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L. H. J.
Liber No. 51
April 9
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acquiring and transferring Lands in this Province) or those claiming
by, from or under them, should not be prejudiced by a Misappre-
hension of their own Capacities, or of those under whom they claim ;
II. Be it therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord
Proprietary, 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 all Lands, Tenements and Heredita-
ments, within this Province, which have been at any Time hereto-
fore patented to any Alien, or being patented to any natural born
Subject, have been purchased by any Alien, and that all Deeds,
Conveyances and Devises thereof, heretofore made, shall be deemed,
construed and taken, to have passed, descended, operated and enured,
to all Intents, Constructions and Purposes, as fully and effectually
as they would have done if such Patentees, Vendors and Vendees,
Donors ano Donees, Devisors and Devisees, and their Issue and
Collaterals, were natural born Subjects of this Province; any Law,
Statute, Usage or Custom, to the contrary thereof in any wise
notwithstanding.
III. And whereas several Aliens have heretofore, thro' Inac-
quaintance with the Laws of this Province, taken Conveyances from
other Persons of Lands not patented, or have themselves settled,
built and improved, upon Lands in this Province, without having
at any Time obtained Patent for the same ;
IV. Be it therefore Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and
with the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That it shall and may be law-
ful to and for all such Aliens, as have already purchased, or settled
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Lands, within this Province, not patented for all others now claim-
ing by, from or under them, to apply at any Time within one Year
from the Commencement of this present Session of Assembly, to
the Land-Office of this Province, by Petition setting forth the true
State of their Claim, and proceeding and submitting to the Exami-
nation of the Judge, the Evidences, Papers and Proofs, of or relating
to the Allegations therein contained, to demand a Warrant (wherein
the several Allegations in the Petition shall be recited) to the
Surveyor of the County where such Lands lie, to lay out such
Quantity, to be therein expressed (not interfering with elder Sur-
veys, or Lands cultivated by any other Person or Persons than
those, by, from or under whom they claim) as the Party shall
require; and upon Return of a Certificate thereof, the Rights being
complied with as for a Common Warrant, Patent (reciting likewise
the several Allegations in the Petition) shall issue accordingly.
V. And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice, and
Consent, aforesaid, That when such Patent shall issue, the Lands,
Tenements and Hereditaments, thereby intended to be granted, and
all Deeds, Conveyances and Devises thereof, at any Time heretofore
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