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Commissions to issue from C. governor for the several parishes, appointing 20 commissioners for each parish to erect churches, &c.
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XXVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the chief governour, or governours and council of this kingdom for the time being, shall issue their distinct commissions or orders, one for the parish of Saint Mark, another for the said parish of Saint Luke, and a third for the parish of Saint Anne, each of them constituting and appointing twenty or more discreet persons for each parish, to be commissioners for erecting the said three new churches, inclosing the said church-yards, erecting gallaries, pulpits, desks, pews, and other necessary ornaments of the said churches, who are hereby required within three months after they shall be so nominated and appointed, to give in an estimate in writing, under the hands of twelve or more of them, of the charges necessary for building and finishing the said respective churches, and providing such ornaments, after which estimate so returned, in the said chief governour or governours and council of this kingdom, shall nominate and appoint such person or persons as to them shall seem meet, to take and receive the subscriptions and contributions of such person or persons, bodies politick and corporate, as shall be willing to contribute any thing towards the building the said respective churches and other conveniencies, and to collect and receive the money so subscribed, of which subscriptions and collections such person so to be appointed, shall from time to time make true returns to such chief governour, or governours and council, and pay the same according to their directions.
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