said province, who hath or claims any land as comprized within the meets and descriptions of his grant more than the quantity expressed in such grant as intended by our said ancestors to have been thereby granted, and who shall within the space of two years from the date hereof apply to the judges of our land office for the time being, for a warrant to resurvey the original tract according to its ancient metes and bounds, and to return a certificate of such resurvey to our said land office expressing therein the true quantity of all the land contained within the metes and descriptions of the said original survey, shall have the same issued to him accordingly.     And that upon return of such certificate to our said office, (the forms of our said office being complyed with) grants shall issue thereon to such person, thereby vesting him with a full absolute and indefeazible estate of inheritance against us and our heirs both in law and equity in fee simple in the lands so as aforesaid, to be contained and described in and by the certificate to be returned as aforesaid:     Such person paying to the proper officer of our revenue the purchase money for such surplus land at the same rate for every hundred acres as was formerly paid for the purchase of every hundred acres of the quantity expressed in such original grant.     Reserving to us and our heirs in such grant hereafter to be issued the annual quit rents, for such surplus land at the same rate for every hundred acres thereof, as is now payable by virtue of the original grant for the quantity of land therein expressed. And we do further assent and agree, and do hereby authorize and direct that our proper officers of our revenue give to all intents and purposes both in law and equity, to the person complying with the requisites aforesaid a full discharge from and against all purchase money and arrearages of rent, whatsoever that may be due and payable to us from the respective dates of such original grants, for or by reason of such surplus land as aforesaid, any thing in any former proclamation or instruction contained to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding.     And this our proclamation we have caused to be entered on record in our said land office and other offices of our revenue, there to remain as a rule and direction to our proper officers, touching the premises. Witness our trusty and well beloved Horatio Sharpe, Esq. governor and commander of our said province, this 17th day of January, in the fifth year of our dominion, Annoq. Domini, 1756.                                     J.ROSS, Ck. Coun.             HORATIO (The Great Seal in) SHARPE.                                (Wax appendant.)     LIBER T.I. No. 9. fol. 42.