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Acts. 431
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poses therein mentioned are hereby directed and required to Pay to
the said Amos Ogden for the use of the said Nanticoke Indians the
said Six hundred and sixty six Dollars and two thirds of a Dollar
out of the Bills of Credit now in the Office belonging to the Country
in full Satisfaction for the said Tribe of Nanticoke Indians their
Claim to the said Lands and to take his Receipt for the same which
Payment shall to all Intents and Purposes Vest the said Robert
Darnall and Sarah his Wife, Henry Steele and Anne his Wife and
John Henry and Dorothy his Wife with the same Right of entry in
and Claim to the said three Tracts of Land called the Reserve, Hand-
sell and Bartholomews Close, as if the said Indians had Totally
deserted and Quitted Claim to the same any Thing in any other Act
of Assembly to the Contrary notwithstanding
And be it further Enacted That Messures William Allen, Levin
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Liber H. S.
No. 1
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Gale and Henry Steele are hereby Appointed Commissioners and
they or any two of them are impowered to make Sale of the aforesaid
three thousand Acres of Land lying on Broad Creek as aforesaid
by way of Vendue to the highest bidder (giving at least two Months
Notice of such Sale in the Maryland and Pennsylvania Gazettes)
the whole together or divided into Parcels as shall best Suit the
Purchasers and make a Conveyance or Conveyances thereof the said
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[Commis-
sioners ap-
pointed to
make Public
sale thereof,
&c.]
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Sale to be made at twelve Months Credit if required by any of the
Purchasers they paying Interest from the Time of the Sale and
giving Bond or Bonds with Sureties to be Approved by the said
Commissioners to the Treasurer of the Eastern Shore for the Time
being for the use of this Province which Bond or Bonds or Money
Arising on the Sale (if any of the Purchasers shou'd Choose to
pay the Money) the said Commissioners shall return and pay to the
said Treasurer and take his receipt for the same and shall also return
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[The Pro-
ceeds to be
paid to the
Treasurer of
the Eastern
Shore, &c.]
p. 681
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the said Receipt to the next General Assembly after such Sale as
well as an Account of their Proceedings and Expences therein which
Expences together with a Commission of Five per Cent on the
Money for which the said Lands shall be sold shall be paid to the
said Commissioners out of the Bills of Credit in the Office belonging
to the Country and they the said Commissioners shall then be fully
discharged of their said Trust and shall not be any further Answer-
able therefor.
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[An account
to be re-
turn'd to the
General As-
sembly, &c.]
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