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open spare Places left, whereon may be erected Church,
Chapel, Market-house, and other public
buildings, and the remaining part of the said 100 Acres,
as near as may be, into 100 equal
Lots, marked on Posts or Stakes towards the Streets,
&c. with N° 1, 2, 3, &c. to 100.
(5.) The Owner of the Land to have his first Choice
for one Lot, after which the remaining Lots
may be taken up by others, but no person to purchase
more than one Lot during the first Four
Months after laying out such Port or Town, and the Lots
to be purchased by Inhabitants of
the respective Counties; but if not taken up by such
Inhabitants within Four Months, then
such Lots may be taken up by any persons whatsoever,
paying the Owner proportionably for the
same. (6.) If the Owners of such Land should
refuse to make Sale thereof, or through Non-age,
&c. or other Impediment, be disabled to sell, the
Commissioners of the respective Counties
impowered to cause a Jury to be summoned and empannelled
by the Sheriff, to value such Lands
upon Oath; and the Sum of Tobacco, adjudged by such Jury
as the Worth of the Land,
to be paid to the Owners, &c. by Persons taking up
Lots, proportionably to their said Lots.
(7.) Persons making Choice of any Lot, so laid
out, and making Entry thereof with the Person
appointed by the Commissioners to keep the Book for Entry
of such lots; and paying or giving
Security for payment of the Sum rated upon such Lot,
by Direction of the Commissioners, or
Jury, and payable to the Owner of the Land; and on such
Lot, so as aforesaid taken up, building
one sufficient Twenty Foot Square House at the least,
within Twelve Months after taking
up such Lot, to be held of his Lordship, &c. to such
Taker-up and Builder, his Heirs and Assigns
for ever, at and under the yearly Rent of One Farthing
Current Money of this Province
for each respective Lot, the land being under old Rents;
and One Half-Penny for each Lot
where the Land was taken up by new Rents: And the
same or any other Building, or Manner of
settling upon such Lot, according to the Direction of
this Act, shall invest the said Taker-up
and Builder upon such Lot, his Heirs and Assigns, of
a good indefeasable Estate of Inheritance
to him and his Heirs for ever, and shall bar the Owner
or Owners, or any Person interested in
the said Land, whether living within or without the Province,
and even the Lord proprietary,
his Heirs, &c. saving the Rents in this Act reserved
to his Lordship, &c. and the Tobacco to
be paid by such Builder and Taker-up as aforesaid, to
the Owner of the Land: And likewise
upon Tender of Payment, and Refusal to accept thereof,
with Proof of such Tender and Refusal,
such Building as aforesaid, shall be binding, to all
Intents and Purposes, against the said Parties,
their Heirs, &c. so as aforesaid refusing, or others
claiming any Title or Interest in the
said Lands and Grounds, and shall be full Authority to
the said Commissioners, or major part of
them, to cause the same to be converted to the Uses and
Purposes aforesaid. (8.) The Commissioners
to nominate a fit Person, to keep a Book to enter down
their Proceedings, and each Person's
Choice of any respective Lot, that thereby it may appear
what Lots are taken up, and
what remain undisposed of. And in case of any Difference
arising about taking up the said Lots,
or other matter referring to the Execution of this Act,
the Judgment of the Commissioners in
each respective County to be final;. (9.)
In case the Takers-up of such Lots refuse or neglect
to build thereon within the Time by this Act appointed,
then may any other Person enter upon
such lots not built upon, paying such Sum of Tobacco;
as was first set and assessed upon such
Lot, to the Commissioners, or other Person by them appointed
thereto, for the public use of
such Town, wherein such Lots shall be taken upon the
second Time: Provided such second Taker-up
shall build and finish, within one Year after such his
Entry made, such House as is in this Act
before limited and appointed to be built by the first
Taker-up; Which House so built, shall give
and settle as good Estate, to all Intents and Purposes,
to such second Taker-up, as is by this Act
settled upon the first Taker-up and Builder, subject
to the same Rents, &c. (10.) In case any
Lots be neglected to be taken up during Seven Years after
publication of this Act, then shall
the Owners of the land be possessed and interested in
such lots, as in their first or former Estate.
(11.) Nothing in this Act shall oblige any Persons
whatsoever, their Heirs or Assigns, that formerly
have taken up and built upon any Lots in the Ports, Towns,
or Places aforesaid, by virtue
of any former Law, to take up such Lots anew, but they,
their Heirs or Assigns, may have,
hold and enjoy the same, as if this Act had never been
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CHAP.
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At a Session of ASSEMBLY begun and held at the
City of Annapolis, in the County of Ann-Arundel,
on the 26th Day of March, and ended the
15th
April, in the 6th Year of the Reign of
our Sovereign
Lady ANNE, Queen of England, &c. Annoq;
Domini 1707, were enacted the following
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1707. |
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JOHN SEYMOUR, Esq; Governor.
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CHAP. I.
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An ACt for the Attainder of Richard Clarke, of Ann-Arundel
County. Lib.
LL. N° 3. fol. 273.
N.B. The
Act sets forth, that the said Richard Clarke having obstinately
refused to surrender
himself to Justice, &c. (see the Act of 1705, ch. 5) and charges
him with various treasonable
and seditious Practices and Intentions, forging of Dollars, &c.
The said Richard Clarke is therefore
hereby convicted and attained of High Treason, shall suffer Death, &c.
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