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Records, of the Name or Names of the Person or Persons so apply-
ing, with the Day of the Month, Date of the Year, and Number of
the Lot or Lots by him, her, or them so taken up. And the Person
or Persons, who shall cause such Entry to be made, and shall build
on such Lot or Lots, according to the Directions, and within the Time
limited by this Act, shall be vested with a good, sure, and indefeiz-
able Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple, of, in, and to the Lot or Lots
by him, her, or them so entered and built on as aforesaid; any Law,
Statute, Usage, or Custom to the contrary thereof, in any-wise,
notwithstanding.
And Be It Further Enacted, That any Person or Persons, who
shall take up any the Lot or Lots aforesaid, and shall neglect or
refuse to build thereon, according to the Directions, and within the
Time limited by this Act; such Person or Persons so refusing or
neglecting, shall entirely lose all his, her, or their Right, Title, Estate,
Claim, and Interest of, in, or to such Lot or Lots so taken up, and not
built on as aforesaid. And it shall and may be lawful for any Person
or Persons whatsoever, to take up such Lot or Lots, he, she, or they
making such Entry as is before by this Act directed; and paying such
Sum or Sums as shall be first assessed upon such Lot or Lots, to the
Commissioners aforesaid, or such Person or Persons, as the said
Commissioners, or the major Part of them, shall think fit to appoint,
to receive the same, for the Publick Use and Benefit of the said Town :
And such second Taker-up shall, by Virtue of such Entry and Pay-
ment, and building on such Lot or Lots, according to the Directions
of this Act, within Eighteen Months from the Time of such second
Entry, be vested with the same Estate, as in, and by this Act is vested
in, and settled on the first Taker-up. And in Case any the Lots afore-
said shall remain untaken up, at the Ertd of Seven Years, from the
laying out such said Town, that then, and in such Case, the Owner,
or Person interested at first in said Land, after such Time expired
shall be possessed and interested in said Lot or Lots, as in her or their
first and former Estate; any Thing in this Act to the contrary,
notwithstanding.
And Be It Enacted, That the Surveyor of the said County shall
be allowed, for laying out and surveying said Town, and returning
Plat and Certificate thereof to the Clerk, and paid in the County
Levy, the Sum of One Thousand Pounds of Tobacco: And that the
Clerk be likewise paid by the said County, for entring and filing such
Plat, Certificate, and Report of the Commissioners aforesaid, such
reasonable Fee or Reward as the Commissioners aforesaid, or the
major Part of them, shall think fit: And for every Entry to be made
by the Takers-up, for each Lot, the Sum of Twelve Pounds of
Tobacco.
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