Acts. 493

to his Lordships Agent an Account of all Lotts taken up Pur-
suant to the Directions of this Act and Whereas some People have

Lib. B. L. C.

purchased Lots on the Lands aforesaid Be it Enacted by the
Authority aforesaid that the said Land shall be Laid out with as
Little Detriment to such Purchasers as Possible and that such for-
mer Purchasers shall and may have as good and Sufficient Title
to their Severall Lots as any after Purchasers by Virtue of this Act
shall or may have any thing in this Act to the Contrary not-
withstanding.

p. 162

An Act to prevent the making of Seconds
Be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary
by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governour
and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority
of the same that all Persons having the Direction of any Plantation
or Place where Tob^o shall be made shall be Obliged yearly and Every
Year During the Continuance of this Act to Cut up all the Tob^o Staks
on such Plantation or Place within the Space of fifteen Days after
the Tob^o shall be Cut Down on Pain of forfeiting five shillings Cur-
rent Money for every Hundred Stalks by them Omitted to be Cut
up and Which after the end of the said fifteen Days shall be found
standing on such Plantation or Place to be recovered before a single
Magistrate the one Moyety thereof to the use of the Informer and
the other to the use of the Publick School of the County where the
offence shall be Committed as in Case of shall Debts if the sum
do not Exceed fifty shillings Current money and if the sum do
Exceed fifty shillings in the Court of the County where such offence
shall be Committed by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information
wherein no Essoyn Protection or Wager of Law shall be Allowed
This Act to Continue for three years and to the End of the next
Session of Assembly which shall happen after the End of the said
three years.

Chap. XX
p. 162

An Act for Erecting a Town in Kent County on the South Side
of Sasafras River on a Tract of Land Called Tolchester at the
place where the Ferry is now kept.

Whereas Several of the Inhabitants of Kent County have by their
Humble Petition to this General Assembly set forth that many bene-

Chap. XXI
p. 162

fits and Advantages may arise to themselves and others the Inhabi-
tants of this Province and the Traders thereto by having a Town
Erected and Laid Out on the South Side of Sassafras River in the
said County on such part of a Tract of Land Called Tolchester now
in Possession of Gideon Pearce Gentleman not Included in Some
Lots already Laid out & sold by the said Gideon to Sundry persons
at the place where the ferry now is kept Be it therefore Enacted
by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by and with the

p. 163