Acts. 333

And notwithstanding the severall persons who relying and
depending upon the benefitts and priviledges in the said Laws
granted have taken up Lotts in the said Towns entered them
and paid for them or were ready to pay for them as the Law
directed and have built and improv'd thereon Yett they are
now threatned disquietted and disturbed by the persons
Claiming rights to the said Lands upon pretence that because
that the said Acts are since repeald The Titles of such takers
up builders and Improvers are destroy 'd and dye with the said
Acts of Trade contrary to the true sense and rationall Con-
struction of the same Laws or any other of like Nature. To
prevent therefore and take of all such unnecessary Doubts and
Scruples thereof
Be it Enacted by the Queens most excellent Majesty by
and with the Advice and Consent of her Majestys Governour
Councill and Assembly of this province and the Authority of
the same that all and every person or persons that during the
Continuance of the before mencond Acts of Assembly did take

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No. 64.

up pay for or tendred or were ready to pay for any Lott or
Lotts of Land in any Town land laid out and allotted for Town
lands by the former Laws or any of them and of the same lott
made due entry and hath built and improved upon the same
and followed the Directions of the above mencond Laws they
the said person and persons so taking up entring building
upon and following the direcons of the said Laws their heires
and Assigns shall have hold and enjoy a good sure indefeaz-
able Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple of in and to every such
lott and lotts of Land so taken up and built on as aforesaid
(according to the said Laws and directions) to them and their
heires forever as fully freely and amply to all Intents and pur-
poses as if the said former laws were still in full force and had
never been repeald.
Provided allways that where any person or persons that
hath or have so taken up built and improved and hath not
paid the price sett upon the same that every such person is
hereby injoyn'd to pay the said value of the said lott to the
owner & Claimer of the land upon demand without fraud or
Covin.

September 23^d 1704 September 26^th 1704

Read and Assented to by the Read and assented to by her
house of Dellegates Majestys hon^ble Councill
W Taylard Clk h. D. W Bladen Cl Concil.

Maryland October 3^d 1704

On behalf of her Ma^ty &c I will this be a Law
Jo: Seymour

p. 137