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

Liber B. L. C.

allowed in the public Levy, when laid, the Sum of five Pounds Cur-
rent Money, and no more.

31^st May 1750
Read and Assented to
by the Lower House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
M Macnemara Cl lo ho.

On behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord
Proprietary of this Prov-
ince I will this Be a Law.
Sam. Ogle

the great Seal in

Wax appendant

1^st June 1750
Read and Assented to
by the Upper House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
J Ross. Cl Up. Ho.

No. 21

An Act to enable the Justices of Frederick County to levy a Sum
of Money on the taxable Inhabitants of All Faith's Parish in
the said County; and for the building a Chapel of Ease in King
and Queen Parish in St. Mary's County, and for other Purposes
therein mentioned.

[Preamble.]

Whereas, the Vestrymen, Churchwardens, and other the Parish-
ioners of All Faith's Parish in Frederick County, have, by their
humble Petition to this General Assembly, prayed that the Sum of
one hundred Pounds Current Money may be levied on the taxable
Inhabitants of the said Parish, to enable them to finish the building
of their Parish Church in Frederick-Town.

[100 l. to be
levied for
finishing the
Church at
Frederick-
Town.]

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 it shall and may be lawful for the Jus-
tices of the said County, and they are hereby required and directed,
at the Time of their next laying the Levy for the said County, and
at the Time of laying their Levy in the Year Seventeen hundred and
fifty-one, to assess and levy on the taxable Inhabitants of the said
Parish, by even and equal Portions, the Sum of one hundred
Pounds Current Money, clear of the Sheriff's Commission of five
Pounds per Centum, for collecting the same, which said Sum of
one hundred Pounds the said Sheriff is hereby authorized and re-
quired to pay to the Order of the said Vestrymen and Churchwar-
dens, to be by them applied for the finishing and compleating the
said Church, and to no other Use or Purpose whatsoever. And the
Minister of the said All Faith's Parish for the Time being shall be,
and he is hereby obliged, not being hindered by Sickness, or some
other lawful Cause, to perform Divine Service, and preach a Ser-
mon at the said Parish Church, and at each of the two Chapels of
Ease belonging to the said Parish, on every third Sunday, to com-
mence from and after the End of this Session of Assembly.
And whereas the Vestrymen, Churchwardens, and very many
other the Inhabitants of King and Queen Parish in St. Mary's
County, have also by their humble Petition to the same General
Assembly set forth, that the Parish Church therein is so situated,