of the said Town are to be taken up by Ballot or Lot, by any Persons
whatsoever;
and that on the Day, so to be appointed, the said Commissioners, or
the major Part of them shall meet on the same Land or Town, and shall
cause the Numbers of so many of the Lots aforesaid, as there shall be Persons,
then and there willing and desiring to take up Lots, beginning with
the Lots on the River-side, and proceeding for the whole Breadth of the
Town backwards, to be written on distinct Pieces of Paper, which shall
be
rolled up, as near as may be, of equal Size and Bigness; and having put
the
same into a Box or Vessel, every Person then present, other than the Proprietor
or Owner aforesaid, shall be at Liberty to draw out one of the said Numbers,
which Number being entred with the Clerk aforesaid, and the Drawer
paying to the Proprietor or Owner of the same Land, his or her Factor,
or
Agent, the Price so as aforesaid fixed and set upon the Lot, the Number
whereof he or she hath so drawn, and complying with the other Requisites
hereafter mentioned, shall, and is hereby declared to be absolutely seized
in
an Estate, in Fee-simple, of and in such Lot, against the Lord Proprietary
of
this Province, and all other persons whatsoever: And if it shall
happen
that all the Lots aforesaid, be not taken up, or drawn on that Day, then
the
sad Commissioners, or the major part of them, shall, and are hereby required
to appoint another Day, in the same Manner as herein before directed, for
drawing and taking up the Residue of the said Lots, and shall proceed
therein
as herein before mentioned on the First Day aforesaid; and that all Persons
who shall draw and take up any Lots on such second Day, and pay the prices,
and comply with the other Requisites aforesaid, shall have the like Estates,
in
such their Lots so drawn and entered as aforesaid, as the Drawers and Takers-up
of Lots on the first Day are herein above declared to have: And if
all
the said Lots which shall so remain untaken up; and such Persons last mentioned,
paying the Prices of their respective Lots, and complying with the other
Requisites aforesaid, shall have Estates in Fee-simple therein, as aforesaid.
IX. Provided
always,
That no Person whatsoever, the Proprietor or Owner
of the said Land only excepted, shall be allowed to take up, draw, hold,
possess, or enjoy, above one of the Lots aforesaid, at any Time within
Three
Years after the laying out of the Town aforesaid.
X, And
be it further Enacted,
by the Authority aforesaid, That
all and every
Person and persons, who shall take up any of the Lots aforesaid, shall
apply
to the Clerk of Cæcil County Court, for the Time being, for
Entries to be
made of their respective Lots so take up, which Clerk is hereby obliged
and
required carefully to enter in a Book, by him to be kept for that Purpose,
the
Names of persons taking up the said Lots, the Numbers of their respective
Lots, with the Days of their being taken up, and the Receipts for Money
by them respectively paid for their said Lots; for which Entries, and a
Copy
thereof to be delivered to the Parties, every such Person shall pay to
the said
Clerk the Sum of Five Shillings Current Money, and no more.
XI. And
be it further Enacted,
by the Authority aforesaid, That
all and every
the Person and Persons aforesaid, taking up the Lots aforesaid, their Heirs,
Executors, Administrators, undersigns, shall be obliged to erect and build
on such their respective Lots, within Three Years after the Date of the
Entry
thereof, so as aforesaid to be made, one good tenantable Dwelling-house,
which shall cover Four Hundred square Feet of Ground at least, exclusive
of
Sheds, with a Brick or Stone Chimney to every such House, and every
Person
neglecting or omitting to build as aforesaid, on his or her Lot, shall
lose
and forfeit his or her Right, Title, and Estate therein; and every
such Lots
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CHAP.
XXIII.
None to hold
more than one
Lot within
3 Years.
The Lots to
be entered
with the
County
Clerk.
What Improvements
shall be made
by the Takers-up
of
Lots, on Forfeiture. |
