544 Assembly Proceedings, July 11-August 8, 1732.

Session
Laws

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice, and Consent
aforesaid, That every Person taking up, or being in Possession of any
of the Lots taken up in the aforesaid Town, shall be chargeable with,
and liable to the Payment of One Penny Current Honey of Maryland,
per Annum, for each Lot, to the Right Honourable the Lord Proprie-
tary, and his Heirs, for ever; and that the Clerk of the said Com-
missioners, do transmit to his Lordship's Agent, an Account of all
Lots taken up, pursuant to the Directions of this Act.

Chap. XIX
p. 27

An Act to prohibit raising of Swine in Upper-Marlborough Town,
in Prince-George's County.

Whereas, the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Upper-Marlborough
Town, in Prince-George's County, by their humble Petition to the
Lower House of Assembly, have set forth, That divers Persons
living in the same Town, do raise and keep large Quantities of Swine
within the same Town, to the great Prejudice of the Inhabitants
thereof,
Be it therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Gov-
ernor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the
Authority of the same, That no Person or Persons whatsoever, living
or to live within the same Town, shall, after the Thirtieth Day of
November next, under any Pretence whatsoever, keep or support,
within the same Town, any Swine belonging to themselves, or any
other Person whatsoever, unless such Swine be kept within such
Person or Persons Inclosure so keeping or supporting such Swine.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and
with the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That any Person or Persons
that shall be convicted before any Magistrate, on Confession, or
Proof, of transgressing against this Act, shall pay One Hundred
Pounds of Tobacco for each Transgression: The same to be levied
on the Body, Goods, or Chattels, of the Offender, by Way of Execu-
tion, as in Case of small Debts, and to be applied to the Use of the
Free-School of the County aforesaid.

Chap.
XXIV

An Act for the erecting a Town at the Bridge near the Head of Great
Choptank River, in Dorchester and Queen- Anne Counties.
Whereas, the Inhabitants of Dorchester and Queen- Anne Counties,
by their Petition, have made appear to this Assembly, the great Bene-
fits that may arise to Themselves, and Others, by having a Town
erected and laid out at the Bridge, near the Head of Great Choptank
River, in Dorchester and Queen-Anne Counties :
Be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the