Acts. 415

of all the same Lots added together may amount to the Sum by them
agreed for, or awarded by the Jury, for the aforesaid Sixty Acres
of Land, and no more; and that the aforesaid Sixty Acres of Land
being so surveyed, laid out and divided, shal be, and is hereby erected
into a Town, and shall be called by the Name of Bladensburgh.

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Laws
p. 30

And be it further Enacted, That the Owner or Owners of the
aforesaid Land shall and may have his, her, or their Choice of any
Two of the Lots aforesaid, to be by him, her, or them retained for
his, her, or their proper Use.

Owners to
have Choice
of any Two
Lots.

Provided, such Choice shall be made and declared to the Com-
missioners aforesaid, or the major Part of them, within Ten Days
after the Survey aforesaid shall be made and compleated, and not
otherwise; and that after such Choice is made, or in case no such
Choice shall be made, within the Ten Days aforesaid, then after the
Expiration of the same Ten Days, all Persons whatsoever shall be at
Liberty to take up and purchase the same Lots, paying the Owner or
Owners aforesaid, or others therein interested, the Price or Value
thereof, so as aforesaid set and assessed by the Commissioners afore-
said; and that every Person who shall pay as aforesaid, the Price of
the Lot by him or her taken up or chosen, or shall prove to the Satis-
faction of the said Commissioners, or the major Part of them, that
he or she had tendered, or offered to pay the said Price to the Owner
or Owners aforesaid, and That such Owner or Owners had refused
to accept or receive the same, and an Entry of such Payment or
Tender, and Refusal, being made according to the Directions here-
after mentioned, such Person shall, and is hereby declared to be, by
Virtue of such Payment or Tender, and Refusal, and Entry thereof
made as aforesaid, and this Act, fully and absolutely invested and
seized of and in an Estate of Inheritance in Fee-simple, of and in
such Lot, to him or her, and his or her Heirs and Assigns for ever,
without any Deed, Conveyance, or other Transfer from such Owner
or Owners for the same; any Statute, Law, Usage, or Custom, to the
contrary notwithstanding.

Proviso.

Provided always, That it shall not be lawful for any Person to take
up, enjoy, have, or possess more than one of the same Lots within
Twelve Calendar Months after the same are divided and laid out as
aforesaid.

Proviso.

Provided also, That all and every the Person and Persons afore-
said, so taking up the Lots aforesaid, or any of them, shall, and are
hereby obliged and required, within Eighteen Months after they
shall take up their respective Lots as aforesaid, and Entry thereof
made as aforesaid, to erect, build, and finish thereon one good, sub-
stantial and tenantable House, with one Brick or Stone Chimney
thereto, that shall cover four Hundred square Feet of Ground;
and that all and every of such Taker or Takers-up, who shall neglect
to build as aforesaid on their respective Lots aforesaid, within the
Time herein for that Purpose limited and appointed, shall lose such ;

Proviso.