Nov' 4^th 1710. On the behalf of her most Sacred Maj^ty
Queen Anne of Great Britt^a &c We will this be a Law.

Edw^d Lloyd Presid^t W^m Holland, Rob^t Quary, Sam^ll Young,

Thomas Greenfield, Ch^a Greenberry, Jn^{o
Hall. Wm Whittington}

An Act for secureing persons Rights to Town Lands.

Whereas it is Represented to this present Generall Assem-
bly that severall of the Inhabitants of this province and others
that have taken up Severall Lotts in Severall Town Lands
Laid out & Surveyed for Towns according to the Directions
of Severall Laws of this province Lately made (that is to say)
one Act of Assembly made at a Generall Assembly begun and
held at the Port of Annapolis the second Day of Aprill in the
Yeare of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and six Enti-
tuled an act for advancem^t of Trade and Erecting Ports and
Townes within this province of Maryland one other Act made
at a Generall Assembly begun & held at the Port of Annapolis
the fifteenth day of Aprill one thousand seven hundred and
Seven Entituled a Suplementary Act to the Act for advancem^t
of trade and Erecting Ports & Towns, and one other Act made
at a Gen^ll Assembly of this province held at the Port of
Annap⁰ the Twenty ninth Day of Nov^r in the yeare of our
Lord one thousand Seven hundred & Eight Entituled an
additionall Act to the Suplementary Act for advancem^t of
trade & Erecting Ports and towns within this province and for
the sale of some Publick Lands and buildings in the Town of
St. Maries in S^t Maries County as by the severall acts of As-
sembly af^d Remaining on Record in the secretarys office may
appeare Relying and Depending on the Benefitts and previ-
ledges in the said Laws Granted did Enter and build upon
such Lotts according to the directions of the said Laws.

Be it therefore Enacted by the Queens most Excellent Maj^ty
by and w^th the advice and Consent of her Maj^tys Councill and
Assembly of this province and the authority of the same that
all and Every person and persons (that Dureing the Continu-
ance of the before menconed Laws) did take up a Lot and