Acts. 651

Mr. Lawrence Hammond, Mr. John Howard, Dr. James Walker,
and Vachel Denton, Esq; be, and are hereby appointed Commission-
ers, and as such are by Virtue of this Act authorized and empowered
to treat and agree with the Proprietor or Proprietors of the Tract
of Land on which the Chapel of Ease in St. Margaret's Westmin-
ster Parish now stands, for the Purchase of two Acres of Land, part
of the said Tract, and to cause the same two Acres to be surveyed,
butted, and bounded in such Manner as to them shall seem meet,
by the Surveyor of Anne-Arundel County, or such other Person
skilful in Surveying, as the said Commissioners or the major Part
of them shall think fit to choose, so as the Chapel now standing on
the said Land be included within the Bounds of the said two Acres :
And in Case it shall so happen that the Proprietor or Proprietors of
the Land aforesaid, upon having timely Notice given him, her, or
them, of the Time and Place of the Meeting of the Commissioners
aforesaid, to treat and agree with him, her, or them, to the Purposes
aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect to appear, or upon appearing, shall
not treat and agree with the Commissioners aforesaid, or the major
Part of them, for the Sale and Purchase of two Acres of Land, to
the Uses and Purposes aforesaid, then it shall and may be lawful to
and for the Commissioners aforesaid, or the major Part of them,
to issue a Warrant under their Hands and Seals, directed to the

Session Laws
Commis-
sioners ap-
pointed to
purchase 2
Acres of
Land where
the Chapel
stands

Sheriff of Anne-Arundel County for the time being, commanding
him to summon and impannel a Jury of twelve good and lawful Men,
Freeholders of his Bailywick, to be and appear at a certain Time and
Place, in such Warrant to be mentioned; which Warrant the said
Sheriff is hereby required and obliged to execute; and such Jury so
impanelled, being by the said Commissioners charged and sworn,
shall, upon their Oath, enquire, assess, and return what Damages or
Recompense they shall think fit to be paid and given to such Pro-
prietor or Proprietors for the two Acres of Land aforesaid, and
whatever Sum or Sums of Money the Jury shall so assess and award,
shall be, and is hereby declared to be the Value and Price to be paid
to such Proprietor or Proprietors interested in the two Acres of
Land so to be surveyed, butted, and bounded as aforesaid.

Such Land
to be
valued by
a Jury

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That in
Case the Proprietor or Proprietors of the Land aforesaid, shall upon
tender being made to him, her, or them, by the Commissioners afore-
said, or the major Part of them, of the Money so assessed by the
Jury, refuse to receive the same, or upon such receiving, shall refuse
to execute a Deed for the Conveying of the said two Acres of Land
to the Vestrymen and Church-wardens of the Parish aforesaid, for
the Time being, and their Successors, to the Use of the said Parish
forever, such Refusal being certified by the Commissioners aforesaid,
or the major Part of them, to the Justices of Anne-Arundel County
Court, and there recorded, shall be, and is hereby declared to vest the
said Vestrymen and Church-wardens, and their Successors, with an

In case the
Owner re-
fuse the
Price set by
the Jury