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SAMUEL OGLE, Esq; Governor.
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1732. |
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CHAP. XXI.
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An Act for laying out a-new Fifteen Acres of Land, Part of the One
Hundred
Acres of Land formerly erected into a Town, commonly
called Bewnedict-Leonard-Town,
upon Patuxent River, in Charles
County, besides the Lots which have
been already taken up, pursuant to the Directions of
former Laws: And to restrain
the Inhabitants from keeping any Stock, except within
their Inclosures in
the said Town. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 54.
N.B. The
Bounds of the 100 Acres formerly laid out fort a Town by the Act of 1683,
ch. 5,
and confirmed by 1706, ch. 14, being very uncertain, &c. and
the said 100 Acres being thought
to be by far too much for that Place, by this Act, (1.) Commissioners
are impowered to purchase,
&c. 15 Acres of Land, out of the Tract aforesaid, lying most convenient
to the Water, to
be added to the Lots already taken up; and to survey and lay out the same,
into 20 Lots, allowing
sufficient Space for Streets, &c. with Posts toward every Street, &c.
and the Lots, for
better Distinction, to be Numbered from 1, to 20. (2.) The
Owner of the Land to have the
first Choice for one Lot, after which the remaining Lots to be taken up
by others: No Person to
take up more than one Lot within the 15 Acres during
the first four Months, and the Lots to be
purchased by Inhabitants of the County: But if not taken up by such
inhabitants within Six
Months after Laying-out, then any persons whatsoever to be at Liberty to
take up such lots,
paying the Owners proportionably for the same. And such proportionable
Payment shall give
the Purchasers, their Heirs and Assigns, an absolute Estate of Fee-simple
in the said Lots, they
complying with the Requisites in the 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.) In case
the Takers-up of Lots refuse or neglect to build thereon, within 18 Months,
an House to cover
400 square Feet, exclusive of Sheds then it shall be
lawful for any other Persons to enter upon
such Lots, so as aforesaid not built on, paying to the Commissioners, or
Person by the appointed
to receive the same, the Sum first set and assessed upon
such Lot, for the public Use and Benefit
of the Town; and building and finishing, within 18 Months after such Entry
made,
such House as in this Act is before appointed to be built by first Taker-up,
shall give as good
an Estate to such second Taker-up and Builder, his Heirs and Assigns, as
is by this Act settled
upon the first Taker-up and Builder. (5.) Lots not taken up
within Seven Years next after
Publication of this Act, shall revert to the Owner of the Land. (6.)
The Town to be called
Benedict-Leonard-Town. (7.) The Commissioners to employ
a sufficient Clerk, who (upon Oath)
shall make true and impartial Entries of their Proceedings; which Entries,
made up in a well
bound Book, shall be lodged with the Clerk of Charles County, for
the Inspection of any Person.
(8.) No Inhabitants of the Town, shall keep within the same, any
Swine, Geese, Sheep,
Cattle or Horses, belonging to themselves, or any other Persons whatsoever,
unless within their
own Inclosures; and Persons convicted thereof, before a single Magistrate,
shall pay 100 lb Tobacco
for each Transgression, to be levied by way of Execution on the Offender's
Body, Goods,
&c. and applied to the Use of the County Free-School. (9.)
A Saving of Rights to the
Crown, the Lord Proprietor, all Bodies Politic and Corporate, and all Others
not mentioned in
this ACt. (10.) Possessors of Lots to pay One Penny Current
Money, per Annum, for each Lot,
to his Lordship and his Heirs for ever.
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Passed 8th
August 1732. |
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CHAP. XXII.
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A Supplementary ACT to the * Act for Stay of Execution after
the Tenth of May. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 56.
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Ditto.
* 1715, ch. 33 |
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
where
any Execution or Executions have been already issued before the Tenth of
May last, or shall be issued before the Tenth of May, in
any Year, against
the Body or Goods of any Person or Persons, inhabiting within this Province,
and the Person or Persons against whom such Execution or Executions have
issued, or shall hereafter issue, were not, nor shall not be taken, by
virtue of
the said Execution or Executions, 'til after the Tenth of May, in
any Year,
that in all such Cases, it shall and may be lawful for the Person or Persons
whose Body or Goods so taken, by virtue of such Execution or Executions
as aforesaid, to supersede the same, in the same Manner as he, she, or
they,
might or could do, if in case the Execution or Executions had issued, or
were
to issue, after the Tenth of May, in any Year; any Law, Usage or
Custom
to the contrary notwithstanding.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY
GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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Persons not
taken in Execution
'til after
the 10th
of May, may
supersede as
if such Execution
had issued
after the
10th of May. |
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