Acts. 661

which in Value exceeds one Year's Rent, in such new Lease or De-
mise to be reserved, that then, and in such Case, the new Lease or
Demise so to be made, shall be Void, and of none Effect, as if the
same had never been made.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if a
Vacancy shall happen in the said Parish, for want of an Incumbent,

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that then, and in such Case, it shall and may be lawful for the Ves-
trymen and Church-wardens of the said Parish, for the Time being,
or the major Part of them, 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 aforesaid, accruing due during a
Vacancy; and the same shall be applied by such Vestrymen and
Church-wardens for the Time being, or the major Part of them, to
the same Uses and Purposes as the Forty per Poll on the like Occa-
sion, is by former Laws applied; and in Case any Lease to be made
of any the aforesaid Premises, shall during such Vacancy, expire,
cease, or determine, that then, and in such Case, it shall and may be
lawful to and for the Vestrymen and Church-wardens of the said
Parish, for the Time being, to renew or lease again the same, in the
same Manner, and to the same Uses and Purposes, and under the
like Restrictions as are herein before set forth concerning Lease or
Leases to be made by the Incumbent, Vestrymen, and Church-
wardens of said Parish; any Law, Statute, Usage, or Custom to the
Contrary notwithstanding.

Application
of the
Rents when
no Incum-
bent

Provided Always, That nothing in this Act contained, shall be
construed to make void or invalid any Lease or Leases, or Contracts
now subsisting, or heretofore entered into by the Rector, Vestrymen,
and Church-wardens of said Parish, with any Person or Persons;
but that the same, if any such, be, and remain in full Force and
Vigour, as if this Act had never been made.

Proviso

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all
Lease or Leases to be made by the aforesaid Rector, Vestrymen, and
Church-wardens, or the major Part of them, or in case of a Vacancy,
by the Vestrymen and Church-wardens, or the major Part of them,
shall and are hereby directed to be registred by the Clerk or Register
of the Parish aforesaid, within the Space of three Months after the
Date of any such Lease or Leases, at the Request of the Lessee or
Lessees: And that the same Lease or Leases be entered Word for
Word in the Register Book of said Parish; that such Register re-
ceive and take as a Reward for so Registring such Lease or Leases,
for each a Fee, of Five Shillings, Current Money of Maryland, and
no more. And that in case Copy of any such Lease or Leases should
be required by any Person, that then the Register for the Time
being, take the like Reward, and no more. And in Case of any Suit
touching such Lease or Leases, then an Attested Copy of such Lease
or Leases, attested by such Register or Registers, shall be as good

Leases to be
recorded by
the Register