192 Assembly Proceedings, November 16-December 23, 1773.

Liber R. G.
1773

as the said Justices or any two of them shall think necessary for
the Purposes by this Act directed at a reasonable Price or be under
any Disability of making thereof then the said Justices or any two
of them shall be and are by Virtue of this Act authorized and re-
quired to issue their Warrant to the Sheriff of such County requir-
ing and Commanding him to summon impannel and return a Jury
of the best and most Capable and substantial Freeholders (not less
than twelve) Inhabitants within such County and not interested in
or related to the Owner of such Land to be and appear before the
said Justices on the Premises upon a Certain Day to be by them
limited and appointed in such Warrant which Jury upon their Oath
to be by the said Justices or any one of them to the said Jurors ad-
ministered shall enquire who is or are the Owner or Owners of the
said Land what is the Value thereof and what Damages such Owner
or Owners will sustain and the Sum of Money the said Jurors
shall assess to the Owner or Owners of such Land shall be assessed
and levied by the Justices of such County at their next November
Court at the Time of laying the Public Levy and shall be Collected

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by the Sheriff of such County in the same Manner as the County
Levy and may be discharged in like Manner and the Sheriff shall
pay the same to the Owner or Owners of such Land and the said
Justices shall immediately after such Valuation by the Jury Cause
such Land to be surveyed and laid out by the Surveyor of such
County with good and sufficient Boundaries and a Certificate thereof
to be returned and recorded in the County Records and the Justices
of the said County and their Successors shall be and are hereby
vested with an Estate in fee Simple in the said Land for the Use
of such County forever and the said Justices or any two of them
shall and they are hereby authorized and impowered to treat and
agree with Workmen to build and finish good necessary and Con-
venient Warehouses on such Land and to purchase all necessaries
and Conveniences to Carry this Act into Execution and the Ex-
pences for the same shall be assessed levied and Collected on and
from the Inhabitants of such County in the same Manner as other
County Levies and be paid by the Sheriff to the Order of the said
Justices or any two of them.

[Continu-
ance.]

This Act to Continue three Years and to the End of the next
Session of Assembly which shall happen thereafter.

By the Lower House of
Assembly Nov 29^th 1773
Read and assented to
Signed by Order
Jn.^o Duckett Cl. Lo. Ho.

214 1/2 Sides

On behalf of the right
Honble the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province
I will this be a Law
Rob^t Eden.

The Great Seal
in Wax appendant

By the Upper House of
Assembly Nov.^r 30^th 1773
Read and Assented to
Signed by Order
U Scott Cl. Up. Ho.