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THOMAS BLADEN, Esq; Governor.
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Charles-Town aforesaid, shall have such Lot, and transfer to
each of the said
Persons a Property to their respective and distinct Moiety, so agreed on
and
entered as aforesaid, in as ample Manner as in the former Law is directed,
for giving and securing Title to Persons taking Single or Whole Lots.
XXVII. And be
it also Enacted,
That the Reverend Mr. William Wye,
having at the Balloting aforesaid, made Purchase of a Lot in said Charles-Town,
he is hereby exempted from forfeiting the said Lot, although not built
thereon; any former Law to the contrary notwithstanding.
XXVIII. This Act to continue for Seven Years,
from and after the End of
this Session of Assembly, and unto the End of the next Session of Assembly
which shall happen after the End of the said Seven Years.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
This Act was farther continued by
the additional Supplementary Act of 1750, ch. 12, which
Act being made Perpetual by
1753, ch. 28, makes this Act also PERPETUAL.
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CHAP.
XXII.
The Revd
Mr. Wye's
Lot exempted
from Forfeiture.
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CHAP. XXIII.
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An act to enable certain Commissioners therein named, to lay out
Forty Acres of
Land into Eighty Lots, for a Town on Indian River,
in Worcester County;
as also Forty Acres of Land into Eighty Lots, at the
Head of Asseteague Creek,
at a Place commonly called The Trap for a Town.
Lib. B.L.C. fol. 303.
Supplementary Acts 1745, ch. 3;
and 1748, ch. 12.
N.B. By this Act, (1.) The Commissioners
are impowered to buy 40 Acres of Land, at each
of the said Places, and cause the same to be laid out into 80 Lots in each
of the aforesaid Towns.
(2.) The Commissioners to meet on the Lands aforesaid, before the
last Day of November next,
then and there to treat with the Owners for the Purchase thereof:
And in case of Refusal or
Disability of the Owners to sell, to cause the same to be valued by a Jury,
and whatever Sum
the Jury shall assess and award, shall be the Price to be paid to such
Owners, &c. (3.) The
Commissioners, after such Purchase or Valuation, to cause the same 40 Acres
in each Town, to
be laid out into 80 Lots, allowing Space for Streets, Lanes, &c. and
Number the Lots from
One, to Eighty; and the Streets and Lanes to be distinguished by Names,
sand by Posts set up
(4.) The Commissioners to assess and ascertain the Price of the several
Lots, according to their
Value, Conveniency, &c. so as that the Prices of all the Lots in each
Town may amount to the
Sum agreed for, r awarded by the Jury. (5.) The Lands so divided
and laid out shall be
erected into Towns; and that situated on Indian River, or John
Massey's and Thomas Eydolat's
Dwelling PLantations, to be called Baltimore-Town; and that
at the Head of Asseteague Creek, at
The Trap, to be called Newport-Town. (6.) The
Owners of the Land to have first Choice
of any Tow Lots in each Town, so that such Choice be made within Ten Days
after the Survey;
after which Time any Persons to be at Liberty to take up Lots in each of
the Towns,
paying the Price set thereon. And every Person paying the Price of
the Lot by him or her taken
up; or proving, to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners, a Tender thereof
to the Owner aforesaid,
and that the Owner had refused to accept the same; and an Entry of such
Payment, or
Tender and Refusal being made as hereafter directed, shall Invest such
Person with an Estate of
Inheritance, in Fee-simple, of and in such Lot, to him or her, his or her
Heirs and Assigns for
ever, without any Deed, &c. from such Owner for the same. (7.)
None to take up above one
Lot within 12 Kalendar months after Survey. (8.) Persons taking
up Lots in either of the said
Towns shall, within 3 Years after such taking up, build and finish thereon,
one good substantial
and tenantable House, with one Brick or Stone Chimney thereto, that shall
cover not less than 400
Square Feet of Ground, exclusive of Sheds: And Persons neglecting
to build as aforesaid, within
the Time limited, shall lose such Lot, and the Estate of such Taker-up
shall thenceforth cease and
determine: And the Lots so neglected to be built upon, may be taken
up by any other Person
whatsoever; which second Taker-up, paying the Commissioners
the Price thereof, so as aforesaid
assessed, and Entry thereof made as aforesaid, and Building thereon as
before directed, within
the Time before limited after such second Taking up, shall have the like
Estate therein as the
first Takers-up, (who shall comply with all the Requisites before mentioned)
are declared to
have; and so, toties quoties, until the same Lots be built upon
and improved as aforesaid: And
the Money paid by such second Takers-up, shall be applied by the Commissioners
to the Use
and Benefit of the Town. (9.) The Surveyor to make out fair
and exact Plats of the Towns,
whereby each Lot, Street, Lane and Alley therein, may appear well distinguished
by their respective
Numbers and Names; and the same Plats, with full and plain Certificates
thereof, shall
deliver to the Commissioners, to be repolited as hereafter directed.
(10.) The Commissioners to
employ a sufficient Clerk, and administer an Oath to him for the due Performance
of his Office;
which Clerk shall find a well bound Book for entering the Proceedings of
the said Commissioners
in the Premises, and faithfully Register therein the
Certificates of the Surveys, and all other the
Transactions of the Commissioners in and about the Towns aforesaid.
The said Registry, with
the Plats and Certificates, being carefully examined by the Commissioners,
shall, when compleated,
be lodged with the County Clerk to be by him kept among the County Records.
(11.) Possessors of Lots to pay One Penny Sterling, yearly Rent,
for each Lot, to the Right
Honourable the Lord Proprietary, his Heirs or Assigns.
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