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246 Assembly Proceedings, October 2-November 30, 1771.
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Liber R. G.
1771
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equal Assessments for the Purpose of erecting & building a Chapel
of Ease at or near Johnsons Mill in the Parish aforesaid.
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[Vestrymen
and Church-
wardens of
All Hallows
Parish, to
agree with
Proper Per-
sons to build
a Chapel of
Ease near
Johnson's
Mill.]
p. no
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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 Vestrymen & Church Wardens of All Hallows Parish
aforesaid which lies in Worcester County atoresaid, for the Time
being or the Major Part of them be & are hereby authorized em-
powered & required to treat & 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 at or near Johnson's Mill in the Parish aforesaid
for the Use of the Inhabitants of said Parish which said Chapel
when so built shall be and is hereby declared to be constituted &
deemed the Chapel of Ease of the said Parish & the said Chapel for
ever after shall be supported & repaired at the Charge of the said
Parish.
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[Justices to
levy on the
taxable In-
habitants of
said Parish,
32,000 lb of
Tobacco, at
two equal
Assess-
ments,]
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And be it further enacted by the Authority Advice & Consent
aforesaid that for the Building of the said Chapel of Ease at or
near Johnson's Mill the Justices of Worcester County for the Time
being shall & they are hereby authorized & empowered to assess &
levy on the Taxable Inhabitants of All Hallow's Parish aforesaid
the Quantity of thirty two thousand Pounds of Tobacco by two
equal Assessments in the Year of our Lord seventeen Hundred &
seventy one & seventeen hundred & seventy two & together with the
Sheriffs 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 All
Hallows & shall be collected by the Sheriff: of Worcester County
from the several Taxable Persons of the said Parish & the said
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[to be paid
to the Vestry
and Church-
wardens;]
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Quantities of Tobacco when so as aforesaid collected shall be paid
by the said Sheriff to such Vestrymen & Church Wardens aforesaid
who are hereby authorized to receive & apply the same to the Uses
aforesaid.
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[and may be
discharged
as Publick
and County
Levies.]
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Provided Always And be it further enacted that it shall & may be
lawful for the several & respective Inhabitants of the Parish afore-
said to pay & discharge the said several Quantities of Tobacco so to be
levied & raised for the Uses aforesaid in Money in the same Manner
as they now are or shall hereafter be enabled to pay & discharge the
Publick or County Levies, every Clause Matter or Thing herein to the
Contrary notwithstanding.
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