118 Assembly Proceedings, April 1-26, 1684.

Lib. W. H.

ordayned to haue To haue the Like And Equall benefitt of
the said Recited Act & every Article thereof as the said other
Townes Ports & places in the said Recited Act Appointed
Any Law Statute or vsage to the Contrary hereof in Any wise
Notwithstanding:
And Whereas his Lordspp The Right Hono^ble the Lord
proprietary And his father of Noble Memory haue been pleased
to Incorporate the Inhabitants of the Citty of S^t Maries into A
Comunity by the Name of A Mayor Recorder Aldermen and
Comon Councell men and hath Graunted them severall privi-
ledges & imunities by severall Charters In Confidence whereof

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the said Citty hath been Long since Divided into Streets &
lanes and severall the Inhabitants thereof Built vpon the same
& had Graunts for land in the Citty Aforesaid But the said
Recited Act having Appointed The said Citty of S^t Maries To
be A Towne porte & place of Trade as Aforesaid And soe is
become subject to severall the Rules and ordinances in the
said Recited Act sett Downe & prescribed And in perticuler
to haue one hundred Acres within the said Citty layd out for
A Towne And port aforesaid and to bee Divided into one
hundred severall Lotts as Aforesaid which if strickly pursued
Will Quite Alter and Destroy the whole scituation of the said
Citty as the Same hath beene layd out and Builded vpon
Taken vp And pattented as Afores^d And will Tend to the
very Great Damage of the severall Inhabitants thereof and
bee the occation of severall Debates & Dissputes About the
severall Interests of the Inhabitants & other psons Concerned
Therein which will not bee Easily Reconciled And the said
Mayor Recorder Aldermen & Comon Councellmen of the
said Citty having humbly be sought his Lordpp the Right
Hon^ble the Lord Proprieta^r to take theire Case & Condition
into his Serious Consideration And to order such wayes And
Meanes As May Tend to the preservation of the severall inter-
ests of the Inhabitants of the said Citty & Their Charter
Aforesaid Wherevpon his Lorpp hath been Graciously pleased
to Signifie his Good will And pleasure That his Lorpp is will-
ing to haue each Mans property in the said Citty of S^t Maries
(as now it stands & is pattented & Built vpon as Afores^d) to
be preserved And to Graunt soe much Land Contiguous to
the said Citty As will make vp one hundred Lotts without
Altering the streets Dwelling houses Markett place And other
Lotts formerly by the Cittizens Afores^d Taken vp: As Afores^d
Bee it Therfore Enacted By and with the Advice & Consent
Aforesaid That the said scituation of the said City of S^t Maries
as it is now Inhabited Together with the said Land By his
Lordpp to be Added And Layd out for the Compleating the