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to settle in the same, could they but be well secured in their Lots;
And there being no Provision made by any Act in Force, for the
taking up, and building on Lots in the same Place, within a certain
Time :
Be It Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governour, and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the
same, That James Harris, Esq; Mr. Philip Kennard, Mr. George
Wilson, Capt. Ebenezer Blackistone, Mr. James Caulder, Mr. John
Gresham, and Mr. William Frisby, or the major Part of them, be
and are hereby appointed Commissioners; and are by Virtue of this
Act, authorized and impowered to survey and lay out the One Hun-
dred Acres of Land formerly laid out for a Town, on Chester River,
in Kent County, by the Name of Chester Town, and commonly called
New Town, as agreeable as conveniently may be to the original
Plat and Survey thereof, when first laid out for a Town.
And Be It Further Enacted, That the same Commissioners, or the
major Part of them, be, and are hereby impowered and required, at
any Time, by them the said Commissioners, or the major Part of them
to be appointed, before the First Day of November next ensuing
this present Sessions of Assembly, to meet at the same Town, and call
and take to their Assistance, the Surveyor of Kent County, or such
other Person skilful in surveying, as the said Commissioners, or the
major Part of them, shall think fit to chuse; and then and there care-
fully survey and lay out the same One Hundred Acres so directed
to be laid out as aforesaid, into One Hundred convenient Lots,
divided, marked, and numbered 1, 2, and so, to One Hundred, with
as many and such Streets, Alleys, and Lanes, as to them shall seem
meet.
And Be It Further Enacted, That the said Commissioners shall
make and cause the same Survey to be made, as near as possibly
they can, agreeable to the original Plat and Survey of the said Town,
unless the Lines by the same original Survey, make any considerable
Variation or Encroachment on the Lots therein already improved
and built upon: And that in such Case, the same Commissioners shall
direct and make the same Survey in such Manner, that the Owners
and Possessors of such improved Lots, may not be damnified in such
their Improvements; and shall set up Posts, Stakes, or such other
Boundaries as to them shall seem meet, to settle and distinguish the
same Survey for Ever: Always having Regard, as near as may be, to
the aforesaid original Plat thereof, and the Lots already improved and
built upon as aforesaid.
And Be It Further Enacted, That the same Land so surveyed and
laid out, and distinguished, shall be, and is hereby made and erected
into a Town, and shall be called by the Name of Chester Town.
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