Acts. 203

And be it further Enacted, That the said Vestry shall, and they
are hereby ordered and directed, out of any Tobacco now in, or
which shall next come into their Hands, by any Ways or Means, for
any Uses or Purposes whatsoever, (except what is or may be ap-
propriated to the Use and Benefit of a Reader), to pay the purchase
Money of the said two Acres of Land, and the whole Expences of
Building and compleatly Finishing the said Chapel of Ease. Pro-
vided always, that the said Vestry shall not expend more, in the said
Purchase and Building, than the Sum of Forty Five Thousand
Pounds of Tobacco.

Liber H. S.
No. 1
p. 189

[Not to lay
out on the
Land and
chapel more
than 45000
lbs.]

And whereas it is doubted whether the Vestries of this Province
have Power to apply any Tobacco, which may be in their Hands,
by Means of the Want of a Rector or Incumbent, towards the Build-
ing Churches in their respective Parishes: Be it therefore Enacted,
that the Vestry of Worcester Parish, in Worcester County afore-
said, shall and may apply any Tobacco which is now in, or shall
next come into their Hands, by the Means aforesaid, except the Sum
of Forty Five Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, and what is or may be
appropriated, as above mentioned, to the building a Church in the
said Parish, if they think proper; any Law, Usage, or Custom to
the contrary, notwithstanding.

[Their
Power as to
building a
church.]

5th July 1755 On behalf of the Right 5.^th July 1755
Read and assented to Honourable the Lord Read and assented to
by the Lower house of Proprietary of this Prov- by the upper house of
Assembly. ince I will this be a Law Assembly,
signed p Order Hor.^o Sharpe sign'd p Order
M Macnemara Cl lo ho J Ross Cl up ho

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No. 8 An Act for building a Church in St. Mary's White-Chapel Parish, in
Dorchester County.

Whereas, by Petition to this General Assembly, from a great
Number of the Parishioners of St. Mary's White-Chapel Parish, in
Dorchester County, it is represented, that their Parish Church is
much gone to Decay, and the Inhabitants who attend Divine Wor-
ship at the same being greatly increased, is become too small for the
Congregation, and that sundry well disposed Persons have subscribed
towards the Building a new Church, on or near the Place where the
said old Church stands; and it is prayed that an Act of Assembly
may pass, impowering the Justices of the said County, to levy on
the taxable Inhabitants of the said Parish, a Sum not exceeding

[Preamble.]

Three Hundred and Fifty Pounds Current Money, at two even and
equal Assessments, to be applied towards the Building of the said
Church.

p. 190