326 Assembly Proceedings, September 25-November 2, 1770.

Liber R. G.
1770

in the like manner as the Dividends due to the other County Schools
are by Law directed to be applied.

And Whereas for defraying part of the Expence and Charge of
Building the said School sundry Inhabitants of the said Counties of
Somerset and Worcester have Subscribed divers sums of Money,
And Whereas there is a Considerable Sum of Money in the hands
of the Visitors of said Schools chosen under a former Act of As-
sembly for the said Counties of Somerset and Worcester

[The Visit-
ors consti-
tuted by this
Act, em-
powered to
receive all
Monies sub-
scribed, or
which may
be in the
Hands of
the Visitors
under a
former
Law;
and also to
make Sale
of Two
Schools and
the Land
thereto
belonging.]

Be it Enacted that the Visitors constituted by this Act or the Major
part of them shall and they are hereby impowered to receive all
Monies by the said persons subscribed and all Monies in the hands
of the Visitors Chosen under the said former Law and such Sub-
scribers and Visitors are hereby directed to pay the Monies in their
hands and their Several Subscriptions to the Visitors appointed by
this Act and in case of Neglect or Refusal to pay the said Visitors
or the Major part of them may and they are hereby authorized to
sue for recover and receive the same.
And be it further Enacted That the said Visitors or the Major
part of them are hereby Authorized impowered and required to make
sale by way of Public Vendue of the Schools of the said two Counties
of Somerset & Worcester with the Land thereto belonging to the
best and highest bidder and convey the same in Fee Simple to the
Purchaser or Purchasers his or their heirs and Assigns forever and
the Money arising by the sale thereof as well as from Subscriptions
shall be applied to the use of the said School any Law usage or
Custom to the Contrary notwithstanding

p. 65 By the Lower House of
Assembly October 24^th
1770 Read and Assented
to
Signed by Order
Jn^o Duckett Cl Lo ho

On behalf of the right
Honourable the Lord
Proprietary of this Prov-
ince I will this be a Law
Rob.^t Eden

By the upper house of
Assembly Oct.^r 24.^th 1770
Read & Assented to
signed by Order
U Scott Cl. Up. Ho

the great seal in
wax appendant

N.^o 13

An Act to Enable the Justices of Dorchester County Court to Assess
and Levy on the Taxable Inhabitants of the said County a Quan-
tity of Tobacco for the Purpose of Building a Court House.

[Preamble.]
[The Jus-
tices of
Dorchester
County to
levy on the
taxable In-
habitants, by
Three equal
Assess-
ments, a
Quantity not

Whereas Sundry of the Inhabitants of Dorchester County by their
Petition to this General Assembly have set forth that the Present
Court House of the said County is much out of repair and so small
and inconvenient in every respect as to be unfit to transact the Public
Business in and have therefore humbly prayed that it may be Enacted
And be it Enacted by the right Honourable the Lord Proprietary
by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governor and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority of the