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Plantation of M^r Edward Wright, to the Head thereof; thence
down with a Branch call'd Smith's Branch, to a Branch of Tuck-
ahoe; 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, shall be taken from St. Paul's
Parish aforesaid, in Queen-Anne's County aforesaid, and be erected
into a new Parish, and call'd by the Name of St. Luke's Parish; and
shall, from and after the Time aforesaid, by Virtue of this Act, be
deemed, adjudged, reputed and taken for St. Luke's Parish, and
not as Part or Parcel of the said St. Paul's Parish aforesaid: And
that the Boundaries aforesaid, shall always be deemed, taken, and
reputed as the Undoubted Boundaries to divide the Parish afore-
said. And that the Inhabitants of the said St. Luke's Parish, shall
have and enjoy all Benefits and Priviledges, Power and Authority,
in every Respect, equal with any Inhabitants of any other Parish
within this Province, heretofore had, or hereafter may have.
And further, Giving to the several Free-holders of St. Luke's
Parish aforesaid at a certain Day to be appointed by them, full and
ample Power to elect and make Choice of the Number of Six select
Vestry-Men, at least, and Two Church- Wardens; and also to build
and found a Church therein: Any Law, Statute, Usage, or Custom
to the contrary notwithstanding.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That it
shall and may be lawful for the Justices of Queen Anne's County,
upon Application to them made, by the Vestry of St. Luke's Parish
aforesaid, to cause to be levied in such Manner as the Publick and
County Levies are levied upon the Taxable Persons in the said
Parish, so much Tobacco as will enable the said Parish to build a

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Church; so that the said Sum to be levied for that Use, do not ex-
ceed the Sum of Thirty Thousand Pounds of Tobacco: Any Law,
Statute, Usage, or Custom to the contrary thereof, notwithstanding.

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An Act for the Relief of John Powel, John Nowel, Samuel Stevens,
Mary Gordon and Thomas Price, Languishing Prisoners in
Anne-Arundel County. Thomas Hill and James Ward, Lan-
guishing Prisoners in Talbot County. Richard Edwards and
Nathaniel Wright, Languishing Prisoners in Queen-Anne's
County. Christopher Bonfield and Clarina Gilly, Languishing
Prisoners in Calvert County. Kennith Mackensy, a Languishing
Prisoner in Charles County. Peter Bromfield, a Languishing Pris-
oner in Prince George's County. And Abel Van Burkelo, a Lan-
guishing Prisoner in Cecil County.

Whereas the said John Powel, John Nowel, Samuel Stevens,
Mary Gordon, Thomas Price, Thomas Hill, James Ward, Richard
Edwards, Nathaniel Wright, Christopher Bonfield, Clarina Gilly,
Kennith Mackensy, Peter Bromfield, and Abel Van Burkelo, (by

Chap. XXI
p. 27