parish.

County Jus-
tices to levy
the 800 l.

And be it further Enacted by the Authority, Advice, and Consent
aforesaid, That the Justices of Prince George's County Court, shall
and may, and they are hereby authorized and directed, on the Appli-
cation of the Vestry-men and Church- Wardens of the aforesaid Par-
ish, to assess and levy by Four equal and even Assessments, on the
taxable Inhabitants of the same Parish, the Sum of Eight Hundred
Pounds Current Money, to be paid by the Parishioners by the Tenth
Day of April yearly; which said Assessments, so to be levied, shall
be collected by the Sheriff of Prince George's County for the Time
being, who is hereby authorized and required to collect the same;
and shall have for such Collection after the Rate of Five Pounds

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per Cent, and the said Money, when so collected, shall be paid to the

Vestry-men and Church- Wardens aforesaid, who are hereby author-
ized and required to apply the same to the Uses aforesaid.

Chapter
XXVII.
Liber
B. L. C.
p. 310

An Act impowering Mary Stokes Widow and Executrix of Hum-
phry Wells stokes late of Baltimore County Gentleman deceased
to sell and dispose of the Lands and Tenements therein mentioned
to be sold for the Uses and Purposes thereby directed.

Whereas Mary Stokes of Baltimore County Widow and Admin-
istratrix of Humphry Wells Stokes late of the said County deceased
by her humble Petition to this present Session of Assembly set forth
that a Certain John Stokes late of Baltimore County Gentleman died
Siezed of a Considerable real Estate in this Province but was also
Indebted unto a certain Philip Smith Merchant in London in a Con-
siderable Sum of Sterling Money, that the aforesaid Philip Smith
in the Year Seventeen hundred and thirty five (after the Death of
the aforesaid John Stokes) sent his Son Philip into this Province
with a full and ample Power of Attorney to settle and Adjust all the
Affairs of the said Philip the Father within this Province and on the
Arrival of the said Philip the Son with his aforesaid Powers he
entered into an Agreement on Behalf of his said Father in pursu-
ance of his said Powers with your Petitioners said late Husband
Humphry Wells Stokes and a certain George Stokes both now dead
(being the Sons and two of the Executors of the last Will and Tes-
tament of the aforesaid John Stokes and to whom the real Estate of