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Time by them to be limited: Which Jury, upon their Oaths, shall
enquire to whom the said Land belongs, and assess and return what
Damages and Recompence they shall think fit to be awarded to the
Owners of the said Fifteen Acres of Land, and to all Persons inter-
ested therein, according to their several and respective Interests; and
what Sum of Tobacco the said Jury shall adjudge the said Fifteen
Acres of Land to be worth, shall be paid to the Owners so found by
their Verdict, and to all Persons they find interested therein, by sucli
Person or Persons as shall take up the said Lots, proportionably to
their Lot or Lots, which shall give the said Purchaser or Purchasers,
their Heirs and Assigns, an absolute Estate of Fee Simple in the said
Lot or Lots, he or they complying with the requisites in this Act
mentioned.
And be it further Enacted, That the Surveyor of Somerset County,
for the Time being, shall have and receive, for surveying and laying"
out the Town aforesaid, the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds of To-
bacco, and no more, to be paid and allowed Him in the County Levy ;
and that he return a Plat thereof to the County Clerk, to be by him
kept amongst the County Records. And in Case the Taker-tip of
such Lot or Lots refuse or neglect to build upon such Lot or Lots,
within Eighteen Months, an House that shall cover Four Hundred
Square Feet, that then it shall and may be lawful for any other
Person or Persons whatsoever, to enter upon the said Lot or Lots,
so as aforesaid not built upon, paying such Sum of Tobacco as shall
be first set and assessed upon such Lot, to the Commissioners afore-
said, 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, and to be taken up a
Second Time.
Provided always, That such Taker-up or Purchaser build and
finish, within Eighteen Months after such his Entry made, such
House, as in this Act is before limited and appointed to be built by
the first Taker up; which House so built, shall give and settle as good
an Estate, to all Intents and Purposes, to such Second Taker-Up and
Builder, as aforesaid, his Heirs and Assigns, as is in and by this Act
before limited and settled upon the FiisL 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
Persons interested at first in such Land, shall, after such Time
expired, be possessed and interested in the said Lot or Lots, as in
their first and former Estate; any thing in this Act to the contrary,
notwithstanding.
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