Wharfs, and Ware-houses thereon, it is
hereby Enacted and Declared by
the Authority aforesaid, That if the Owners of the Land next
adjacent thereunto,
shall omit, neglect, or refuse to build such necessary Wharfs, or Keys,
or Ware-houses thereon, for the Propagating of Trade as aforesaid,
in Eighteen
Months from the Publication of this Act, it shall be lawful to and
for
any other Person or Persons to take up the same Land assigned for Wharfs,
Keys and Ware-houses aforesaid. And upon such Person or persons
building
a substantial Twenty Foot square Brick Ware-house upon every Forty
Foot
square of the said land, shall invest such Person or Persons with a
good and
sure Estate of Inheritance, in Fee-simple, of, in and to every such
Forty
Foot square of Land, upon which such Ware-house shall be built as aforesaid.
VII. And for
the better Conveniency of the Trade of the said Town, his
Excellency Francis Nicholson, Esq; present Governor of this
Province, hath
caused four Rolling Roads to be marked and cleared, for the rolling
or transporting
Tobacco or Goods by Land, That is to say, One Road between Patuxent
River and South River, beginning at the Mouth of a great Branch
called
Stockett's Run, and running from thence about North-East and
by East
Five Miles Six Furlongs and Sixteen Poles, to a Creek in South River
called
Beard's Creek, in South River aforesaid. The other
Road begins at a Cove
in a Creek called Baldwin's Creek, in South River, and
runs thence about North
East One Mile One Furlong, or Eighteen Pole, to the Head of Ship
Creek,
in Severn River. The other Road beginning at Severn River, below Eagle-Nest
Bay, and runs to the Northward of the North-East One Mile One Furlong
and Twenty-five Pole, to a Creek in Magotty River called Clarke's
Creek.
The other Road begins by the said Magotty River Side, above the
Mouth of
a Cove called Wood's Pastime Cove, and runs thence about East North
East
One Mile Six Furlong and Thirty Pole, to a Creek in Patapsco River
called
Rock Creek. Be it therefore
Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the
said Roads and every of them, shall be constantly kept Cleared and
Grubbed,
as other public Roads, by the Directions and Appointment of the Justices
of
the County Courts in which the said Roads lie; nor shall the same be blocked
up or turned by any Person whatsoever, under the Penalties of this or any
other
Law provided to the contrary. And it shall and may be lawful to the
Commissioners and Justices aforesaid, to purchase of any person or persons,
One Acre of Land at each End of every of the said Rolling Roads, for the
Building of a Ware-house therein, for the putting and securing the Tobacco,
or other Goods, as aforesaid, or upon Refusal or Incapacity of the
Owners to sell the same, the said Commissioners and Trustees may cause
the
same to be valued, in Manner and Form as aforesaid for valuing of the Town-Land
and Common: Which said Acre of Land at each End of every of the
said Roads, shall be to the use of the said Town, for building of public
Ware-houses upon, if they please, for the common Use and Profit of the
said Town for ever. But if the Commissioners and Trustees of the
said Town,
shall not build Ware-houses thereon in Eighteen Months after the laying
out
of the same, then it shall and may be lawful for any other person or persons
so taking up
such Lot or Lots, and building a good substantial Twenty Foot square Brick
Ware-house upon each Lot, within Eighteen Months after the Taking up
the said Lots, together with his entering the same with the Clerk of the
Town, and paying the Value set upon the Lots as aforesaid, shall make to
such
Person or Persons, a good Estate of Inheritance in Fee-simple, to such
Acre
or Acres of Land as aforesaid, to the Use of building Ware-houses thereon,
and to no other Use or Purpose whatsoever.
IX. And whereas
his said Excellency the Governor hath requested to have
a certain Parcel of Land in the public Pasture, according to the Dimensions
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CHAP.
XXIV.
Rolling
Roads, and
Ware-houses. |