Preamble.
One School
to be erected
in each County.
Seven Visitors
appointed
for each
County.
For St. Mary's
County.
Kent County.
Ann-Arundel
County.
Calvert
County.
Baltimore
County.
Charles
County.
Talbot
County. |
WHEREAS the preceding Assemblies for some Years past have had
much at Heart the absolute Necessity they have lain under, in
regard both to Duty and interest, to make the best Provision in
their Power for the liberal and pious Education of the Youth of this
Province,
and improving their natural Abilities and Accuteness, (which seems
not to be inferior to any) so as to be fitted for the Discharge of
their Duties
in the several Stations and Employments they may be called to, and
employed
in, either in regard to Church or State; and for that End laid an Imposition
on sundry Commodities exported out of, and others imported into, this
Province,
and other Fines, for the raising a Fund for the erecting and supporting
a good SChool in each County within this Province, which has succeeded
with
such desired Effect, that it is now thought necessary, and is prayed
that it
may be Enacted,
II. And be it
Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietor, by and
with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and the
upper and Lower
Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the same, That in some
convenient
Time, after the End of this present Session of Assembly, there shall
(for the
Ends before mentioned) be erected One School in each County within
this
Province, at the most convenient Place, as near the Center of the County
as
may be, and as may be most convenient for the Boarding of Children,
at the
Discretion of the Visitors, or the major Part of them, that are hereafter
nominated,
appointed and impowered by this Act, in each County.
III. And be it
therefore Enacted, by the Authority, Advice and Consent aforesaid,
that for the Time being, the Seven several Persons hereafter named
for each County, be, and are hereby nominated, appointed, and named
Visitors,
and are impowered with full and sufficient Authority for discharging
the
several Offices, Duties and trusts, reposed in and required of them
by this
Act, within the several and respective Counties wherein they reside,
(That is
to say,)
For St. Mary's County, the Reverend Leigh Massey, James Bowles,
Esq; Nicholas
Lowe, Esq; Mr. Samual Williamson, Colonel Thomas Trueman
Greenfield,
Mr. Thomas Waughop, and Captain Justinian Jordan.
For Kent County, the Reverend Richard Sewell, the Reverend
Alexander
Williamson, James Harris, Esq; Colonel Edward Scott,
Mr. Simon Wilmer,
Mr. Gideon Pearce, Mr. Lambert Wilmer.
For Ann-Arundel County, the Reverend Mr. Joseph Colebatch,
Colonel Samuel
Young, William Lock, Esq; Captain Daniel Mariartee, Mr.
Charles Hammond,
Mr. Richard Warfield, and John Beale, Esq;
For Calvert County, the Reverend Mr. Jonathan Cay, John
Rousby, Esq; Colonel
John Mackall, Colonel John Smith, Mr. James Heigh,
Mr. Walter Smith
of Leonard's Creek, Mr. Benjamin Mackall.
For Baltimore County, the Reverend Mr. William Tibbs,
Colonel John Dorsey,
Mr. John Israel, Mr. William Hamilton, Mr. Thomas
Tolley, Mr. John Stokes,
and Mr. Thomas Sheredine.
For Charles County, the Reverend Mr. William Maconchie,
Mr. Gustavus Brown,
Mr. George Dent, Captain Joseph Harrison, Mr. Robert
Hanson, Mr. Samuel
Hanson, and Mr. Randal Morris.
For Talbot County, the Reverend Mr. Henry Nicholls, Colonel
Matthew Tilghman
Ward, Robert Ungles, Esq; Mr. Robert Goldsborough, Mr.
William Clayton,
Mr. John Oldham, and Mr. Thomas Bozman. |
