616 Assembly Proceedings, May 1-June 4, 1744.

Session
Laws

by the Clerk or Register of the said Parish for the Time being, at
the Request of the Leasee, entered verbatim on the Register Book
of the said Parish, and there to be viewed and perused by any Person
desiring the same, and who shall on paying a reasonable Fee or
Reward, have a Copy thereof, or of such Part thereof as such Person
shall think proper, and for which Entry so as aforesaid to be made
in the Register-Book, the Clerk or Register shall have and receive
the Sum of Five Shillings Current Money, and no more; and which
Entry, when made as aforesaid, shall be deemed, taken, and con-
strued to be as good and effectual to all Intents and Purposes, as if
the same had been acknowledged and entered among the aforesaid
County or Provincial Records; any Law, Usage or Custom to the
contrary notwithstanding.

Chap. XXII.

A Supplementary Act to the Act Entituled, An Act for laying out
and erecting a Town, at a Place called Long Point, on the West
Side of North-East River, in Caecil County.

Preamble.
[Supple-
mented by
1750 Ch. 12
and 1753 Ch.
28]

Whereas, the Inhabitants or Takers-up of the Lots in Charles-
Town, in Caecil County, have by their Petition to this General As-
sembly represented, That they have voluntarily advanced, and paid
into the Hands of the Commissioners appointed for laying out the
said Town, the Sum of Twenty Shillings upon every and respective

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Lot by them taken up, over and above the Price and Purchase thereof,
whereby there is paid into the Hands of the said Commissioners the
Sum of Two Hundred Pounds Current Money, to be applied towards
Building a public Wharf and Storehouse in the said Town, for the
Advancement of the Trade thereof; and therefore pray that a Law
may pass, for laying out the said Money towards building a public
Wharf and Storehouse, on the public Ground laid out and reserved
for that Purpose, and to direct the Management of the said Wharf
and Storehouse, and also to grant them such farther Privileges for
the Advancement of the Trade, and good Regulation of the said
Town, as may seem most fit and agreeable to encourage the Settle-
ment thereof: For the Encouragement therefore of the said Peti-
tioners, and other well disposed to forward the Trade and Advance-
ment of the said Town, represented to be most conveniently situated
for the Trade of all Sorts of Grain, Flour, Flax, Seed, and such like
Commodities ;

Commis-
sioners to
lay out the
public
Money.

Be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of
the same, That Col. Thomas Colvill, Capt. Nicholas Hyland, Mr.
Benjamin Pearce, Mr. Henry Baker, Mr. Zebulon Hollingsworth,
Mr. John Read, and Mr. Benjamin Chew, be, and are hereby ap-
pointed Commissioners for laying out the said Money, so advanced
and collected as aforesaid; as also for receiving, collecting, and lay-