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of this Province shall, and they are hereby directed and obliged to
forward any Letters from, or to, the said Commissioners, as other
Public Letters for his Lordship's Service.
And it is hereby further Declared and Enacted, That so soon as
may be, after the First Day of October, One Thousand Seven Hun-
dred and Fifty-four, all the said Lands and Premises, which did
belong to any Popish Priest or Jesuit, or Popish Priests or Jesuits,
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Liber No. 48
May 30
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or were held in Trust for them or him, within this Province, on the
said First Day of October, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-
four, shall be sold by Public Sale to the highest Bidder by the said
Commissioners, or their Successors, or the major Part of them,
between the Hours of Twelve and Four in the Afternoon, at the
Public Stadt-House, in the City of Annapolis; and which Sale shall
and may be continued from Day to Day, as the said Commissioners,
or the major Part of them, or their Successors, shall think con-
venient, either in the Time of the Provincial Court, or General
Assembly, first giving Notice of such Sale in the Maryland Gazette
fix Weeks before the Time of such Sale, and to continue the same
full six Weeks in the said Gazette.
And it is hereby further Enacted, That such Sale, and the Deed
of Bargain and Sale, expressing the Consideration bona fide paid,
duly acknowleged by the said Commissioners, or the major Part of
them, and recorded in the Provincial or County Court Office, where
the Land lies, in six Months after such Acknowlegement made
before a Provincial Justice, and the Payment of the Consideration
Money, and this Act, shall vest in such Purchaser a good and sure
indefeazible Estate of Inheritance, in Fee Simple, to such Lands and
Tenements.
And it is hereby further Enacted, That the said Commissioners, or
the major Part of them, or their Successors, shall pay the Money
arising by the Sale of such Lands and Tenements, to the Treasurer
of the respective Shore of this Province, where the Land shall lay,
from Time to Time taking a Receipt for the same; and at every
General Assembly, to be held during the Execution of their Com-
mission, lay their Proceedings before the General Assembly of this
Province, and when the Lands are sold, lay Accounts of such Sale,
and Payment of the Money also, before the General Assembly, from
Time to Time, for their Inspection.
And it is hereby further Enacted, That the Treasurer or Trea-
surers of the respective Shores, within this Province, for the Time
being, shall, from Time to Time, pay such Sum or Sums of Money
as he or they shall receive in Virtue of this Act, to the Order of his
Excellency the Governor, or Commander in Chief, for the Time
being, to be applied by him, as he and the Council of this Province,
shall judge necessary to be applied towards securing his Majesty's
Dominions here, against the Incroachments of the French and their
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