of Assembly which shall happen after the Expiration of the said
three Years
Liber H. S.
No. 1
14th Dec.r 1765.
Read and Assented to
By the Lower House of
Assembly
Signed p order
MMacnemara Clk. Lo Ho:
On Behalf of the Right
Honble the Lord Propry
of this Province I Will
this be a Law
Hor :o Sharpe
14.th Dec.r 1765.
Read and Assented to
By the Upper House of
Assembly
Signed p order
UScottCl:Up:Ho:
the Great Seal
in Wax App.t
No. 34 An Act to confirm a lease made by Thomas Harrison of Baltimore
Ex.d County for part of a Lot of Land therein mentioned lying in
Baltimore Town in said County to the Commissioners of the said
Town and their Successors and to Establish a Market in the
said Town and for the Regulation of the said Market
p. 574
Whereas it has been represented to this General Assembly That
the Inhabitants of the said Town have obtained a Lease from a
certain Thomas Harrison to William Lyon, Nicholas Ruxton Gay,
John Moale and Andrew Buchanan to and in the Name of a Majority
of the commissioners of the said Town bearing date the fourth day
of June Seventeen hundred and Sixty three for part of a Lot of Land
in the Said Town distinguished in the Plat thereof by the Number
Seventyone for and during the Term of Ninety Nine years under
the Yearly Rent of eight Pounds Sterling money with a Covenant
therein Contained on the part of the said Thomas Harrison for the
Renewment of the said Lease at the expiration of the said Term and
further renewable for ever on which said part of the Lot of Land
aforesaid the said Inhabitants have built and erected a large and
Convenient Building calculated for a Market House and other Public
Uses which if put under a proper Regulation might be rendered very
usefull to them and the Inhabitants of the said County and it is
prayed that an Act of Assembly may be passed for Confirming the
said Lease and Vesting the Estate therein limitted to the said
Commissioners and their Successors for the Use and Benefit of the
said Town and for holding and regulating the Market of the said
Market House and for the appointment of a Clerk of the said
Market by the Justices of Baltimore County Court.
[Preamble]
Be it therefore Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the advice and Consent of his Lordships Gov-
ernor and the Upper and Lower Houses of assembly and the
Authority of the Same That the said Lease so made by the said
Thomas Harrison to the said Commissioners and every Clause
matter and thing therein contained shall be and hereby is declared
good and Sufficient in Law and that the said Commissioners and
their Successors Commissioners of Baltimore Town Shall and may
hold Possess and enjoy the said demised part of the Lot of Land
[Lease con-
firmed]
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