CHAP.
XXXIV.
keep Account
of the Levy,
and transmit
a Copy thereof
yearly, to
the Governor
and Council.
Omitting to
transmit such
Copy shall
forfeit 1000
lb Tobacco.
County
Courts impowered
to
levy Parish
Charges, on
Application
of the Vestry
and Church-wardens.
The Vestry
to keep a fair
Account of
their Disposition
of the
Parochial
Taxes, and
transmit a
Copy thereof
yearly to the
Governor and
Council.
Penalty for
neglecting,
1000 lb of
Tobacco. |
Account of such Tobacco levied, and how disposed of, in a fair Book,
apart
from other Matters; and a true Copy thereof under the Hand of the respective
County Clerk, and under the Seal of the said County, by the said
County Clerks, be yearly, and every Year, transmitted to the Governor and
Council of this Province, before the Tenth Day of March next ensuing,
after
the Laying of the Levy, for their Inspection.
III. And be it
further Enacted by the Authority, Advice and Consent aforesaid,
That if any Clerk of any County Court aforesaid, shall neglect to transmit
a Copy of such Account as aforesaid, before the Tenth Day of March
as
aforesaid, yearly and every Year, he shall forfeit and pay to our Sovereign
Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, the Sum of One Thousand Pounds
of Tobacco; one Half to her Majesty, her Heirs and Successors, for the
Support of Government, the other Half to the Informer, or him or them,
that will sue for the same; to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint,
or Information, in any Court of Record of this Province, wherein no Essoin,
Protection, or Wager of law to be allowed.
IV. And for
purchasing Register-Books, and for repairing of Churches, it
is prayed that it may be Enacted, And be
it Enacted by the Queen's most excellent
Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of her Majesty's Governor,
Council, and Assembly of this Province, and the Authority of the same,
That
when, and as often as the Necessity of each respective Parish shall require
Repairs or Supplies, the Vestry-men and Church-wardens thereof, shall apply
themselves to the Justices of the County Courts, at the Time of the laying
the County Levy; who, upon the Necessity appearing to them, shall, and
are hereby impowered to raise, by an equal Assessment by the Poll, on the
Inhabitants of such respective Parish, such Sums of Tobacco as by the said
Justices shall be * adjudged necessary to supply the Occasions aforesaid,
over
and above the County levy, not exceeding the Sum of Ten Pounds of Tobacco
per Poll, in One Year: Which Sum so raised, shall be collected and
gathered by the Sheriff of the same County, and paid to the Vestry-men
of
such respective Parish or Parishes, at the Rate of Five per Cent for his
Salary.
By the Act of 1729, ch. 7, the
Vestry-men and Church-wardens are made sole Judges of
the Necessity; and the Justices are thereby required to levy any Quantity
of Tobacco yearly,
not exceeding Ten per Poll, on the Taxable Inhabitants of the Parish, on
Application of the
Vestry-men and Church-wardens.
V. And be it
further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice and Consent aforesaid,
That where there is no Minister resident in the parish, the Vestry-men
of each respective parish in this Province, shall keep a fair Account of
the
Disposition of the * Forty Pounds of Tobacco per Poll levied in their Parish,
according to the Act, entitled An Act for Establishment of Religious
Worship, &c. and also of the Ten Pound of Tobacco per Poll, to
be levied
and raised by virtue of this Act, and a true Copy thereof, under the Hands
of such principal Vestry-man, or four of his Brethren of longest Standing,
shall yearly, and every Year, be transmitted to the Governor and Council
of
this province, before the Tenth Day of March, for their Inspection.
* For the Disposition of the 40 per poll,
where there is no Incumbent, see the Act of
1715, ch. 24.
VI. And
be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice and Consent aforesaid,
That if the principal Vestry-man, and four of his Brethren, shall neglect
to transmit a Copy of such Account as aforesaid, before the Tenth Day
of March aforesaid, yearly and every Year, they shall forfeit and
pay to our
Sovereign Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, the Sum of One Thousand
Pounds of Tobacco, one Half to her Majesty, for Support of Government,
the other Half to the Informer, or him or them that will sue for the |