which wee will and intend shall be erected into a county by the name of New Ireland, where any person or persons of the descent aforesaid desirous to take up any land and seate as aforesaid, may take up any quantity or quantityes of land whatsoever, paying therefore or securing to be paid unto us or our heirres or such officer or officers as aforesaid, the quantity of one hundred and twenty pounds of tobacco in cask for the first purchase, together with one shilling sterling yearly rent for every fifty acres he or they shall take up as aforesaid, and soe proportionably for any greater or lesser quantity. All and every the person or persons aforesaid takeing up land as aforesaid in any the aforementioned parts or place of this our province, paying also unto our examiner or deputy surveyor generall of this our province for examining approveing and signing of every certificate of one hundred acres of land or under by him or they taken up as aforesaid, the just quantity of thirty pounds of tobacco, and for every hundred acres above the first, ten pounds of tobacco to three hundred acres, and for every hundred acres after three hundred acres aforesaid the summe of five pounds of tobacco to any quantity of number of acres whatsoever; also for examining and fileing of every plott of land taken up as aforesaid, the just quantity of three pounds of tobacco, for every certificate of resurvey and plott, the same fee as for certificate and plott of original survey and noe more; and for all searches and coppies the same fees as is allowed and taken by our secretaries of this our province in the land office; it being according to a certain settlement of fees by us and our councill lately established and settled upon our examiner or deputy surveyor generall aforesaid. Upon which conditions only and not otherwise, wee will that all lands which for the future shall or may be taken up, shall pass and be granted under the greate seale of this our province, to all and every person or persons takeing up the same as aforesaid their heires and assignes forever, in free and common soccage, by fealty only for all manner of services, and with reservation only of all royall mines as hath been used; and wee do hereby strictly charge and comand all and singular the sheriffs of this our province forthwith upon receipt hereof to make publick proclamation hereof in the most publick and convenient place within their several and respective counties.     Given at our city of St. Maries under the great seale of this our province of Maryland the fifth day of April in the nineth yeare of our dominion &c. Annoque Domi. one thousand six hundred eighty and foure.     R. R. R. folio 79.