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     killable provided alwaies the aforesd Minister shall be bound to re- Liber D
     deliver or cause to be delivered back againe into the hands of the
     overseers hereafter mentioned att death or his removeall upon any
     other occasion the same number of tenn female Cattle of the age of
     three years or upwards or the full & true value of thm as also in
     case the Minister doe not accept of the Grant above specified not [p.4]
     judging it his advantage tht thn the sd overseers shall have full
     pow'r to dispose of thm to the use & benefitt of the poore inhabi-
     tants according to the tenour of the Grant hereafter specified The
     remainder of the aforesd number of Cattle whether male or female
     I doe by these prsnts give grant & Confirme to the use & benefitt
     of the poore or indigent Inhabitants whether householders or others
     of the same County wthin the limits & bounds herein described tht
     is to say liveing & being scituate betwixt the two rivers of Wico-
     comoco & Potomack from John Coates now dwelling plantation on
     Wicocomoco side & from Thomas Bakers now dwelling plantation on
     Potomack side downe wards the neck as farr as the point Commonly
     called Cobe-point to have & to hold the Said Cattle to their benefitt [p.5]
     & use according to the tenor hereafter mentioned tht is to say tht
     the sd indigent householders or inhabitants shall according to dis-
     cretion of the aftermentioned overseers have the remainder of the
     female Cattle from time to time distributed amonst them to enjoy
     the benefitt of their milk they being bound to make Good the Cow
     or Cow's dd to thm fore the forementioned use & upon any demand
     of the overseers to redeliver the sd Cow or Cowes wth the Calves
     or increase of the same for the Continuance & prservation of the
     Stock granting likewise tht it shall be in the pow'r of the overseers
     from time to time yearely to kill or cause to be killed any of the
     sd Cattle as they shall become fatt & killable & to distribute the flesh
     of the sd Cattle amonst the said Indigent inhabitants or to dispose [p.6]
     of it to any other pious & good uses as they shall Judge meet And for
     the due pformance of the prmises I doe desire & request the prsnt
     minister Mr Mathew Hill Mr Humph. Warren of Hattons Point &
     Mr John Bowles att Pickywaxen to take upon thmselves the office &
     trust of overseers to se to the true performance of the prmises ac-
     cording to the true intent & meaning thereoff whome I doe by these
     prints appoint ordaine & Authorize overseers for the uses and intents
     ‘bove specified & in case any of the sd overseers shall faile either by
     death or removall from the place above limitted or by Voluntary
     quitting of their trust tht thn it shall be in the pow'r of the major
     parte of the inhabitãts aforesd being housholders from time to [p. 7]
     time to elect & choose others of thmselves in their stead to supply
     the place of overseers to the intents & purposes above mentioned,
     whome, as A testimony of my respect to them for their Care in the
     prmises I doe hereby impow'r to kill & take to thmselves the benefitt
     of one fatt steere yearly Provided alwaies tht it shall & may be
     lawfull for the aforesd William att any time or times hereafter