Protestants) and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abetters, and taken and subscribed the oath of abjuration, and repeated and subscribed the test, and also subscribed to be comformable to the doctrine and discipline of the church of England, shall to all intents and purposes, be deemed and taken to be vestrymen of the said parishes, respectively.

III. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to hinder the collector or collectors of the said parish of Accomack, as the same now stands intire and undivided, from collecting or making distress for any parish levies which shall remain unpaid by the inhabitants of the said Parish of St. George, at the time the said division shall take place; but such collector or collectors shall have the same power to collect and distrain for the said levies, and shall be answerable for them in the same manner, as if this act had never been made, any law, usage or custom, to the contrary thereof, in any wise, notwithstanding.

IV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the glebe land of the said parish of Accomack, as the same now stands intire and undivided, with the appurtenances, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said parish of Accomack, to be elected in pursuance of this act, and in the vestry of the said parish for the time being, in trust: nevertheless that the said vestry, or the greater part of them, shall, by deed or deeds of bargain and sale, sell and convey the said glebe-land, with the appurtenances, for the best price that can be got for the same, to any person or persons who shall be willing to purchase the same; to hold to such purchaser or purchasers, his or their heirs and assigns, for ever.

V. And be it further enacted, That the vestry of the said Parish of Accomack, after they have received the purchase-money for which the said glebe shall be sold, shall divide the money arising from the sale thereof between the two parishes, in proportion to the number of tithables in each respective parish; and shall pay and deliver such proportionable part of the said money to the vestry of the said parish of St. George as they shall be entitled to on such division, and retain the other part in their own hands, to be by the vestries of the said parishes applied towards pur

chasing glebes for their respective parishes, for the use and benefit of their ministers for the time being, for ever.

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CHAP. XXXII.

An Act for dissolving the vestry of the parish of Hampshire, in the county of Hampshire, and electing a new vestry in the said parish.

I. WHEREAS it hath been represented to this preVestry of sent general assembly that the sheriff of the county of Hampshire parish, in the Hampshire was guilty of sundry mal-practices at the late election of vestrymen for the parish of Hampshire, Hampshire in the said county, and it appears that the said election was procured in an illegal and arbitrary manner, and the inhabitants of the said parish have petitioned for a dissolution thereof: Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governour, Council and Burgesses, of this present General-Assembly and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the vestry, or pretended vestry, of the said parish, shall be, and the same is hereby dissolved; and that all and every act and acts, thing and things, which at any time hereafter shall or may be performed, suffered, or done by them, as a vestry, or pretended vestry of the said parish, shall be, and are hereby declared to be utterly void, to all intents and purposes.

II. Provided always, That all and every levy and levies heretofore laid, and every other act and thing by the said vestry, or pretended vestry, done or suffered, shall be good, valid and effectual, in as full and ample manner as if the election of the said vestry had been legal and regular.

III. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the freeholders and housekeepers of the said parish of Hampshire shall meet at some convenient time and place, to be appointed and publickly advertised at least one month before the first day of April next by the sheriff of the said county, and then and there elect twelve of the most able and discreet persons of

the said parish to be vestrymen thereof; which said vestrymen so elected, having in the court of the said county of Hampshire taken and subscribed the oaths appointed to be taken by an act of parliament made in the first year of the reign of his late majesty king George the first, entitled, an act for the further security of his majesty's person and government, and the succession of the crown in the heirs of the late princess Sophia (being protestants) and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended prince of Wales, and his open and secret abetters, and taken and subscribed the oath of abjuration, and repeated and subscribed the test, and also subscribed to be conformable to the doctrine and discipline of the church of England, shall be, to all intents and purposes, deemed and taken to be vestrymen of the said parish.

CHAP. XXXIII.

An Act to empower the respective Vestries of the parishes of St. Andrew, in the county of Brunswick, and Frederick, in the county of Frederick, to sell their Glebe lands.

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I. WHEREAS it is represented to this present ge- Vestries of neral assembly that the glebe lands of the parishes of parishes of St. Andrew, in the county of Brunswick, and of Fre- St. Andrew, derick, in the county of Frederick, are inconveniently wick, and of situated, and that it would be very advantageous to the Frederick, ministers of the said parishes, as also to the inhabi- in the countants thereof in general, if the vestries of the said ty of Frederishes were empowered to dispose of the said glebe rised to sell lands, and lay out the money arising from the sale their glebes. thereof in purchasing other lands for glebes, and erecting buildings thereon: Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council, & Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That the said glebe lands, with the appurtenances, be, and the same are hereby

vested in the respective vestries of the said parishes of St. Andrew and Frederick, in trust: Nevertheless, that the said vestries respectively, or the greater part of them, shall, by deeds of bargain and sale, sell and convey the said glebe lands, with the appurtenances, for the best price that can be got for the same, to any person or persons who shall be willing to purchase the same; to hold to such purchaser or purchasers, his or their heirs and assigns for ever.

II: And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the money arrising by the sale of the said glebe lands, shall be by the said vestries, respectively, laid out and applied for and towards purchasing a more convenient tract or parcel of land for a glebe for each of the said parishes, and erecting buildings thereon for the use and benefit of the ministers of the said parish of St. Andrew and Frederick, respectively, for the time being for ever.

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CHAP. XXXIV.

An Act for dividing the parish of Nottoway, in the county of Southampton.

1. WHEREAS the parish of Nottoway, in the Nottoway, in county of Southampton, by reason of great extent county of Southampthereof, is very inconvenient to the inhabitants, who ton, divided. are thereby in a great measure prevented from attending divine service, and they have petitioned this general assembly that the said parish may be divided into two distinct parishes: Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governour, Council and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the fifteenth day of January next, the said parish of Nottoway shall be divided by Nottoway river running through the same, according to the meanders thereof, and that all that part of the said parish that lies on the north side of the said river shall be one distinct parish, and retain the name of Nottoway; and that all that other

part thereof which lies on the south side of the said river shall be one distinct parish, and called by the name of St. Luke.

II. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore- St. Luke pasaid, That the freeholders and housekeepers of the rish formed. said parishes of Nottoway and St. Luke, respectively, shall meet at some convenient time and place, to be appointed & publickly advertised by the sheriff of the said county of Southampton at least one month before the twenty-fifth day of March next, and then and there elect twelve of the most able and discreet persons of their respective parishes for vestrymen in each of the said parishes: which vestrymen so elected, having in the court of the said county of Southampton taken and subscribed the oaths appointed to be taken by an act of parliament made in the first year of the reign of his late majesty king George the first, entitled, an act for the further security of his majesty's person and government, and the succession of the crown in the heirs of the late princess Sophia (being protestants) & for ex tinguishing the hopes of the pretended prince of Wales, and his open & secret abetters, and taken & subscribed the test & also subscribed the oath of abjuration, and repeated & subscribed to be conformable to the doctrine & discipline of the church of England, shall, to all intents and purposes, be deemed and taken to be the vestries of the said parishes respectively.

III. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to hinder the collector or collectors of the said parish of Nottoway, as the same now stands intire and undivided, from collecting or making distress for any parish levies which shall remain unpaid by the inhabitants of the said parish of Nottoway at the time the said division shall take place; but such collector or collectors shall have the same power to collect and distrain for the said levies, and shall be answerable for them in the same manner, as if this act had never been made.

IV. And be it further enacted, That the present glebe land of the said parish of Nottoway, as the same now stands intire and undivided, shall be, and the same are hereby vested in the vestry of the said parish of Nottoway, to be elected pursuant to this act, and in the vestry of the said parish for the time being, in trust: Nevertheless, that the said vestry, or the greater part of them, shall, by deed of bargain and C 4-VOL 7.