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appear before the said Commissioners at a certain Day or Time by
them 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 Twenty Acres of Land lying on each Side of the said River, and
to all Persons interested therein, according to their several and respec-
tive Interests; and what Sum of Tobacco the said Jury or Juries shall
adjudge the said Twenty Acres of Land to be worth, on each Side the
said River aforesaid, shall be paid to the Owners so found by their
Verdict, and to all Person or Persons they find interested therein,
by such Person or Persons as shall take up the said Lots, propor-
tionably to their Lot or Lots, which shall give the said Purchaser
or Purchasers, their Heirs and Assigns, an absolute Estate in Fee
Simple in the said Lot or Lots, he, she, or they complying with the
requisites in this Act mentioned.
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And be it further Enacted, That the Surveyor of Queen-Anne's
County, shall have and receive, for surveying and laying out the
Town aforesaid, the Sum of Eight Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, and
no more, to be paid and allowed him by even and equal Portions, at
the laying of the Levies in the abovesaid Counties; and that he return
a Plat thereof to the Clerk of each County aforesaid, to be by them
kept amongst the Records of the said Counties. And in Case the
Taker-up 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 Commis-
sioners 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; and to be
taken up the 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 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
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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