II.  And may it be Enacted, by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with 
the Advice, Prayer and Consent of this present General Assembly, and the
Authority of the same, That for the Propagation of the Gospel, and the Education
of the Youth of this Province in good Letters and Manners, that a certain
Place or Places, for a Free-School or Schools, or Place of Study of Latin,
Greek, Writing, and the like, consisting of one Master, one Usher, and one
Writing-Master or Scribe, to a School, and One Hundred Scholars, more or
less, according to the Ability of the said Free-School, may be made, erected,
founded, propagated and established under your Royal Patronage.  And that
the most Reverend Father in GOD Thomas, by Divine Providence Lord
Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of all England, may be
Chancellor of the said Schools; and that, to perpetuate the Memory of your
Majesty, it may be called King William's School, and managed by certain trustees,
to be chosen and appointed by your sacred Majesty, to wit, ----------------------------
as also by the following Trustees, nominated and appointed by this present
General Assembly, That is to say, by your Majesty's said Governor, Francis
Nicholson, Esq; the Honourable Sir Thomas Lawrence, Baronet, Col. George
Robotham, Col. Charles Hutchins, Col. John Addison, of your Majesty's Honourable
Council of this Province; the Reverend Divine, Mr. Peregrine Cony,
and Mr. John Hewett, together with Robert Smith, Kenelm Cheseldyne, Henry
Coursey, Edward Dorsey, Thomas Ennals, Thomas Tasker, Francis Jenkins, William
Dent, Thomas Smith, Edward Boothby, John Thompson, and John Bigger,
Gentlemen, or the greatest Part, of the Successors of them, upon and in a
certain Place of this Province, called Ann-Arundel Town, upon Severn River,
and at such other Place or Places, as by the General Assembly of this Province
shall be thought convenient and fitting, to be supported and maintained
in all Time coming.  And that your Majesty will, for your Heirs and Successors,
grant and give Leave to the said Francis Nicholson, Esq; and Trustees
abovesaid, or the major Part or or longest Livers of them, that they may be
enabled to take, hold and enjoy, and that they may be apt and capable in
Law, for taking, holding and enjoying, all Manors, Lands, Tenements
Rents, Services, Rectories, Portions, Annuities, Pensions, with all other
Inheritances, Franchises and Possessions whatsoever, spiritual or temporal, to
the value of Fifteen Hundred Pounds Sterling, and all other Goods, Chattels,
Money and Personal Estate whatsoever, of the Gift of any Person whatsoever,
that is willing to bestow them, for the said Use, or any other Gifts,
Grants, Assignments, Legacies, or Appointment of the same, or any of
them, or of any other Goods whatsoever, with this express Intention and
Trust put in them, That the said Francis Nicholson, and other the Trustees
aforesaid, or the major Part or the longest Livers of them, shall take and
hold the Premises, and shall dispose of the same, and of the Rents, Revenues,
and Profits thereof, or any of them, only for the defraying the Charges
that shall be laid out in erecting and fitting the Edifices of the said Free-School
or Schools, as they, or the major Part of them, shall think most expedient,
until the said Free-School or Schools shall be actually erected, founded
and established; and upon the Trust and Intention, that as soon as the
said Free-School or Schools shall be erected and founded, the said Francis
Nicholson, and other the Trustees above named, shall, from Time to Time