632 Assembly Proceedings, May 15-June 8, 1751.

Liber B. L. C.

veniency and Situation thereof; so always that the Prices of all the
sad Lots added together may amount to the Sum by them agreed for
or awarded by the Jury for the aforesaid sixty Acres of Land, and
no more: And the aforesaid sixty Acres of Land being so surveyed,
laid out, and divided, shall be, and is hereby erected into a Town,
and shall be called by the Name of George-Town.

[Owner of
the Land
to have the
Choice of
two Lots.]

And be it further Enacted, That the Owner or Owners of the
aforesaid Land shall and may have his, her, or their Choice of any
two of the Lots aforesaid, to be by him, her, or them retained for
his, her, or their proper Use; Provided such Choice shall be made
and declared to the Commissioners aforesaid, or the major Part of

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them, within ten Days after the Survey aforesaid shall be made and
compleated, and not otherwise; and that after such Choice is made,
or in case no such Choice shall be made within the ten Days afore-
said, then after the Expiration of the same ten Days, all Persons
whatsoever shall be at Liberty to take up and purchase the same
Lots, paying the Owner or Owners aforesaid, or others therein in-
terested, the Price or Value thereof so as aforesaid set and assessed
by the Commissioners aforesaid; and that every Person who shall
pay as aforesaid the Price of the Lot by him or her so taken up or
chosen, or shall prove to the Satisfaction of the said Commissioners,
or the major Part of them, that he or she had tendered or offered to
pay the said Price to the Owner or Owners aforesaid, and that such
Owner had refused to accept or receive the same, and an Entry of
such Payment or Tender and Refusal being made according to the
Directions hereafter mentioned, such Person shall, and is hereby
declared to be, by Virtue of such Payment or Tender and Refusal,
and Entry thereof made as aforesaid, and this Act, fully and abso-
lutely invested and seized of and in an Estate of Inheritance in Fee
Simple of and in such Lot, to him or her, and his or her Heirs and
Assigns for ever, without any Deed, Conveyance, or other Transfer
from such Owner or Owners for the same; any Statute, Law, Usage,
or Custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.

[Purchasers
of Lots
obliged
to build
within two
years.]

Provided always, That it shall not be lawful for any Person to
take up, enjoy, have, or possess more than one of the same Lots,
within twelve Months after the same are divided and laid out as
aforesaid. Provided also, That all and every the Person and Per-
sons aforesaid so taking up the Lots aforesaid, or any of them, shall,
and are hereby obliged and required, within two Years after they
shall take up their respective Lots as aforesaid, and Entry thereof
made as aforesaid, to erect, build, and finish thereon one good and
substantial House, that shall cover four hundred square Feet of
Ground at the least, and that it be made in every Respect tenantable,
with one good Brick or Stone Chimney thereto; and that all and
every of such Taker or Takers-up, who shall neglect to build as
aforesaid on their respective Lots aforesaid, within the Time herein