Acts. 481

nor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Au-
thority of the same, That the Vestrymen and Churchwardens of
Queen Caroline Parish, in Anne Arundel County, for the Time
being, or the major Part of them, be, and are hereby authorized and
impowered to purchase in Fee, in the Name of the Rector, Vestry-
men and Churchwardens of the said Parish for the Time being, one
Acre of Land, lying at or near a Place in the said Parish, commonly
known by the Name of Poplar Spring, on Part of a Tract of Land,
belonging to Mr. Levin Lawrence, and to treat and agree with such
Person or Persons as they, or the major Part of them, shall think
proper to employ, to build a Chapel of Ease thereon, for the Use of
the Inhabitants of said Parish; which said Land, when so purchased,
and the said Chapel so built, the same shall be and is hereby de-
clared to be constituted and deemed the Land and Chapel of Ease
of the said Parish, and the said Chapel for ever hereafter shall be
supported and repaired at the Charge of the said Parish.

And be it further Enacted, That the Justices of Anne Arundel
County Court, for the Time being, shall be, and they arc hereby
authorized, directed, and required, on the Application of the Vestry-
men and Churchwardens of Queen Caroline Parish aforesaid, to
assess and levy on the taxable Inhabitants of the said Parish the

Liber B. L. C.
[Land to be
purchased,
on which to
build a
Chapel of
Ease.]
p. 505

Sum of twelve Pence Current Money per Taxable, annually, to-
gether with the Sheriff's Salary of five Pounds per Centum, for and
during the Term of three Years next ensuing, to be paid by the
Parishioners aforesaid by the tenth Day of April yearly; which
said Assessments so to be levied, shall be collected by the Sheriff of
Anne Arundel County for the Time being, who is hereby authorized
and required to collect the same. And the said twelve Pence per
Taxable, when so as aforesaid collected, shall be paid by such Sheriff
to the Vestrymen and Churchwardens aforesaid, who are hereby
authorized and required to apply the same to the Uses aforesaid.

[12 d. to be
levied on
the Pa-
rishioners,
for 3 years.]

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

An Act to Enable George Catto of Cecil County Gentleman and
Araminta his Wife Executrix of William Alexander late of the
County aforesaid Gentleman her former Husband deceased, to
Sell Lands.

Whereas the said George Catto and Araminta by their humble
Petition to this General Assembly have set forth That the said
William Alexander died considerably in Debt to sundry Persons

31

No. 24
[Private
Act.]