Liber R. G.
1771

244 Assembly Proceedings, October 2-November 30, 1771.

Sheriff's Salary of five per Cent for collecting the same: any Thing
in the said Act to the Contrary notwithstanding.

By the Lower House of
Assembly, October 25,^th
1771. Read & assented to,
Signed by Order,
Jn.° Duckett Cl. Lo. Ho.

On Behalf of the Right
Honble the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province,
I Will this be a Law.
Rob.^t Eden.

Ry the Upper House of
Assembly Nov.^r 4. 1771.
Read & assented to.
Signed by Order,
U. Scott Cl. Up. Ho.

The Great Seal
in Wax annendant

No. 9
p. 108

An Act to empower the Justices of Somerset & Worcester Counties
to levy on the Taxable Inhabitants of Stepney Parish in said
Counties the Sum of sixty thousand Pounds of Tobacco for the
Uses therein mentioned & to establish the Church at Greenhill the
Parish Church for said Parish.

[Preamble,
setting forth
a Quantity
of Tobacco
necessary to
be levied on
the taxable
Inhabitants
of Stepney
Parish, for
compleating
3 Chapels
of Ease.]

Whereas the Vestrymen & Church Wardens of Stepney Parish
lying in Somerset & Worcester Counties, have by their Humble
Petition to this General Assembly, set forth that a Quantity of
Tobacco heretofore assessed by Act of Assembly for the Purpose
of Building three Chapels of Ease in the said Parish, to wit,
one at Spring Hill, one at the Head of Wiccomico River & one
at Broad Creek, hath been found insufficient to finish & compleat
the same & have prayed that an Act may pass to enable the Justices
of the said Counties to assess & levy on the Taxable Inhabitants
of the said Parish the Sum of sixty thousand Pounds of Tobacco
for the Purposes of compleating & finishing the said three Chapels
of Ease.

[The Justices
of Somerset
ind Worces-
'cr Counties,
to assess
5o,ooo Ib. of
Tobacco on
the taxable
Inhabitants
}f said Par-
ish, for the
Purposes
aforesaid, to
be paid to
the Vestry-
men and
Church-
wardens;]

Be it therefore enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by & with the Advice & Consent of his Lordship's Governor
& the Upper & Lower Houses of Assembly & the Authority of the
same, That the Justices for Somerset & Worcester Counties afore-
said, for the Time being shall & may at their November Courts for
this present Year assess on the Taxable Inhabitants of Stepney
Parish the Sum of sixty thousand Pounds of Tobacco together
with a Commission to the Sheriffs of said Counties of five per Cent
for receiving & collecting the same which said Assessment shall be
respectively made by the Justices aforesaid in Proportion to the
Taxable Inhabitants of the said Parish residing in their several &
respective Counties & shall be levied & collected by the Sheriffs
aforesaid in the same Manner as public & County Levies are levied
& Collected & be by the said Sheriffs paid to the Vestrymen & Church
Wardens aforesaid for the Time being who are hereby authorized &
required to receive & apply the same to the Use & Purposes aforesaid.

[which may
be discharged
as Publick
or County
Levies now
are.]

Provided always, And be it enacted that it shall & may be lawful
for the several Inhabitants of the said Parish to pay & discharge
the said Sum of Tobacco to be levied for the Purpose aforesaid in
Money at the same Rate Public or County Levies are & shall be