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af^d then this present Act & all and Every Clause therein Con-
tained shall be void and of noe Effect.

p. 258

Aprill 19^th 1706. Read and Assented to by the house of
Delegates Signed p ord^r W^m Taylard Cl house Del.

Aprill 19^th 1706

Her Majestys honorable Councill have Read and Assented
hereto. Sign'd p Ord^r W^m Bladen Cl Counl.

Aprill 19^th 1706

On the behalf of her most Sacred Majesty Queen Anne &^ca
I will this be a Law. Jo : Seymour

An Act for advancement of trade and erecting Ports &
Towns in the Province of Maryland.

Be it enacted by the Queens most excellent Majesty by
and with the advice and consent of her Majesty's Governour
Councill and Assembly of this Province and the Authority
of the same that from and after the end of this present Ses-
sion of Assembly the Towns Ports and Places herein after
mentioned shall be the Ports and Places where all Ships and
Vessells trading into this Province shall unlade and put on
shoare all Negroes Wares goods merchandizes and Comodi-
ties whatsoever (That is to say)
In St. Maries County Saint Maries Town Saint Clements
Town and a Town on Beckwiths Island in Petuxent river
In Kent County, In Chester river on a plantation of M^r
Joce's between M^r Willmores and Edward Walvins Plantation
In Warton Creek on a Tract of Land where ffrancis Barne
lives formerly laid out for a Town and at Sassafrax river
where Shrewsberry Town was

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In Ann arundell County, The Town and Port of Annapolis,
London Town on the south side of South river a Town in
West river where the Town was formerly And at Herring
Creek where the Town was formerly laid out And a Town to
be laid out in Maggotty river on the Plantation late in the
Possession of Thomas Harrison On the south side of the
said River.
In Calvert County at the head of Saint Leonards Creek on
both sides of the mill branch at the Mouth of the said Branch
at the head of Hunting creek on both sides of the said Creek
and in the freshes of Petuxent river at the Plantation of
George & Thomas Hardisty