434 Minutes of the Board of Revenue, 1768-1775.

Lib. No. 86
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inal Tract, so as to ascertain that the quantity thus Claimed,
doth really lie within the bounds of the Tract, of which it is
said to be a Part: And in your Certificate after alledging that
you have run such Line, or Lines from the first or other certain
Boundary of such original Tract (mentioning the Tract such
Boundary and the Patentee thereof) you are to declare, that
the whole quantity, so claimed, or such a part of it (men-
tioning the quantity) now returned by you, doth lie within
the Bounds of said original Tract. When in your Certificate
you are to describe the out Lines of the Resurvey, for which
Patent is to be issued — say Beginning (or Lastly " Beginning
as the Case may be) for the out Lines of the Resurvey, by
virtue of the beforementioned Warrant. At the end of ——
Perches and Links in the Line (or Course) of —— ."
With regard to all other particulars, you are to observe the
directions given you by these Instructions.
12^th You are (when directed to include Vacancy) to take in
the whole, except the quantity be more than the Petitioner
chuses to take up, in which case the remainder is not to be less
than One Hundred Acres, and that to be left in a Body entire,
for you are by no means to leave small parcels in Slips, or
otherwise nor are you to run into any elder Survey, or run a
String, or Line across any Surveyed Land whatever (altho
it should belong to the Person obtaining the Warrant of Re-
survey) in order to include Vacancy; but such Vacancy shall
be taken up by a Common or other Special Warrant as the
case may require, unless the Party Resurveys the Tract, or
Tracts (being his own) to which it is adjoining, be it in one or
more Parcels. In your Certificate (immediately before you
begin to describe the out Lines of the Resurvey for which
Patent is to issue) you are to insert the quantity of Vacant
Land so taken up. On the Plot returned with the Certificate
where Vacancy shall be added you are to insert the Words

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(" Vacancy ———— acres ") if it be in more Parcels than One,
then in each of the said Parcels insert "( 1^st 2^d or 3^d) Vacancy
Acres " also in your Plot on the out side of the Lines of
each Vacancy, you are to insert the names of the Lands, or of
the Owners of the several Tracts surrounding it; and at the
bottom of your Certificate, you are to give Tables of Courses,
referring by Figure to the Plot, as before Directed.
13^th You are not upon resurveying any original, or former
Survey of a Tract of Land, to call in your Certificate of Re-
survey for a Boundary, or Line of any other Tract of Land,
unless such Boundary, or Line be expressly called for in the
Certificate of such Original, or former Survey; and where you
propose running to such Boundary, or Line as being called