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

Session
Laws

Estate of such Taker-up so neglecting as aforesaid, shall from thence-
forth cease and determine; and such Lot or Lots so neglected to be
built upon shall be subject to be again taken up by any other Person
whatsoever; which second Taker-up paying the Commissioners
aforesaid the Price thereof, so as aforesaid assessed, and Entry
thereof made as aforesaid, and building thereon as before directed,
within the Time before limited, after such second Taking-up, shall
have the like Estate in such Lot or Lots as the first Takers-up, who
shall comply with all the Requisites beforementioned, are herein
before declared to have, and so toties quoties until the same Lots
shall be built on and improved as aforesaid.

Money aris-
ing from the
Sale of for-
feited Lots,
how to be
applied.

And be it further Enacted, That the Money as aforesaid directed
to be paid to the Commissioners aforesaid, for the Lots not built
upon and improved by the first or other Takers-up, within the Time
herein limited, shall, and is hereby directed to be applied to such
Purposes, for the Use and Benefit of the said Towns respectively,
as to the Commissioners, or the major Part of them, shall seem meet.

Plats and
Surveys of
the said
Towns to be
made.

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Surveyor of the County aforesaid, or other Person whom the Com-
missioners aforesaid, or the major Part of them, shall appoint, in
case the said Surveyor shall neglect or refuse to attend, to survey
and lay out the Land aforesaid, as before herein directed, shall make
out fair and exact Plats of the Towns aforesaid, and Surveys thereof,
whereby each Lot, Street, Lane and Alley therein may appear, to be
well distinguished by their respective Numbers and Names, and the
same Plats, with full and plain Certificates thereof, shall deliver to
the Commissioners aforesaid, or the major Part of them, to be en-
tered and reposited as hereafter directed; and that the Surveyor or
other Person appointed as aforesaid, in case the said Surveyor shall
neglect or refuse to attend, shall have and receive for surveying and
laying out the Towns aforesaid, the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds
of Tobacco, to be paid and allowed him in the County Levy, and no
more.

Commis-
sioners to
choose a
Clerk.

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Commissioners aforesaid, or the major Part of them shall, and are
hereby required to employ some sufficient Person for their Clerk, and
shall administer an Oath to such Clerk, for the due Performance
of his Office; which Clerk shall, and is hereby obliged to find and
provide a good well-bound Book, for registering and entering the
Proceedings of the said Commissioners in the Premisses, and shall
duly and faithfully register and enter in such Book the Certificates
of the Surveys aforesaid, and all other the Transactions and Pro-

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ceedings of the said Commissioners whatsoever, in and about the
Towns aforesaid; which said Registry, together with the Plats and
Surveys of the same Towns, shall be carefully examined and in-
spected by the aforesaid Commissioners, or the major Part of them,
and after the same is compleated, shall be lodged with, and delivered