Acts. 631

them, to be appointed, before the last Day of June next ensuing this
present Session of Assembly, to meet at the said Town, and call and
take to their Assistance the Surveyor of Prince George's County,
or such other Person skilful in Surveying as the said Commission-
ers, or the major Part of them, shall think fit to choose, and then and
there proceed carefully to re-survey, and the aforesaid One Hundred
Acres of Land, into as many convenient Lots as were heretofore in
the said Town laid out, marked, and numbered One, Two, and so on
to One Hundred, with the same Streets, Alleys and Lanes as for-
merly laid out in the said Town, provided they do not incommode
the present Settlements.

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And be it further Enacted, That the said Commissioners shall
cause the same Survey to be made as near as possibly they can agree-
able to the original Survey of the said Town, and shall set up Posts,
Stakes, or such other Boundaries, as to them shall seem meet, to set-
tle and distinguish the same Survey for ever. Always having regard
as near as may be to the original Survey thereof, and the Lots al-
ready Improved and Built upon.
And be it further Enacted, That the same Land so Surveyed, Laid
out, and Distinguished, shall be, and is hereby, made and erected into
a Town, and shall be called by the Name of Upper-Marlborough
Town.

Survey to be
made of
said Town.

And be it further Enacted, That the Owners and Possessors of
any of the Lots already taken up in said Town, not already built
upon, or that shall hereafter take up any of the said Lots, shall and
are hereby required to erect and build upon such Lot or Lots, within
Three Years after the Survey to be made as aforesaid, and a Record
thereof made and entered according to the Directions of this Act,
One House that shall cover Four Hundred square Feet of Ground,
with one good Brick or Stone Chimney at least; and if any such
Owner or Owners of such Lot or Lots as aforesaid, shall neglect or
refuse to build as aforesaid, that then and in such Case, the Right,
Title, and Property of such Owner or Owners, to such Lot or Lots,
at the Expiration of the said Three Years, shall cease and determine,
and the Lot or Lots shall become the Property of the former Pro-
prietors.
And whereas, several of the Lots that have now Dwelling-Houses
built on them, in said Town, have only Wooden Chimneys, which
are and will be very dangerous to several Settlements already made,
and to be made in the said Town, by reason of their being subject
to take Fire.

Brick or
Stone
Chimneys to
be built.

Be it therefore further Enacted, That the Owner or Owners of
such Dwelling-House or Houses shall, and are hereby required to
build Brick or Stone Chimneys to such House or Houses, within
Twelve Months after the said Town shall be surveyed and laid out
as aforesaid: And if any Owner or Owners of such Lot or Lots,

Penalty in
case of
Neglect or
Refusal.