ACTS.

At a Session of Assembly begun and held at the City of
Annapolis in the County of Ann Arundel, the 3rd day of
November in the 10th Year of the Reign of our Sovereign
Lady Anne, Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland,
Defender of the Faith, etc., Annoq. Domini 1711, were enacted
the following Laws.
Edward Lloyd, Esq. President.

An Act to impower Commissioners to appoint and cause to be
laid out Three Thousand Acres of Land, on Broad-Creek,
in Somerset County, for the Use of the Nanticoke Indians,
so long as they shall occupy the same

Whereas it is represented to this present General Assem-
bly, That the Land formerly laid out for the Use of the Nanti-
coke Indians, is now much worn out, and not sufficient for
them; And that it is thought adviseable that some further
Provision be made for them;
II. Be it Enacted, by the Queen's most excellent Majesty,
by and with the Advice and Consent of her Majesty's Presi-
dent, Council, and Assembly of this Province, and the Author-
ity of the same, That Lieut. Col. George Gale, M^r Samuel
Worthington, Capt. Charles Ballard, and M^r Benjamin Wales,
be, and are hereby appointed Commissioners, to cause Three
Thousand Acres of Land to be laid out where the said Indians
are now settled, in Somerset County, on Broad-Creek, in
Nanticoke River, and the same to appoint to the Use of the
said Indians, for so long as they shall occupy the same. And
further, to cause such Land to be valued in such Manner as is
herein after expressed; That is to say, The said Commis-
sioners, or any Three of them, shall, some Time before the
Twenty-fifth Day of March next, meet together, and make out
their Warrant to the Sheriff of Somerset County, which said
Sheriff is hereby required upon Receipt of such Warrant, to
impannel and return a Jury of the most Substantial Free-
holders of the said County, to be and appear before the said
Commissioners, upon the said Land, at the Time in such
Warrant appointed; which Jury, upon their Oaths, to be to
them administered by the said Commissioners, or any Three
of them, shall inquire, assess, and return what Damages and
Recompence they shall think fit to be awarded to the Owners

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