474 Assembly Proceedings, May 8-June 2, 1750.

Liber B. L. C.
No. 19

An Act to enable the Rector and Vestrymen of Great Choptank
Parish in Dorchester County, to lease some Land belonging to
the said Parish, unimproved.

[ Preamble.]

Whereas, the Rector and Vestrymen of Great Choptank Parish
in Dorchester County, by their humble Petition to this present Gen-
eral Assembly, have set forth, That by the Law erecting the Town
of Cambridge in the County aforesaid, there is a much greater
Quantity of Land reserved for the Use of the Parish Church than
is necessary; and therefore prayed, that such Land as is not impaled
or fenced in, belonging to the said Parish Church, might be leased
out by the said Rector and Vestrymen, or the major Part of them,
for the Time being, for the Use and Benefit of the Rector for the
Time being.

[The Rector
and Vestry-
men to lease
Lands unim-
proved.]

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 and
Vestrymen of the said Parish for the Time being, to grant, lease,
demise, and to Farm let, to any Person or Persons willing and
capable to take the same, any such Part or Quantity of Land unim-
proved, belonging to Great Choptank Parish aforesaid, so that such
Part or Quantity exceed not in the Whole one Acre and an half
Acre, by Deed indented under the Hands and Seals of the said
Rector and Vestrymen for the Time being, or the major Part of
them, and on such Conditions, Covenants and Provisoes, yearly
Rents and Agreements, as the said Rector and Vestrymen 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, as can be agreed, for any Term not exceeding
twenty-one Years, or three Lives.

[The Leases
to be re-
newed at the
End of 21
Years.]

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Rector and Vestrymen for the Time being, or the major Part of
them, have full Power and Authority, after the Expiration of the
said Term of Years, to grant new Leases for the Premises for
twenty-one Years, or three Lives, to the Use, Intent, and Purpose
in this Act mentioned, and to no other; and for a shorter Time, as
to them, or the major Part of them, for the Time being, shall seem
convenient.

[The Rents
to be for the
Use of the
Rector.]
p. 501

And be it further Enacted and Declared, That the yearly Rents,
Revenues, and Profits of the said Land, so leased or to be leased,
and every Part thereof, shall, and are hereby declared to belong, and
be applied to the Use and Benefit of the Rector for the Time being.