290 Assembly Proceedings, October 3-November 2, 1728.

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Chap. XIX

And be it Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and with the
Advice and Consent aforesaid, That the Place whereon the said
Court-house now stands, shall, from henceforth, be call'd and known
by the Name of Prince Frederick Town.

An Act for dividing of St. Paul's Parish, in Queen Anne's, and
Part of Talbot County.

Whereas it is represented to this present General Assembly, by
the Parishioners of St. Paul's Parish aforesaid, That the said Parish
is of too large Extent to be served by One Minister, consisting of
Eighteen Hundred Taxables, the Forty per Poll whereof, amounts
to Seventy Two Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, besides Perquisites.
And therefore the said Parishoners of St. Paul's Parish aforesaid,
humbly prayed, that the said Parish might be divided according to
the Report of the Commissioners heretofore appointed by Order of
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, in Manner following,
viz. That all the Land above the North-East Side of Courseca
Creek, and the North-East Side of the Eastermost Branch thereof,
commonly known by the Name of the Three Bridges, and running
up the said Branch, through the Dwelling- Plantation of M^r Edward
Wright, to the Head thereof; thence down with a Branch call'd
Smith's Branch, to a Branch of Tuckahoe, and with that Branch to
the Main Branch of Tuckahoe Creek; and from the aforesaid Main
Branch, with a Line drawn South-East to Choptank River, the
South- West Side of said Courseca Creek, Branches, and Line above-
said; containing about One Thousand Taxables, which yield Forty
Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, per Annum, besides Perquisites; be
hereafter reputed and taken as the full Extent of St. Paul's Parish
aforesaid. And that the North-East Side of Courseca Creek,
Branches, and Line aforesaid, containing about Eight Hundred
Taxables, and yielding about Thirty Two Thousand Pounds of
Tobacco, per Annum, might be erected into a new Parish.
And whereas the Rev. M^r Christopher Wilkinson, the present
Incumbent of St. Paul's Parish aforesaid having had due Notice
thereof, and making no material Objections against the Passing of
an Act, as above-pray'd: And forasmuch as the Prayer of the Peti-
tioners aforesaid, is thought reasonable by this present General
Assembly, to be granted as pray'd,

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Be it therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of His Lordship's
Governour, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the
Authority of the same, That from and after the First Day of De-
cember next ensuing, viz. The said Land to the North-East Side of
Courseca Creek, and the North-East Side of the Eastermost
Branch thereof, commonly known by the Name of the Three
Bridges, and running up the said Branch, through the Dwelling-