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JOHN SEYMOUR, Esq; Governor.
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1705. |
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CHAP. X.
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An Act declaring an Act, entitled, * An Act ascertaining the
Bounds of Land,
to be in Force. Lib. LL. N°3. fol.
227. EXP.
* 1699, ch. 18, hereby continued
in Force to the End of the next Session of Assembly.
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Passed 25th
May 1705. |
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CHAP. XI.
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An Act impowering a Committee to lay, assess, and apportion the
public Levy of
this Province, for the present Year One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Five.
Lib. LL. N° 3. fol. 227.
OBS.
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Ditto. |
At a Session of ASSEMBLY, begun and held at the
Town and Port of Annapolis, in the County of
Ann-Arundel,
on the Second Day of April, in the Fifth
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady ANNE,
Queen of England, Scotland, France and Ireland,
Defender of the Faith, &c. Annoq; Domini
1706;
and ended the 19th Day of the same Month, were
enacted the following Laws. |
1706. |
JOHN SEYMOUR, Esq; Governor.
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CHAP. I.
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An Act declaring an Act, entitle, * An Act ascertaining the
Bounds of Land,
To be in Force. Lib. LL. N° 3. fol.
231. EXP.
* 1699, ch. 18, hereby continued
in Force to the End of the next Session of Assembly.
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Passed 19th
April 1706. |
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CHAP. II.
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An Act for Naturalization of John Baptist Tyler, of Prince-George's
County,
Planter. Lib. LL. N° 3. fol. 232.
PR.
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Ditto. |
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CHAP. III.
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An Act for the dividing and regulating several Counties on the Eastern
Shore of
this Province, and constituting a County, by the Name
of Queen-Anne's County,
within the same Province. Lib. LL N° 3.
fol. 233.
(1.) From and after the 1st May
1707, the Bounds of Talbot County shall contain, Sharp's-Island,
Choptank-Island, and all the Land on the North Side of Great-Choptank
River, and extend
itself up the said River to Tuckahoe Bridge; and from thence with
a strait Line to the Mill commonly
called, and known by the Name of Swetnam's Mill, and from thence
down the South
Side of Wye River to the Mouth thereof, and from thence down the
Bay (including Poplar-Island)
to the first Beginning: Also Bruff's-Island in Wye River.
(2.) From and after the said 1st May
1707, the Island called Kent-Island, and all the Land on the
South Side of Chester River, to a Branch
called Sewell's Branch, and with the said Branch to the Head thereof;
and from thence with an
East Line to the Extent of this Province: And bounded on the South
with Talbot County, to
Tuckahoe Bridge; and from thence with Tuckahoe Creek and
Choptank River to the Mouth of a
Branch falling into the said River, called or known by the Name of White-Marsh
Branch;
and from thence, with a North-East Line, to the extent of this Province:
And bounded, on
the East, with the Extreme Bounds of this Province, shall be, and is hereby
constituted, founded
and incorporated into a County of this Province, by the Name of Queen-Anne's
County.
And to have and enjoy all Rights, Benefits and Privileges, equal with the
other Counties of this
Province; such as sending Burgesses to the General Assembly, having County
Courts, Sheriffs,
Justices, and other Officers and Ministers requisite and necessary, and
as used in other Counties
in this Province. (3.) From and after the said 1st May
1707, Kent County shall begin at the
South Point of Eastern-Neck, and from thence run up Chesapeak
Bay to Sassafras River, and
up the said River to the South End of the long Horse Bridge lying over
the Head of the said
River; and from thence, with a Line drawn East and by South, to the exterior
Bounds of this
Province; and with the exterior Bounds of this Province until it intersect
the Line of Queen-Anne's
County, and with the said County down Chester River to Eastern-Neck,
where it first begun:
And shall contain all the Land within the said Bounds. (4.)
From and after the said 1st
May 1707, Cæcil County shall contain all the Land in
the North Side of Sassafras River, and
Kent County; and shall be bounded on the East and North with the
exterior Bounds of this
Province; and on the West, with Susquehannah River and Chesapeak
Bay; and on the South, with
Sassafras River, and Kent County. (5.) Commissioners
appointed to cause the Bounds of the
said Counties to be surveyed, and marked by double Line of marked Trees,
&c. (6.) The same
Commissioners impowered to lay out and purchase, by Agreement with the
Owners, or Valuation
of a Jury, two Acres of Land in each County, whereon to build Court-houses,
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Ditto.
Talbot.
Queen-Anne's.
Kent.
Cæcil. |
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