Acts. 477

that the said Petitioners cannot, without riding a great Distance,
attend the Service of God there; and have therefore prayed that an
Act may pass for the levying what may be sufficient to build a
Chapel of Ease on the Land at Tomachokin, belonging to James
Neale: Which Petition it is, for the Ease of the said Petitioners,
thought reasonable to grant.

Liber B. L. C.

Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Vestrymen and Churchwardens of King and Queen Parish afore-
said, or the major Part of them, for the Time being, be, and they
are hereby authorized and impowered to purchase in Fee, in the
Name of the said Vestrymen and Churchwardens of the said Parish,
one Acre of Land, being near Tomachokin Run in the said Parish,
on Part of a Tract of Land belonging to, and in the Possession of
James Neale; and after such Purchase, to meet and agree with such
Person or Persons as the major Part of them shall think fit to em-
ploy, to build and erect thereon a Chapel of Ease, for the Use of the
Inhabitants of the said Parish; which said Land, when so purchased,
and the said Chapel so built, shall be, and is hereby declared to be
deemed and taken, as the Land and Chapel of Ease of the said
Parish; and that the same shall for ever hereafter be supported and
repaired at the Charge of the said Parish: And that the Minister or
Incumbent of the said Parish, not being hindered by Sickness, or
some other lawful Cause, shall attend his Duty there, and officiate
at the same, on every third Sunday, after the said Chapel shall be
so erected and built.

p. 502
[One Acre
of Land to
be purchased
to build a
Chapel on.l

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Justices of St. Mary's County for the Time being shall be, and they
are hereby authorized and required, on the Application of the Ves-
trymen and Churchwardens of the said Parish, to assess and levy
on the taxable Inhabitants of the said Parish, a Quantity not ex-
ceeding twenty thousand Pounds of Tobacco, clear of the Sheriff's
Salary of five per Centum thereon, for and during the Term of
three Years next ensuing, to be paid as other Public and County
Levies may be discharged by the Laws now in Force relating
thereto; and which shall be collected by the Sheriff of the said
County as other public Dues are, and by him paid to the Order of the
said .Vestrymen and Churchwardens for the Use aforesaid, and no
other.

[20000 lb. of
Tobacco to
be levied,
for building
the said
Chapel.]

And whereas the Parish of William and Mary, in St. Mary's
County, has at present but two Churches therein, which are so situ-
ated, that a great Number of the Parishioners, living at the Upper
End thereof, cannot possibly attend Divine Service at either of
them; by Reason whereof the present Incumbent, the Reverend
Mr. Lawrence De Butts, has for several Years last past kept Church
at, and preached in the Court-House of the said County; which is
found to be greatly for the Ease and Benefit of the Parishioners of

[The
Incumbent
to preach
every third
Sunday at
the Court
House.]