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conceive it is not worth repairing, and that it is much too small for
Reception of the Parishioners when assembled to serve God, That
the Number of the Inhabitants in the aforesaid Parish, at the Time
of erecting said Church, did not amount to Four hundred, and that
now they are upwards of Fourteen hundred, and still continue to
encrease; and in order to have a new Church erected near the same
Place, of a larger Size, and with more Conveniency for the Service
of Almighty God, they humbly pray that an Act may pass to levy
on the Taxables of the Parish aforesaid, a Quantity of Tobacco
sufficient to erect and finish a Brick Church for the Use of the said
Parish; which being thought reasonable, It is prayed that it may be
Enacted,
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Liber B. L. C.
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And be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
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 the Justices of Worcester County for the Time
being shall, and may, and they are hereby authorized and directed,
on the Application of the Vestrymen and Church-Wardens of All-
hallows Parish in Worcester County aforesaid, to levy and assess
upon the taxable Inhabitants of the said Parish, a Quantity not
exceeding Eighty thousand Pounds of Tobacco, by five annual and
equal Assessments; which said Sum, when so assessed and levied,
shall be collected by the Sheriff of the said County for the Time
being, who is hereby authorized and directed to collect the same, and
shall have for such Collection after the Rate of Five per Centum
for the same; and the said Tobacco when so collected shall by the
said Sheriff be paid to the said Vestrymen and Church-Wardens,
who are hereby authorized and required to apply the same towards
building, finishing and compleating the said Parish Church, in such
Manner and Form as to the said Vestrymen and Church-Wardens
for the Time being, or the major Part of them, shall seem just and
reasonable.
And whereas 'tis represented to this General Assembly, that the
Ground laid out and allotted for the public Use in said Town, would
be much more proper and convenient to fix and place the Church on
for the Parish aforesaid, than the Place where the old Church now
stands ;
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[Justices of
Worcester
County im-
powered to
levy 80,000
wt. Tobacco,
for building
the Parish
Church
of All-
hallows.]
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Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority, Advice and Consent
aforesaid, That the said Vestrymen and Church-Wardens of All-
hallows Parish are hereby impowered and required to erect and build
such Parish Church, on part of the Spot of Ground which was
allotted and laid out for public Use.
And be it further Enacted, That the Spot whereon the old Church
now stands, shall be applied to such public Use as the Commissioners
of the said Town, appointed by the said Act, shall think fit and
direct; Any Law to the contrary notwithstanding.
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[Where to
be built.]
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