Acts. 163

good house that shall Containe four hundred Square feet of
ground besides Shedds upon every such Lott so taken up or
to be Taken up as afd on or before the first day of September,
which shall be in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven
hundred and Eight shall by vertue of such Takeing up and
building have hold and Enjoy to him and his heires forever a
good Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple of in and to the said
Lott so built upon as afd. with all Rights and previlledges
thereto belonging in as Large and ample manner to all Intents
and purposes as if the same had been built upon within the
Time appointed by the said recited Act any Thing in the said
Act to the Contrary Notwithstanding.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority advice and Con-
sent af^d That if any Town or Towns within this pvince other
or more Then what is Expressed in this Act and by the said
Recited Act appointed to be Laid out for Towns by the time

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No. 64.

in the said recited Act mentioned have not as yet been laid
out accordingly that the Severall and Respective prsons ap-
pointed Comissioners in and by the said Recited Act in the
severall and respective Countys of this province shall have the
same power and Authority to purchase lay out and Divide
into Lotts the severall pieces of Land appointed for Towns as
afd in as full and benefitiall manner to all intents and purposes
as they had by vertue of the said recited Act Provided such
Towns be laid out by the first day of September one Thousand
Seven hundred and Seven.
And that all Tobacco and Merchantdizes of the Growth and
production of this province May be brought only to those
Ports or Towns.
Be it Enacted by the Authority advice and Consent afd that
all Tobacco and other Merchantdizes of the growth and pro-
duction of this province design'd to be Exported out of this
province by Land or water (Except Timber pipe Staves billetts
and wooden ware) shall after the tenth day of September w^ch
shall be in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred
and Eight for that End be brought to some port or other Town
in This [province] and the said recited Act appointed which
Towns That are not Ports shall be deemed and Taken to be
members of some port (that is to say)all the Towns rivers. Creeks
& Coves in Talbott County and the Towns rivers Creeks and
Coves in great Choptank and Little Choptank in Dor^r County

p. 312

and Kent Island in Queen Anns County shall be deemed and
Taken to be members of the port of Oxford, all the Towns
Rivers Creeks and Coves in Cecell Kent and Queen Ann's
County (Except Kent Island) shall be deemed and Taken to
be members of the port of Chester Town in Chester River, all
the Towns rivers Creeks and Coves in Somersett County and

p. 313