Acts. 255

to be laid out into distinct Lotts each Lott not to contain more than
one Eighth part of an Acre leaving such Convenient streets Lanes
and Alleys as to the said Commissioners or the Major part of them
shall seem meet And that in case the said Thomas Harrison,
Alexander Lawson and Brian Philpot or either of them shall neglect
or refuse within the said time of One Calendar Month from and
after the end of this present Session of Assembly to make such
election or Determination or to Execute such Bond as aforesaid the
said Commissioners or the Major part of them shall sell and Dispose
of the said Lotts within Six Months next after the neglect or refusal
of the aforesaid Thomas Harrison Alexander Lawson and Brian
Philpot respectively as aforesaid to the highest bidder first giving

Liber H. S.
No. 1

Notice of such sale in the Maryland and Pennsylvania Gazettes
sixty days at the least before the same

p. 648

And be it Further Enacted that when the Commissioners afore-
said shall have Surveyed and laid out the said Marshy Ground into
Lotts it shall be and is hereby declared to be part of Baltimore
Town aforesaid to all Intents and purposes whatsoever as fully and
amply as it included Originally therein and have the same Immuni-
ties and Priviledges as the rest of the said Town have or by former
Laws ought to have

[And to be
part of the
Town]

And it is hereby Further Enacted that upon the sale of any such
parts or Parcells of Ground as aforesaid the said Commissioners or
the Major part of them shall have full power to make and Execute
Sufficient Conveyances in the Law for securing to the purchasers a
good and sufficient Title in fee simple to the said Lotts or parcels of
Ground which said Conveyances shall be upon an express Condition

[Commis-
sioners
Power to
make suffi-
cient Con-
veyances:]

that in case the purchasers of said Lotts or parcels of Ground shall
not within Eighteen Calendar Months next after the date of such Con-
veyances well and sufficiently Wharf in and secure all such Marshy
Ground next the Water so by them respectively purchased with a
good and sufficient Stone Wall not less than Two feet thick and
two feet high at the least from the level of the height of the common
flood Tides or with hewed Loggs of the same height at least from
the level of the Common Flood Tides and shall not make the same
sufficiently firm and Compleat to prevent any sand Gravel or dirt
from Washing the same into the Water and also well and sufficiently
cover all such Marshy Ground so by them respectively purchased
with Gravel sand dirt or stone so as to raise the same not less than
the said height above the said level and make and render the whole
sufficiently firm and secure to erect any buildings thereon that then

[On Condi-
tion]

it shall and may be Law full for the said Commissioners or the
Major part of them to reenter and the same to have again

And be it Further Enacted that all and every person or persons
whatsoever purchasing any Lott or Lotts of Ground from the Com-
missioners or the Major part of them aforesaid and all claiming by

[Purchasers
to have
Liberty to
pass there-
on with
Carriages,
&c]