Acts. 437

Governor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the same that the Vestry men and Church Wardens
of Stepney Parish aforesaid which lies in Somerset and Worcester
Counties aforesaid for the Time being or the Major Part of them
be and are hereby authorized impowered and required to Purchase
in fee in the name of the Vestrymen and Church Wardens of the
said Parish for the Time being two Acres of Land lying in Somer-
set County in the Parish aforesaid on the South side of Wicomoco
River and above the Branch whereon the Mill of William Venables
is built 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 the said
Parish which said Land when so Purchased and the said Chapel
when so built shall be and is hereby declared 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

Liber H. S.
No. 1

And be it further Enacted by and with the Advice and Consent
aforesaid that the Vestrymen and Church Wardens of Stepney
Parish aforesaid for the Time being or the Major Part of them be
and are hereby authorized impowered and required to Purchase in
fee in the Name of the Vestry and Church Wardens of the said
Parish for the Time being two Acres of Land lying in Somerset
County in the Parish aforesaid near Spring Hill 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 the said Parish which said Land when
so Purchased and the said Chapel when so built shall be and is hereby
declared 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 Expence of the said Parish

[Also to
purchase 2
acres of
Land, near
Spring Hill,
and to build
a Chapel of
Ease
thereon]

And be it further Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent
aforesaid That for the building of the said Chapel of Ease on the
South side of Wicomoco River the Justices of Somerset and Worces-
ter County Courts for the Time being shall and they are hereby
authorized and impowered to Assess and levy on the Taxable In-
habitants of the said Parish the Quantity of one hundred thousand
Pounds of Tobacco by two equal Assessments in the Years of our
Lord seventeen hundred and sixty eight and seventeen hundred and
sixty nine together with the Sheriff's Salary of five per Cent for
collecting the same And for the building of the said Chapel of Ease
near Spring Hill the Quantity of sixty thousand Pounds of Tobacco
by two equal Assessments in the Years seventeen hundred and sev-
enty and seventeen hundred and seventy one together with the
Sheriff's Salary of five per Cent for collecting the same which said
Assessments shall respectively be made 'by the Justices aforesaid
in Proportion to the Taxable Inhabitants of the said Parish of Step-
35

p. 686
[100,000 lb.
of Tobacco
to be as-
sessed in
1768 and
1769, for
building
Godderd's
Chapel; and
60,000 lb.
Tobacco in
1770 & 1771,
for building
Spring-Hill
Chapel; to
be paid to
the Vestry-
men and
Church
Wardens]