CHAP.
XXIV.
Repeal of the
Act of 1742,
ch. 22.
The Rector,
Vestry-men,
&c. enabled
to Lease out
the Lots Nº
59, 60, and
61, for any
Term not exceeding
63
Years,
and after the
Expiration
thereof, to
grant new
Leases for 21
Years, or 3
Lives.
The yearly
Rents belong
to the Incumbent.
No more
than one
Year's Rent
to be demanded
as a
Fine for renewal.
How the
Rents shall
be disposed
of during a
Vacancy of
the Parish, |
such Leases; they therefore beg Leave to bring in a Bill to repeal
the aforementioned
Act, and to enable them and their Successors to Lease the said Lots
for the Term of Sixty-three Years, and from the End of the said Term to
grant new Leases for Twenty-one Years, or Three lives, to the same uses
and Purposes as in the said recited Act is mentioned.
II. Be it therefore
Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
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
the before
recited Act of Assembly, entitled, An Act to enable the Rector, Vestry-men
and Church-wardens, for the Time being, of St. Anne's Parish, in
Anne-Arundel
County, to Lease certain Lots in the City of Annapolis, in Manner,
and to the
Uses therein mentioned, be, and is hereby abrogated, made null and
void, as
if it never had been made.
III. And be it
further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and with the
Advice and Consent aforesaid, That from and after the End of this present
Session
of Assembly, it shall and may be lawful for the Rector, Vestry-men and
Church-wardens of the said Parish, for the Time being, to Grant, Lease,
Demise,
and to Farm Let, to any Person or Persons, willing and capable to take
the same aforesaid Lots of Land, Numbered Fifty-nine, Sixty, Sixty-one,
or
any, or either of them, or any Part of either of them, be Deed Indented
under the Hands and Seals of the said Rector, Vestry-men and Church-wardens,
for the Time being, or the major Part of them, and on such Conditions,
Covenants, Provisions, Agreements, and yearly Rents, as the said
Rector, Vestry-men and Church-wardens, for the Time being,, or the
major
Part of them, shall agree upon, for any Term not exceeding Sixty-three
Years.
IV. And be it
further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the Rector,
Vestry-men and Church-wardens, for the Time being, have full Power and
Authority, after the Expiration of the said Term, to grant new Leases
of all,
or any the said Premises, for the Term of Twenty-one Years, or Three
Lives, to the Uses, Intents and Purposes in this Act mentioned, and to
no
other; and for a shorter Time, as to them, or the major Part of them, for
the Time being, shall seem convenient.
V. And be it
further Enacted and Declared, That the yearly Rents, Revenues,
and Profits of the said mentioned Premises, and all and every Part of
them, be, and are hereby declared to belong to the Incumbent of said Parish,
for the Time being, for his sole and separate Use and Benefit, and to no
other use, Intent or Purpose whatsoever.
VI. And be it
further Enacted, That when any of the said Leases or Demises
shall expire or determine, if the Incumbent, for the Time being, or
any Person or Persons on his Behalf, shall ask, demand, and receive, of
an
from any person or Persons whatsoever, either directly or indirectly, any
Sum
or Sums of Money, or other Goods or Effects, as a Fine or Fines for
the
Granting a new lease or Demise of any the before mentioned Premises,
or
any Part of them, which in value exceeds One Year's Rent, in such new
Lease or Demise to be reserved, that then, and in such case, the new Lease
or Demise so to be made, shall be void, and of none Effect, as if the same
had never been made.
VII. And be it
further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That if a Vacancy
shall happen in the said Parish, for want of an Incumbent, that then, and
in
such case, it shall and may be lawful for the Vestry-men and Church-wardens
of the said Parish, for the Time being, or the major Part of them, to
ask, demand, and receive, of and from such Person or Persons, from whom |