654 Assembly Proceedings, May 16-July 11, 1747

Session Laws
Eighteen
Acres added
to Baltimore
Town

Be it therefore Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, 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 the Commissioners of the said Balti-
more Town, or the major Part of them, do at any Time they shall
see convenient, before the first Day of December next, cause the said
Eighteen Acres of Land to be surveyed and laid out into Lots, in
such Manner as to them shall seem convenient; and that when the
same shall be so done, it shall be, and is hereby declared to be Part
of Baltimore Town aforesaid, to all Intents and Purposes whatso-
ever, as fully and amply as if included originally therein, and have
the same Immunities and Privileges as the rest of said Town have, or
by former Laws ought to have. And any Person or Persons that
shall build or improve on the said Eighteen Acres of Land, or there-
abouts, after the same shall be laid out into Lots, as by former Laws
relating to said Town is directed, and purchase the same from the
Proprietor or Proprietors, shall have an absolute Estate of Inheri-
tance in any Lot or Lots so to be built on and purchased; but the
Purchaser or Purchasers of any Part of the said Eighteen Acres,
or thereabouts, are hereby left to agree with the Proprietor or Pro-
prietors thereof, and not otherwise, to have Title to any the said new
Lot or Lots, to be laid out in Virtue of this Act.
And be it further Enacted, That the Commissioners of the said
Town for the Time being, or the major Part of them, shall have full

Power to the
Commis-
sioners to
alter Lanes
&c.

Power and Authority, with the Consent and Approbation of the
Owners of any Lot or Lots already laid out in said Town, to alter
any Lanes or Alleys they shall think fit, and to widen the same, so as
to render them Commodious, And whereas it may be Advantageous
to said Town, to have Fairs kept therein, and may prove an Encour-
agement to the back Inhabitants and others to bring Commodities
there to sell and vend ;

Two Fairs
to be
annually
held there

Be it Enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Commis-
sioners of said Town to appoint two Fairs to be held therein an-
nually; the one Fair to begin on the first Thursday of October, and
the other on the first Thursday of May annually; which said Fairs
shall be held each for the space of three Days, and that during the
continuance of such Fair or Fairs, all Persons within the Bounds of
said Town, shall be privileged and free from Arrests, except for

Priviledges
granted to
Persons
corning and
going from
said Fair

Felony or Breach of the Peace. And all Persons coming to such Fair
or Fairs, or returning therefrom, shall have the like Privilege for
one Day before the Fair, and one Day on their Return therefrom;
and the Commissioners for the said Town, are hereby impowered
to make such Rules and Orders for the Holding the said Fair, as may
tend to prevent all Disorders and Inconveniencies that may happen
in said Town, and such as may tend to the Improvement and Regu-
lating of said Town in general, so as such Rules, except in Fair-
time, affect none but the Livers in said Town, or such Person or