Acts. 621

the same in three Days after such Notice, on Penalty of Five Shil-
ling's Money aforesaid, to be recovered before a single Magistrate, to
be applied to the Uses aforesaid.

Session
Laws
p. 24

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the
said Commissioners, or the major Part of them, for the Time being,
shall have Power to apply and set apart any Part of the public
Squares or Vacancies, to the Use of any religious Society or Per-
suasion, for the building thereon any House or Houses for public
Worship, and to such other public Uses as to them, or the major
Part of them, shall appear to be for the Interest, Profit, and Con-
veniency of the Inhabitants of the said Town; and shall also have
Power to lease any Part or Parcels of the said Squares or Vacancies,
laid out and reserved for public Uses, for any Term not exceeding
Twenty-one Years, or Three Lives, for an annual Rent, and shall
not otherwise alienate any of the said Squares or Vacancies; all
which Rents and Profits so arising, the Commissioners shall from
time to time account for in the Manner herein before expressed, to be
applied to the Use of the Public of Charles-Town aforesaid.

Public
Vacancies
and Squares
how to be
dispos'd of.

And to the end that Timber may be preserved for the public Use,
such as fencing in all or Part of the Common, the raising of the
Wharf, or other public Occasions; Be it also Enacted, That the Com-
missioners, or the major Part of them, are hereby impowered, if
they see Cause, to mark or lay out in the Common of Charles-Town
aforesaid, the Quantity of One Hundred Acres, which shall appear
to them to be best timbered and convenient; and that no Timber or
other Trees growing or standing within the Bounds thereof, above
the Girt of Eighteen Inches, to be taken or measured at the Height
of three Foot from the Ground, shall be cut down by any of the In-
habitants of the said Town, or others, without Leave of the said
Commissioners, or the major Part of them, on the Penalty of Ten
Shillings Money aforesaid for every Tree so cut down, to be recov-
ered before a single Magistrate of said County; one Half of which
Forfeiture to be paid to the Informer, the other Half to the Commis-
sioners, to be applied and accounted for as abovesaid.

Timber for
public Uses,
how pro-
vided.

And whereas, notwithstanding the Plenty of Timber near the said
Town, and the great Conveniencies of Forges, for the Encourage-
ment of building Sea-Vessels and others, and thereby settling in the
said Town many useful Tradesmen and Labourers; yet for want of
sufficient Depth of Water near the Shore, within any Part of the
Bounds of the said Town and Common, the Proceeding in that use-
ful and necessary Branch of Trade is altogether impracticable; and
whereas in the Opinion of skilful Workmen, there is but one Place
near the Boundaries of said Town, called Seneca Point, at present
possessed by a certain Edward Oldham, fit and capable for launch-
ing Ships or other Vessels; if a Property was to be had thereto, so
as not to be left to the Will of any Person to frustrate so public a
Good;

Seneca
Point the
only Place
where Ships
can be
launched.