450 Assembly Proceedings, November 5-21, 1770.

No. 10

Liber R. G.
1770

An Act to Divide All Saints Parish in Frederick County and to
Erect two new Parishes by the Names of Eden Parish and Fred-
erick Parish

[Preamble.]

Whereas all Saints Parish in ffrederick County is very Large
extending two hundred Miles or upwards in Length and in some
Places upwards of fforty Miles in Breadth containing Six thousand
one hundred and fourteen Taxables and increasing very fast so that
it is Impossible for one incumbent to perform the Duties of a
Minister therein

[All-Saints
Parish to be
divided into
Three Dis-
tricts, &c.]

Be it therefore Enacted ,by the right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Gov-
ernor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the same that the said Parish of All Saints in ffrederick
County Shall be immediately divided into three Several Portions
or districts as nearly convenient as the Natural Situation will Admit
so as that each District shall have nearly an Equal Number of Tax-
ables by Messieurs William Luckett, Jonathan Wilson, Joseph Wood
Normand Bruce Thomas Bowles Samuel Beall Evan Shelby, James
Smith and Joseph Smith or the Major Part of them who are hereby
Authorized and impowered to make such Division and when so made
shall and are hereby required to return a Certificate thereof express-
ing therein the Limits and Boundaries of each District under their
Hands and Seals to the Justices of the County Court of the said
County there to be Recorded as a Perpetual Evidence of the Bound-
aries and Limits of such Districts or Parishes

[The Church
or a Chapel
of Ease to
be in each
District.]

And be it Enacted that the said Division shall be so made that the
Parish Church of the said All Saints Parish shall be in one District
one of the Chapels of Ease belonging to the same Parish in another
of the said Districts and the other Chapel of Ease belonging to the
said Parish in the other of the said Districts

[On the
Death or
Removal of
B. Allen, the
Three Dis-
tricts to be
district
Parishes;]
p. 99

[and the In-
habitants to
enjoy the
Benefits,
Privileges,
&c. as other
Parishes
now have.]

And be it Further Enacted that immediately upon the Death or
Removal of Bennet Allen the present Incumbent the said three Dis-
tricts shall become and be distinct and Several Parishes according to
the Limits and Boundaries by which they shall be Respectively laid
out and ascertained as aforesaid and that the District or parish in
which the said Church of All Saints Parish shall be shall still retain
the Name of and be called All Saints Parish that the District or
parish in which the Present Chapel of Ease between Monocacy and
Senaca Creek shall be thenceforth called and Known by the Name
of Eden Parish and that the district or Parish in which the Present
Chapel of Ease between Anti-eatam and Conegocheague shall be shall
thenceforth be called and known by the name of Frederick Parish
and the Inhabitants of each and every of the said Districts from and
immediately after the Death or Removal of the said Incumbent shall
have and enjoy all such Benefits Priviledges Powers and Authorities