Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1761-1769. 137

Terms respectively Let holden or enjoyed. In making which
Returns and in Accomplishing every part of the Business of
this my Commission All the Officers of my said Province are
to Contribute their utmost Assistance when called upon by
you for that purpose as they will answer the Contrary at their
Peril.
3^rd That all and every such Sales Dispositions, or Contracts
which shall be so made by Virtue and under the Authority of
my said Commission shall Observe and pursue and shall be-
come Valid and Effectual by the Observance and Performance
of and under the following Terms Conditions and Restrictions
and not otherwise that is to say.
4^th That all the said Reserved Lands Cultivated and Un-
cultivated be Put up to Sale in Different Lotts and Assort-
ments, to be by you previously made and regulated, not ex-
ceeding five hundred Acres where the Lands are already
Cultivated, nor a Thousand Acres where they still remain Un-
cultivated, in each Lot but I would recommend it to my Com-
missioners rather to Moderate and reduce the Particular
Allotments below this Standard than to Carry them to the
Extent Limited where the Circumstances of the Case do not
require it, of which my Commissioners will give me due
Satisfaction.
5^th That proper and Exact Maps or Plans (if necessary) be
faithfully Delineated and made of each Lot to be Publickly
Exhibited to & Inspected by every Person requiring the same
without Fee or Reward at such Convenient times (not being
less than thirty days before each Sale) and at such Places as
you shall appoint for that purpose by Proclamation or Notice
in the Maryland Gazette to be Continued therein Eight times
within One Month and that the time of the intended Sale be
likewise Specified therein

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6^th That every Lot be put up to Sale Separately and Dis-
tinctly by Publick Auction or Bidding to be so Notified and
that the highest Bidder be the purchaser.
7^th Provided Nevertheless, And It is my Will and Pleasure
In case Purchasers shall not Offer at the times of such Public
Auction or Sale for all the Lots to be then put up according to
the Terms and Conditions of these my Instructions, That
Such Lots be again put up to Sale at a Publick Bidding upon
fourteen Days further Notice to be Signified as aforesaid upon
the like Terms and Conditions. And if purchasers shall not
then Offer That in such Case you be at Liberty to sell such
Lots by Private Contract under the like Regulations and Re-
strictions in every other Respect as herein are directed. But
in Case of such Sales by Private Contract you are to Proceed

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