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THOMAS BLADEN, Esq; Governor.
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are declared to have; and so, toties quoties,
until the said Lots shall be built on and improved as
aforesaid. (9.) The Money so paid for Lots, not built on, and
improved by the first or other
Takers-up, &c. shall be applied to such Purposes for the Benefit of
the Town, as to the Commissioners
shall seem meet. (10.) The Surveyor shall deliver to the Commissioners,
a fair and
exact Plat and Survey of the Town, whereby each lot, Street, &c. may
appear to be well distinguished
by their respective Numbers and Names, together with a full and plain Certificate;
to
be entred and resposited as hereafter directed. (11.) The Commissioners
to appoint a sufficient
Clerk, and administer an Oath to him for the due Performance of his Office,
who shall find a
good, well-bound Book, for entring their Proceedings,
and enter therein the Certificate of the
Survey aforesaid, the Prices of each Lot, the Name of
the Owner, and Time of its being taken
up and paid for, or of the Tender and Refusal as aforesaid,
and all other Transactions, &c. of
the said Commissioners in and about the Town. Which
Registry, together with the Plat or Survey
of the said Town, being carefully examined by the Commissioners,
after the same is compleated,
shall be lodged with, and delivered to the County Clerk,
to be kept among the County
Records. (12.) The Commissioners to ascertain the Fees to be
paid to their Clerk, for the several
Services by him done, by the persons taking up Lots. (13.)
The Possessors of Lots to pay
to the Lord Proprietary the Yearly Rent of One Penny Sterling for each
Lot. (14.) A Saving
of Rights to the Crown, the Lord Proprietary, all Bodies Politic and Corporate,
and all others
not mentioned in this Act.
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CHAP.
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CHAP. XIV.
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An Act to impower and direct the Clerk of Somerset County
to enter and record
amongst the said County Records, a Deed of Bargain and
Sale, from John
Martin, to James Martin, of a Lot of Land
therein mentioned. Lib. B.L.C.
fol. 257. PR.
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Passed 29th
October 1742. |
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CHAP. XV.
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An act to enable the Justices of Baltimore County Court,
to assess and levy on the
Taxable Inhabitants of St. Paul's Parish, in
the said County, a Quantity of
Money for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned;
and also to divide the said
Parish, and for erecting a Part thereof into a new one.
Lib. B.L.C. fol. 258.
N.B. By
this Act, (1.) Certain Persons were impowered to receive voluntary
Subscriptions
from the Parishioners, for the purchasing Two Acres of Land, and building
thereon a Chapel of
Ease., for the Forest Inhabitants: And in case
such voluntary Contributions should not be sufficient,
then were the County Justices impowered, (at the Instance of the Vestry)
to assess, on
the Taxable Inhabitants of the Parish; and Sum, not exceeding 133 l.
6 s. 8 d. in any one Assessment,
nor for more than Three Assessments, to be paid to the
Persons before nominated for
compleating the said Chapel. The said Persons to render and Account
to the Vestry for all Monies
by them received for the said Use, and how laid out:
And any remaining Balance in their
Hands to be paid to the Vestry, and by them be applied towards defraying
Parish Charges.
(2.) From the Death of the Revd
Benedict Bourdilion, the present Incumbent, the Hundred of
Soldier's Delight and Back River Upper Hundred, to be separated
from the Parish of St. Paul, and
erected into a new parish by the Name of St. Thomas's Parish:
From and after which Contingence,
the Inhabitants of the said St. Thomas Parish, to have and enjoy
all Benefits, Privileges,
Powers and Authorities, equal with the Inhabitants of any other Parish
within this Province;
with Power of electing Vestry-men, Church-wardens, &c.
(3.) The Persons appointed as aforesaid,
are directed to build the said Chapel so as to answer the Convenience of
the intended
Parish of St. Thomas; and to make it sufficiently
large, &c. which Chapel, form the Death, &c.
of the Revd Mr. Bourdilion,
to be taken, deemed, and used as the Parish Church of St. Thomas
aforesaid, &c.
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CHAP. XVI.
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An Act for Relief of Honor Huggel, Susannah Murray, Catherine
Brett,
John Lumley, George Jenkins, and Anthony Hill,
languishing Prisoners in
Anne-Arundel County Goal; Thomas Brown, Robert
Evans, and Robert
Brashiers, languishing Prisoners in Prince George's
County Goal; Paul Busey,
a languishing Prisoner in Calvert County Goal;
John Mitchel, and Charles
Gannon, languishing Prisoners in Talbot County
Goal; Samuel Peck, and
Edmond Milton, languishing Prisoners in Queen-Anne's
County Goal; Francis
Tate, George Russel, and William Willoughby James,
languishing Prisoners
in Somerset County Goal; Robert Walmsley,
a languishing Prisoner in
St. Mary's County Goal; Solomon Trenor, and
Garret Corbet, languishing
Prisoners in Cæcil County Goal; and John
West, and William Clements,
junior, languishing Prisoners in Charles
County Goal. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 261.
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Ditto. |
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CHAP. XVII.
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An Act to enable Caleb Dorsey, of Anne-Arundel County,
Gent. to sell and
dispose of Forty-nine Acres of Land, Part of the Estate
of Mary Woodward,
and Elizabeth Woodward, Infants. Lib.
B.L.C. fol. 265. PR.
N.B. Mr.
Caleb Dorsey dying before this Act was carried into Execution, another
Act passed
1744, ch. 8, enabling
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Ditto. |
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