II. And be it
Enacted, by the King's most
excellent Majesty, by and with the
Advice and Consent of his Majesty's
Governor, Council, and Assembly of this Province,
and the Authority of the same,
That what Tobacco ofd the said Forty per
Poll, hath, is, or shall become
due, in any Parish where there is, hath, or
shall be no Incumbent, the said
Tobacco shall be employed and applied to an
for the uses following, (That
is to say,) by the Vestry-men of each respective
Parish, who are hereby impowered
to dispose thereof, for and towards the repairing
such Churches as are already built,
finishing and compleating the Insides
thereof, as the said Vestry-men
shall think fit, or for the purchasing aa
Pulpit-Cloth, Cushion, Bible, or
Common-Prayer Book, or Church-Plate,
for the Use of the said Church:
And if any Vestry hath already applied or
laid out the said Tobacco, or any
Part thereof, to the uses aforesaid, such
Application or Disposal is hereby
confirmed.
III. And
be it further Enacted, by
the Authority aforesaid, by and with the
Advice and Consent aforesaid,
That in any parish where the Church is old, or so
out of Repair as not fit to be made
Use of, and shall be so adjudged by the
Vestry-men of such Parish, it shall and may be lawful to and for such
Vestry-men,
to apply the said Forty Pounds of Tobacco per Poll for the Building
of
a new one: And if it hath, or shall so happen, by Reason of a
long Vacancy
in such Parish, that there shall be no Occasion to apply the said Tobacco
to
the Uses aforesaid, or if any such Tobacco, after such Application,
hath or
shall remain in the Hands of the Vestry, the said Vestry are hereby
directed
and impowered to purchase therewith, either a Plantation with a Tract
of
Land, or a certain Tract of Land as near and contiguous to the Church
belonging
top such parishes as may be. And if there be no Church in such
Parishes, then to purchase a Tract of Land as may be most convenient
for the
Inhabitants thereof, and build a Church thereon: Which Plantation,
or Land,
shall be, and for ever Remain, as a Glebe, to the Use of the Ministers
of such
Parish for the Time being, who shall be lawfully inducted and appointed,
according
to the Usage of the Church of England, and this Province.
And if
there shall happen in any parish to be Tobacco, over and above answering
the
Uses aforesaid, it shall be employed to the Improvement and Stocking
such
Glebe, as the Vestry shall judge most proper.
IV. And forasmuch as
by the said recited Act, there is nothing allowed to
the Sheriff for collecting the said Forty Pounds of Tobacco per Poll, and
paying the same to the Incumbent or Vestry; Be
it Enacted, by the Authority
aforesaid, That the Sheriffs
of each respective County, shall have allowed
him or them, out po the said Forty Pounds of Tobacco per Poll, which they
shall pay to such Vestry or Incumbent, Five Pounds of Tobacco per Cent,
for collecting and paying the same, and no more; any Law, Statute, or Usage
to the contrary notwithstanding.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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CHAP.
XXIV.
The 40 per
Poll, during
the Vacancy,
may be applied
to the
repairs, or
finishing the
Inside of
Churches,
&c.
Or where
Churches are
decayed, for
building new
ones,
or if no such
Application
be necessary,
then to the
Purchase of a
Glebe, &c.
and any Overplus,
to
the Stockling
such Glebe.
Sheriffs to
have Five per
Cent for collecting
the 40
per Poll.
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