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so found by their Verdict, and to all Persons they find interested
therin, by such Person or Persons as shall take up the said Lots, pro-
portionably 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 Charles County,
for the Time being, shall have and receive, for surveying and laying
out the Town aforesaid, the Sum of Six Hundred Pounds of Tobacco,
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-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, exclusive of Sheds, 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
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
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 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 Pub-
lication 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 Let or Lots, as in their first and
former Estate; any thing in this Act to the contrary, notwithstanding.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and
with the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That the Town aforesaid, be
called by the Name of Benedict-Leonard Town.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and with
the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That the Commissioners aforesaid,
or the major Part of them, employ some sufficient Person for their
Clerk; and that they cause such Clerk to take an Oath, that he shall
make true and impartial Entries of their Proceedings, and assess
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