Acts. 465

thority of the same, That from and after the End of this Session
of Assembly, it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners for
said Town for the Time being, or the major Part of them, to
appoint yearly one of the Inhabitants to serve as an Overseer for
said Town; and which Overseer, so appointed, shall be obliged to
serve, on the Penalty of thirty Shillings Current Money: And the
said Overseer is hereby impowered, at such Times as he or the said
Commissioners, or the major Part of them, shall appoint, to sum-

Liber B. L. C.

[The Com-
missioners
to appoint
an Overseer
for Charles
Town.]

mons all the male taxable Inhabitants of said Town to be employed
in clearing the Streets, and other public Ground thereof, as the said
Commissioners or Overseer shall direct; and to make Bridges and
Causeways in the said Streets, where they may by the said Comr
missioners or Overseer be deemed necessary; and that the said tax-
able Inhabitants shall be obliged to attend the Summons of the said
Overseer, and to work on the said Streets and Ground, or to send a
labouring Person in their Stead, on the Penalty of five Shillings
Current Money for every such Day's Neglect or Refusal, or in pro-
portion for such Time or Part of the Day they shall neglect or refuse
to attend and work as aforesaid; and that the said Taxables shall
provide and bring necessary Tools for the said Work: Also that a
Note or Advertisement, put up by the said Overseer at the Market-
House of said Town, and at the public Warehouse, five Days before
the Day appointed for the Meeting of the said Taxables, shall be
deemed sufficient Notice and Summons to the Inhabitants aforesaid.
And whereas many Persons have built, and are now building, in
said Town, and clear no more Ground than where their Houses
stand, whereby the rest of their Lot becomes a Thicket, unserviceable
for Pasturage, also inconvenient and unwholesome to all the Inhabi-
tants: Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all

[Who is to
summon the
Inhabitants
to repair the
Streets.]

Persons living or inhabiting on any Lot in said Town shall, within
six Months from and after the End of this present Session of As-
sembly, grub and clear the Ground of the said Lot, or such Part
thereof as they occupy or to them belong, from all Underwood,
Grubs and Bushes, on the Penalty of thirty Shillings Current Money,
to be forfeited and paid by the Occupyer of such House or Lot; and
in proportion to the Owners or Occupyers of half Lots: And if the
said Occupyer or Inhabitant be a Tenant, it shall be lawful for him
to discount the Charge thereof from the Rent agreed to be paid for
such House or Lot, so as the same exceed not twenty Shillings for
one whole Lot, and also that any Person hereafter building on any
Lot in said Town, so as to save the same, shall, within three Months
after the building thereon, grub and clear the said Lot as aforesaid,
on the Penalty aforesaid, to be applied by the said Commissioners in

[Lots in said
Town to be
Cleared
from
Bushes, &c.]

clearing the said Lot, and the Overplus, if any, in clearing the public
Squares of said Town.

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