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ney, that a Warehouse is directed by Act of Assembly to be erected
at such a Place, naming it, being his, her, or their Land; and thereby
also requiring the said Proprietor or Owner, if they think proper, to
be and appear before them on a certain Day therein to be mentioned,
which shall not, in Point of Time, exceed ten Days, in order to agree
with such Proprietor or Owner for the Value of the said Acre or
half Acre of Land, as the Case may happen: And if the Proprietor
or Owner of said Land should happen to be under Age, Feme Covert,
or beyond Seas, then the like Note in Writing shall be made and
served on the Guardian, Husband, or known Attorney; and there
the Justices aforesaid, in case the Party appears, shall demand if he,
she, or they will build a Warehouse and Wharff, and erect Prizes
and Cranes at such Place: And in case the Proprietor or Owner,
Guardian, Husband, or Attorney, will undertake such Building on
the Terms of this Act, and an Agreement shall be made with them
to that Purpose by such Justices, or the major Part of them, then
such Person, so agreed with as aforesaid, shall have the Preference
to any other Person. But in case the Proprietor or Owner, Guardian,
Husband, or Attorney, as aforesaid, shall not appear at the Day
to be appointed, and notified to them as aforesaid, or, upon appear-
ing, will not agree to build as aforesaid, that then the Justices as
aforesaid may agree with any other Person who will undertake to
build a Warehouse, Wharff, and other Conveniences as aforesaid at
such Place. And in case the Justices as aforesaid do or shall enter
into an Agreement either with the Proprietor or Owner, Guardian,
Husband, or Attorney, as aforesaid, or with any other Person that
will undertake the Building aforesaid, the said Justices shall take
Bond in the Penalty of two hundred Pounds, conditioned to build a
Warehouse, Wharff, and other Conveniences, at such Place, accord-
ing to such Agreement; which said Bond shall be taken in the Name
of the presiding Justice of the County, and his Successor or Succes-
sors, and shall be recorded by the County Clerk: And in case of Loss
of the original Bond, a Copy thereof, attested by the Clerk, shall be
as good Evidence as the Original, and an Action may be brought
and maintained on such Copy; nor shall such Action abate by the
Death of any presiding Justice, in whose Name it may be sued; and
in case the Proprietor or Owner, Guardian, Husband, or other Per-
son, will not build such Warehouse, Wharff, and other Conveni-
ences, then the Justices as aforesaid shall agree, on the best Terms
they can, with a proper Workman or Workmen to build such House,
Wharff, and other Conveniences, at the most reasonable Price, and
to have the same Building done so especially as to receive Tobacco
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by the first Day of April, in the Year One thousand seven hundred
and forty-nine.
And be it Enacted, That in case the Proprietor or Owner, Guar-
dian, Husband, or Attorney, as aforesaid, will not build on such
Lands as aforesaid, that then and in such Case the Justices as afore-
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Lands to be
valued and
sold, where
the Owner
refuses to
build
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