Liber R. G.
1771

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

Monday in December next & shall be in the same State & Condition
as they would be on the said third Tuesday of November any Law
Usage or Custom to the Contrary notwithstanding.

By the Lower House of
Assembly, November 16^th
1771. Read & assented to.
Signed by Order.
Jn.^o 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.

By the Upper House of
Assembly, Nov. 16^th 1771.
Read & assented to.
Signed by Order,
U Scott Cl. Up. Ho.

The Great Seal
in Wax appendant

No. 26

p. 146

An Act impowering the Justices of Prince Georges & Charles Coun-
ties to levy on the Taxable Inhabitants of S.^t Johns (commonly
called King Georges) Parish in said Counties the Quantity of
fifty six Thousand Pounds of Tobacco for the Purposes therein
mentioned.

[Preamble.]

Whereas the Rector, Vestrymen, Church Wardens, and sundry
Parishoners of S.^t Johns (commonly called King Georges) Parish, in
Prince Georges & Charles Counties by their humble Petition to this
General Assembly, representing, That certain Repairs are necessary to
be done, to the Lower Chapel in the said Parish. And a Vestry Room
for the Convenience of the Inhabitants there, to be built, & that an
Enlargement of the Upper Chapel, hath likewise become necessary,
through the Increase of the People, many of whom are in Want of
Pews to sit in, have prayed that an Act may pass for the Assessment
of fifty six thousand Pounds of Tobacco on the Taxable Inhabitants
of the said Parish for the above Purposes.

[Justices of
Prince-
George's and
Charles
Counties
to levy
56,000
Pounds of
Tobacco on
the In-
habitants of
St. John's
Parish, at
Two equal
Assess-
ments.]

Be it therefore enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by & with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Gov-
ernor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly & the Authority
of the same that the Justices of Prince Georges & Charles Counties
for the Time being, shall be & they are hereby impowered and re-
quired on the Application of the Vestry and Church Wardens of
the aforesaid Parish (lying in Prince Georges & Charles Counties)
or the Major Part of them to assess & levy on the Taxable In-
habitants of the said Parish the aforesaid Sum of fifty six thousand
Pounds of Tobacco & the Salary of five per Cent to the Sheriff for
collecting the same; at two equal Assessments, which said Assess-
ments shall be respectively made by the Justices aforesaid, in Pro-
portion to the Taxable Inhabitants of the said Parish residing in
their respective Counties & the same together with the Sheriffs Salary
for Collection shall & may be payable by the Taxable Inhabitants
of the said Parish & collected by the Sheriffs of the said Counties in
common circulating Currency at the Rate of twelve Shillings & six
Pence per Hundred and shall be by them respectively paid to the