Excerpt from Parish Institutions of Maryland: With Illustrations From Parish Records As an institution of Englishmen the parish system of Mary land was based upon the parish laws and customs of the mother-land, but there were various modifications to suit the new conditions. The materials for a reconstruction of this system are meagre, but the laws on the subject tell what had to be done, and various parish records show what really was done. The Governor, for the Proprietor, inducted a Minister into a parish. He usually made appointments from nominees of the Bishop of London, and a Vestry was obliged to accept whomsoever the Governor sent. Occasionally he consulted the wishes of parishioners. In the record book of Prince George's parish is a copy of a letter from Gov. Sharpe to Mr. Alex. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.