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FRANCIS NICHOLSON, Esq; Governor.
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1695. |
V. And, that
there be purchased to the said Town of Williamstadt, One
Hundred Acres of Land, adjacent
to the said Town, for a Common or Pasture
for the Benefit of all Persons within
this Province that shall repair to the
said Town. And that the same
be laid out as above expressed, and that Six
Acres of the same be reserved for
Public Buildings.
Examined and Compared with the original Act, REVERDY
GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON. |
CHAP.
VII.
Town
Common. |
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CHAP. VIII.
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An Act for the raising a Supply towards defraying the public Charges
of this Province.
EXP.
Viz. By
a Tax upon Officers, for 3 Years, or to the End of the next Session.
Continued by
1695, ch. 26. A Supplementary law 1696,
ch. 11. It was farther continued in 1696, for 3
Years certain, and expired in 1699, when it appearing
that considerable Arrears were due from
many Officers in the several Counties, the same were,
by the Assembly, sold to several Gentlemen,
for certain Sums paid down, who were impowered by two
Acts, viz. 1699,
ch. 2, and 37.
to recover the same from the respective Officers concerned,
in their own Names, and to their own
Use. |
Passed 22d of
May 1695. |
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CHAP. IX.
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An Act for the laying an Imposition upon Negroes, Slaves, and White
Persons
imported into this Province. EXP.
Viz. 2
s.6
d. Sterling per Poll on white Servants, and 10 s. per Poll
on Negroes imported; to
be applied to the Building of a State-House, and defraying
other public Dues. For 3 Years, or
to the End of the next Session. Continued 1695,
ch. 26. A new Act 1696, ch. 7. |
Ditto. |
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CHAP. X.
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An Act for the Naturalization of Matthias Matthiason, alias
Freeman,
Peter
Golley, John and Joseph Gouttee, and Joseph
and
John, Sons of the said
Joseph Gouttee, and Leonard Camperson.
Lib.
LL. N° 2. fol. 90. PR. |
Ditto. |
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CHAP. XI.
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| An Act ascertaining the Fees of Naturalization. Lib. LL.
N° 2. fol. 91. REP. |
Ditto. |
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A new Act made 1704, ch. 74.
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CHAP. XII.
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An Act for the Assessing Three Pence per Hogshead upon Tobacco,
towards defraying
the public Charge of this Province. EXP. |
Ditto. |
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For one year only.
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CHAP. XIII.
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An Act for the Division and Regulating several Counties within this
Province, and
constituting a County, by the Name of Prince
George's
County within the same
Province. Lib. LL. N° 2. fol.
92.
N.B. By
this Act (1.) From and after the 23d April 1696, the Bounds of ST.
MARY's County,
shall begin at Point Look-out, and extend itself
up Patowmack River, to the lower Side of Bud's
Creek, and so over by a strait Line drawn from the Head
of the main Branch of the said Bud's
Creek, to the Head of Indian Creek, in Patuxent
River; including all that Land lying between
Patuxent and Patowmack
Rivers, from the lower Part of the said two Creeks, and Branches of
Bud's
and Indian Creek, by the Line aforesaid, and Point
Look-out as aforesaid. (2.) Upon the Upper
Side of the said Indian Creek and Bud's Creek,
shall the Bounds of CHARLES County begin,
where the upper Bounds of St. Mary's ends; and
extend itself upwards as far as Mattawoman
Creek and Branch, and bounding on the said Branch by
a strait Line drawn from the Head
thereof, to the Head of Swanson's Creek, in Patuxent
River; including all that land lying on
the upper Part of Bud's Creek and Indian Creek
Branches, where
St. Mary's County ends, to
the lower side of Mattawoman Creek and Branch,
and Swanson's
Creek and Branch, between
Patuxent and Patowmack
Rivers, as aforesaid. (3.) The Land from the upper Side
of Mattawoman
and Swanson's Creek and Branches, extending upwards,
bounded by Patowmack on the West,
and by Patuxent River on the East, shall be, and
is hereby constituted, founded and incorporated
into a County of this Province, and shall be denominated,
called and known, by the Name of
PRINCE-GEORGE's County; and shall, from and after the
said 23d Day of April next ensuing,
be St. George's Day, have and enjoy all other
Rights, Benefits and Privileges, equal with
the other Counties of this Province: Such as sending
Burgesses to Assemblies, having County
Courts, Sheriffs, Justices, and other Officers and Ministers
requisite and necessary, and as are used
in other Counties of this Province. (4.)
Commissioners appointed, who shall, at or before the
said 23d Day of April, cause the said Two Lines,
from the Head of Bud's Creek Branch, to the
Head of Indian Creek Branch, and from the Head
of Mattawoman
Branch to Swanson's Creek
Branch, fully to be marked and lined by a double Line
of marked Trees, that the same may be
known and perceived by all persons, desiring to know
the same; and shall return a Certificate to the
Governor and Council, to be recorded in the Council Records, and each County Court's Records,
as aforesaid. (5.) St. Mary's County
Court to be held for ever hereafter at the State-House of
the City of St. Mary's , being hereby allowed
and appointed to the County of St. Mary's for
holding and keeping their Courts in, and such other decent
Services, as to the Justices of the
same County, in full Court, shall be consented and agreed
to. (6.) The Island of Kent to be |
Ditto.
St. Mary's
Charles
Pr.-George's |
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