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a House that shall cover Four Hundred Square Feet; and none of
the Houses to be built on any of the Lots aforesaid, shall be suf-
fered to have Chimney, unless the same be built with Brick or Stone,
after taking up the same; and in case the House or Houses to be
built on the Lot or Lots as aforesaid, be not built as before directed,
that then it shall and may be lawful for any other Person or Persons
whatsoever, to enter upon the said Lot or Lots, so not built upon as
aforesaid; on he or they who shall enter upon any of the said Lots
through the Defects aforesaid, their paying such Sum of Tobacco
as shall be first set and assessed upon such Lot, to the Commission-
ers aforesaid; or such other Person as the said Commissioners, or
the major Part of them, shall nominate and appoint to receive the
same, for the publick Use and Benefit of the said Town.
Provided always, That such Second Taker-up or Purchaser, who
shall build and finish (within one Year after his Entry made,) an
House in the Manner as in this Act is before limitted and appointed
to be built by the First Taker up, shall have, and enjoy as good an
Estate, to all Intents and Purposes, as in and by this Act before is
limitted and settled upon the First Taker-up and Builder. And in
case any of the said Lots shall be neglected to be taken up in the
Town aforesaid, during the Term of Seven Years next after the
Publication of this Act, that then and in such case, the Owner or
Person Interested at the First in such Land, (after such Time ex-
pired) shall be possessed and interested in the said Lot or Lots, as in
their First and former Estate; anything in this Act contained to the
contrary notwithstanding.
And be it further Enacted, That nothing in this Act shall extend
or be construed to extend, to prejudice any Person or Persons, his,
or their Heirs or Assigns, who have complyed with the Requisites
of the Act of Assembly, whereby Part of the Land before allowed
to be laid out, was actually Surveyed into Lots and then called Sey-
mour Town, of their Title to or Inheritance in the said Lots; but
that the said Persons, their Heirs and Assigns, shall and may quietly
hold, possess and enjoy the same for ever: Any thing in this Act, to
the contrary thereof notwithstanding.
And be it further Enacted, That the Land hereby allowed to be
laid out, be not so Surveyed as to effect the Buildings, or Improve-
ments of the Heir at Law of Thomas Cooper, deceased. And sav-
ing to his most sacred Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, His Lord-
ship the Lord Proprietary, his Heirs and Successors, and to all
Bodies Politick and Corporate, and all other Persons not mentioned
in this Act, their several and respective Rights: Any Thing in this
Act, to the Contrary notwithstanding.
And be it further Enacted, That the Place hereby directed to be
laid out for a Town, shall be henceforth, by Virtue of this Act,
known and called by the Name of Leonard Town; and that all
Writs, Precepts, and Process Issuing out of St. Mary's County
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