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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
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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 ex-
pired, 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.
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 Janssen 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 reasonable Fees for the said Clerk, to be paid him by the sev-
eral Takers-up of the said Lots; which said Entries they shall cause
to be made up in a well bound Book, and lodged with the Clerk of
Anne-Arundel County Court, for the Inspection of any Person.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice, and Con-
sent aforesaid, That every Person taking up, or being in Possession
of any of the Lots taken up in the aforesaid Town, shall be charge-
able with, and liable to, the Payment of One Penny Current Money
of Maryland, per Annum, for each Lot, to the Right Honourable
the Lord Proprietary, and his Heirs for ever; and that the Clerk of
the said Commissioners do transmit to His Lordship's Agent, an
Account of all Lots taken up, pursuant to the Directions of this Act.
Saving to his Most Sacred Majesty, his Heirs and Successors,
the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, his Heirs and Suc-
cessors, and to all Bodies Politick and Corporate, and to all Persons
not mentioned in this Act, their several and respective Rights; any
thing in this Act to the contrary, notwithstanding.
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