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SAMUEL OGLE, Esq; Governor.
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1732. |
Crown, the Lord Proprietor, &c. (9.)
Possessors of Los to pay One Penny Current Money
per Annum, to the Lord Proprietary and his Heirs for ever.
See the Supplementary Act of 1745,
ch. 9, whereby this Town is incorporated with Baltimore-Town.
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CHAP.
XIV. |
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CHAP. XV.
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An Act for the erecting a Town at the Head of Wiccomoco River,
in Somerset
County, for laying into Lots Fifteen Acres of Land
in the Fork thereof,
and at the Landing commonly called Handy's, or
Carr's Landing. Lib.
B.L.C. fol. 49.
N.B. By this Act, (1.)
Commissioners impowered to purchase, &c. Fifteen Acres, Part of
a Tract of Land at the Head of Wiccomoco River, in a Fork thereof,
now in Possession of William
Winder, a Minor, commonly known by the Name of Pemberton's Good-Will,
lying most convenient
to the Water, and to cause the same to be surveyed and
laid out into 20 Lots, allowing
sufficient Space for Streets, &c. with Posts towards every Street,
&c. and the Lots for better
Distinction, to be Numbered from One to Twenty.
(2.) The Owner to have his Choice for
two Lots, after which the remaining Lots to be taken
up by others: No Person to take up more
than one Lot during Four Months after laying out the Town, and the Lots
to be taken up by
Inhabitants of the County; but if all the Lots be not taken up such Inhabitants
in Six
Months, then any other Persons to be at Liberty to take
up the same, paying the Owner proportionably
for the same: And such proportionable Payment shall give the purchasers
of such
Lots, their Heirs and ASsigns, an absolute Estate of Fee-simple therein,
they complying with
the Requisites in this Act mentioned. (3.) The Surveyor to
return a Plat of the Town to the
County-Clerk to be by him kept among the County Records. (4.)
Takers-up of Lots refusing
or neglecting to build thereon within 18 Months, an House to cover 400
Square Feet; such
Lots, so not built upon, may be taken up by any other Person, paying the
Sum first set on
such Lot to the Commissioners, or Person by them appointed to receive the
same, for the Public
Benefit of the Town. And such House, as in this Act is
before limited and appointed, being
built within 18 Months by such second Taker-up, shall
give him, his Heirs, &c. as good an
Estate therein, as is by this Act settled upon the first Taker-up and Builder.
(5.) Lots not
taken up during Seven Years next after Publication of this Act, shall revert
to the first Owners
of the Land. (6.) The Town to be called Salisbury-Town.
(7.) The Commissioners to employ
a sufficient Clerk; who, upon Oath, shall enter all their Proceedings;
which Entries, made up
in a well bound Book, shall be lodged with the Clerk of Somerset County
Court, for the Inspection
of any Person. (8.) A Saving of Rights to the Crown, the Lord
Proprietor, all Bodies
Public and Corporate, and all others not mentioned in this Act. (9.)
Possessors of Lots to pay
One Penny Current Money per Annum to his Lordship and his Heirs
for ever. (10.) The aforesaid
William Winder to have Liberty to build, &c. upon the two Lots
chosen for him, so as the
same be finished within 18 Months after his Arrival at full Age, &c.
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Passed 8th
August 1732. |
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CHAP. XVI.
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An Act to repeal an Act, entitled, d An
Act for the Relief of the Devisees of
James Phillips, the Elder, and Anthony Phillips,
late of Baltimore County,
deceased. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 50.
PR.
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Ditto.
d 1724, ch. 15. |
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CHAP. XVII.
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An ACT to encourage Adventurers in Iron-Works. Lib. B.L.C.
fol. 52. |
Passed 8th
August 1732. |
Explanatory Act 1736, ch. 17; See also
1750, ch. 14.
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WHEREAS the making of Iron within this Province, will be advantageous
to the Trade of Great-Britain, as well as beneficial to the
People of Maryland;
II. Be it therefore
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
no White Man,
who shall be employed in any Manner about Iron-Works, or in providing
any Materials of any Nature or Kind soever, for the Furtherance and Carrying
on any Iron-Work, or making of Iron, shall be obliged to attend at
Musters,
except upon very extraordinary Occasions. And that no White Man or
Slave so employed, shall be obliged to clear, or assist in clearing, any
e highways
or Roads, or in building of any Bridge or Bridges.
e The Explanatory
Act of 1736, ch. 17, restrained the Exemption from assisting on
the Public
Roads, to such only as were constantly employed in carrying on Iron-Works.
But by 1738, ch.
24, Owners, &c. of Iron-Works are obliged to send one out of every
Ten Persons employed
in such Works, to assist upon the Highways, &c.
III. Provided
always,
That no White Man or Slave, who shall be employed
in making Tobacco, shall have any Exemption. |
Preamble.
White Men
employed about
Iron-Works,
shall
not be obliged
to attend
Musters,
except on very
extraordinary
Occasions,
unless employed
in
making Tobacco. |
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