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

Liber R. G.

1774

Coston of the Parish and County aforesaid or the Major part of
them be and are hereby authorized empowered and required to treat
and agree with any Person or Persons as they or the Major part
of them shall think proper for one Acre of Land and to employ
such person or persons to Build a Chapel of Ease thereon near a place
called sandy Hill or on the Land of Michael Tarr which they or the
Major part of them shall think most convenient for the use of the
Inhabitants of the said Parish which said Chapel when so built shall
be and is hereby declared to be constituted and deemed the Chapel
of Ease of the said Parish and the said Chapel for ever after shall
be supported and repaired at the Charge of the said Parish

[Justices to
levy by Two
equal As-
sessments on
the taxable
Inhabitants
of All Hal-
lows Parish,
the Quantity
of 45,000 lb.
Tobacco
for the
Purposes
aforesaid.]

And be it Enacted That for the Building of the said Chapel of
Ease near a place called sandy Hill or on the Land of Michael Tarr
the Justices of Worcester County for the Time being shall and they
are hereby Authorized and empowered to Assess and Levy on the
Taxable Inhabitants of All Hallows Parish aforesaid a Quantity not
exceeding Forty Five Thousand pounds of Tobacco by Two equal
assessments in the Years of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred
and Seventy four and One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy
five 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 Hollows and shall be collected by the Sheriff of Worces-
ter County from the several Taxable Persons of the said Parish
and the said Quantities of Tobacco when so as aforesaid collected
shall be paid by the said Sheriff to the Commissioners aforesaid or
the Major Part of them who are hereby Authorized to receive and
apply the same to the uses aforesaid

p. 326

[Which may
be dis-
charged in
Money.]

Provided always and be it further enacted that it shall and may be
Lawful for the Several and respective Inhabitants of the Parish afore-
said to pay and discharge the said several Quantities of Tobacco so
to be levied and raised for the uses aforesaid in Money in the same
Manner as they now are or hereafter shall be Enabled to Pay and
discharge the Public or County Levies any Clause Matter or thing
herein to the Contrary Notwithstanding

By the lower House of
Assembly April 13.^th 1774
Read and Assented to
Signed by Order
John Duckett Cl. Lo Ho
8 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 15:^th 1774
Read and Assented to
Signed by order
James Brooks Cl. Up^r Ho

No. 11
[Preamble.]

An Act for Building a New Church in the City of Annapolis in Saint
Anns Parish.

Whereas the Church in the City of Annapolis is too Small, incon-
venient, and in a ruinous State and many People have already Sub-