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18 CHARLES Lord BALTIMORE.
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CHAP. IX.
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Passed 8th
August 1732. |
An ACT for reviving an Act for destroying Bears in Somerset
County. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 45.
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The Act of
1728, ch. 12,
revived, and
continued in
full Force,
without Limitation. |
Be it Enacted,
by the
Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by and with
the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and the Upper
and
Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the same, That
the Act,
entitled, An Act for destroying Bears in Somerset County, made
at a Session of
Assembly begin and held at the City of Annapolis, the Third Day
of October,
in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-eight,
be, and is hereby revived and continued to be and remain in full Force,
Power and Virtue.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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CHAP. X.
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An Act to enable the Clerk of the Provincial Court, or the Clerk
of Baltimore
County Court, to Record a Deed of Bargain and Sale,
from Benoni Fanning
and Hannah his Wife, to John Contee; and
to make the same Deed valid.
Lib. B.L.C. fol. 45. PR.
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CHAP. XI.
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A Supplementary Act to the Act, entitled, b
An Act to encourage the making of
Linen Cloth within this Province, of Flax or Hemp of
the Growth thereof.
Lib. B.L.C. fol. 45. EXP.
b 1731,
ch. 3; which, together with this Act, was continued by 1735, ch.
14; and both
expired in 1740.
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CHAP. XII.
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An Act for the Assessment of One Hundred Thousand Pounds of Tobacco,
on the
Taxable Inhabitants of Christ-Church Parish,
in Calvert County, for the
Building of a Church and Vestry-Room; and for the Purchasing
Two Acres of
Land. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 46.
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CHAP. XIII.
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An act for laying an Imposition on Tobacco by the Hogshead, for
Support of Government,
and for the Payment of his Lordship's Quit-Rents and
Alienation Fines;
for the c Time therein
mentioned. Lib. i. fol. 4i. EXP. |
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c From the 29th September
next, to the 20th September 1733.
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CHAP. XIV.
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An Act for erecting a Town on a Creek, divided on the East from
the Town lately
laid out in Baltimore County, called Baltimore-Town,
on the Land whereon
Edward Fell keeps Store. Lib. B.L.C. fol.
47.
N.B. By
this Act, (1.) Commissioners were appointed and impowered to
purchase (by
Agreement with the Owner, or in case of such Owner's Refusal, &c. by
Valuation of a Jury)
Ten Acres of Land out of the said Tract, lying most convenient to the Water,
and to lay out
the same into 20 Lots, &c. to be Numbered from One to Twenty, for better
Distinction thereof
(2.) The Surveyor to return a Plat of the said Town, to the County
Clerk, to be by him kept
among the County Records. (3.) The Owner of the land to have
his first Choice for one
Lot, after which Choice, the remaining Lots to be taken up by others:
No Person to purchase
more than one Lot during the first four Months after laying out; nor any
other than Inhabitants
of the County, to take up Lots within Six Months; after which Time, any
persons
whatsoever to have Liberty of taking up Lots: And the payment of
the proportionable Sum
agreed for (or assessed by the Jury) to the Owners, for any Lot or Lots,
shall give the Purchasers,
their Heirs and Assigns, an absolute Estate of Fee-simple therein, he or
they complying
with the Requisites in this Act mentioned. (4.) If the Taker-up
of any Lot, refuse or neglect
to Build thereon within 18 Months, a house to cover 400 square Feet, it
shall then be lawful
for any other Person to enter upon such Lot, so not built upon, paying
the Sum first set upon
such Lot to the Commissioners, or Person by them appointed to receive the
same, for the Public
Use and Benefit of the Town: And such second Taker-up shall, within
18 Months after such
his Entry made, build and finish such House as by this Act is before appointed;
which House
so built, shall settle as good an Estate to such second
Taker-up, his Heirs, &c. as by this Act
is before settled upon the first Taker-up and Builder. (5.)
Any of the said Lots neglected to
be taken up during Seven Years after the Publication of this Act, shall
revert to the Owner of
the Land, who shall thenceforth be possessed and interested therein, as
in his first and former
Estate. (6.) The Town to ba called Jonas-Town. (7.)
The Commissioners to appoint a sufficient
Clerk, who shall, upon Oath, make true and impartial entries of their Proceedings;
which Entries they shall cause to be made up in a well bound Book, and
lodged with the Clerk
of Baltimore County Court, for the Inspection of any Person.
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