368 Assembly Proceedings, March 23-April 19, 1774.

Liber R. G.

1774

Courts as they would be at the next June Courts and the Justices
of the said County Courts respectively may at their next August
Courts hear and determine the same as fully and Effectually to all
Intents and purposes whatsoever as they might Lawfully do at the
next June Courts to be held for their County any Law to the Con-
trary thereof Notwithstanding

[Process
returnable to
Baltimore
and Kent
County
Courts made
valid.]

And Whereas the County Courts for Baltimore and Kent Coun-
ties were respectively held on the Monday preceeding the first and
Third Tuesdays in March last and to which days respectively the
Process in the said Counties were made returnable Be it Enacted
that the said Courts held for the said Counties and also the Process
returnable as aforesaid shall be good and Valid in Law any Error in
the Time of holding the said Courts or in the return of the said
Process Notwithstanding

[Continu-
ance.]

This Act to Continue and be in force for and during the Term of
three Years and to the end of the next Session of Assembly that shall
happen after the said three Years

By the Lower house of
Assembly April 7.^th 1774
Read and Assented to
Signed by Order
Jn.^o Duckett Cl Lo. Ho

10 Sides

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

the great seal
in wax appendant

By the Upper House of
Assembly April 7.^th 1774
Read and assented to,
Signed by Order
James Brooks Cl. Up Ho

No. 7

An Act for the Support of an Organist in King and Queen Parish
in Saint Marys County

[Preamble.]

Whereas Sundry of the Inhabitants of King and Queen Parish in
Saint Marys County have by their humble Petition to this General
assembly Prayed that an Act may Pass empowering the Justices of
said County at their November Court Yearly to Assess and Levy on
the Taxable Inhabitants of said Parish a Quantity not Exceeding
Five pounds of Tobacco Per Poll for the support of an Organist.

[The Justice
of St. Mary' s
County to
levy on the
taxable In-
habitants of
King and
Queen Par-
ish, a Quan-
tity not
exceeding
5 lb. of
Tobacco per
Poll, for the
Support
of an
Organist;]

Be it Enacted by the Right Honorable the Lord Proprietary by
and with the Advice and consent of his Governor and the Upper
and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Athority of the same That
the Justices of Saint Marys County Court aforesaid for the Time
being shall and May at their November Court Annually Assess and
Levy on the Taxable Inhabitants of said Parish a Quantity not ex-
ceeding Five Pounds of Tobacco p Poll together with the Sherriffs
Commission of Five p Cent for collecting the same, which said
Assessment when made shall be collected in the same manner as
Public and County Levies are usually collected and levied and by
him be paid To Mess:^rs Thomas Bond Zacharriah Bond John Eden,
James Jordan, William Thomas, John Briscoe and Hanson Briscoe