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29 and 30 CHARLES Lord BALTIMORE.
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CHAP. XXIV.
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Passed 4th
June 1744. |
An Act for dividing All-Hallows Parish in Worcester
County, and for erecting
a Parish out of the same, called by the Name of Worcester
Parish. Lib,
B.L.C. fol. 306.
By this Act, (1.) From the
Death, &c. of the Revd Mr.
Glasgow (the present Incumbent) all
that part of All-Hallows Parish, beginning at the Mouth of Newport
Creek, running out of the
Sea, and running by and with the said Creek and a Branch thereof to the
Main Road, to a
Place called Buckingham; and from thence down the Main Road which
leads to Snow-Hill about
a Quarter of a Mile, until it comes to another Main Road striking out of
the aforesaid Road,
which goes between the Plantations of Mrs. Mary Hampton and Mr.
Brickus Townsend, and
bounded therewith, as now laid out by Order of Court, until it intersects
Pocomoke River: All
to the Northward and Eastward of the Bounds aforesaid which was contained
in the Parish of
All-Hallows is, by this Act, thenceforth constituted and erected
into a Parish, to be called
Worcester Parish, and no longer a Part of All-Hallows Parish
aforesaid. (2.) The inhabitants
of the said Worcester Parish to have and enjoy all Benefits, Privileges,
Powers and Authorities,
equal with any Inhabitants of any other Parish in the Province, with Power
to elect Vestries,
Church-wardens, &c.
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CHAP. XXV.
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An Act for laying out the Town a-new, commonly called Upper-Marlborough-Town,
in Prince-Georges County. Lib. B.L.C.
fol. 306.
N.B. By
this Act, (1.) Commissioners are impowered to survey and lay
out, the same 100
Acres which were formerly laid out for a Town by 1706, ch. 14, (the
Bounds of the Town
and Lots being very obscure) as agreeably as conveniently may be to the
original Survey, without
incommoding the present Settlements, and exclusive of the Piece of Meadow
Ground lately
drained by Mr. Daniel Carroll, one of the Proprietors of the said
Town. (2.) The Commissioners
to meet at the Town, &c. and with the Assistance of a skilful Surveyor,
carefully to resurvey
the aforesaid 100 Acres, into as many convenient Lots as were heretofore
laid out,
Marked and Numbered from 1, to 100, with the same Streets, Alleys and Lanes,
as formerly
laid out; provided they do not incommode the present Settlements:
And to set up Posts, &c.
to distinguish the same Survey for ever. (3.) The Land so surveyed,
&c. is erected into a
Town to be called Upper-Marlborough-Town. (4.) The Owners
of the Lots already taken up
and not built upon, or that shall hereafter take up any of the said Lots,
shall build on such Lots
or Lots, (within Three Years after such Survey made and recorded, according
to Directions of
this Act) One House to cover 400 square Feet of Ground, with one good Brick
or Stone Chimney
at least: And such Owners not Building as aforesaid, shall, at the
Expiration of the said
Three years, lose their Right, Title and Property therein, and such Lots
shall become the Property
of the former Proprietors. (5.) Owners of Dwelling Houses already
built on any of the
said Lots, and which have only Wooden Chimneys, shall build Brick or Stone
Chimneys to
such Houses within 12 Months after the Survey aforesaid, on Forfeiture
of 5 Shillings Current
Money for every Month that any Person shall Dwell, or use Fires therein,
and so pro rato for a
longer or shorter Time, to be recovered before a single Magistrate, and
applied by the Commissioners
to the public Use of the Town. (6.) Owners of Lots being under
Age, beyond
Seas, &c. shall have Liberty to improve and build on their Lots, according
to the Directions of
this Act, at any Time within one Year after arriving at Age, &c.
(7.) The Commissioners to
appoint a skilful Clerk to make a fair Entry of all their Proceedings in
a sufficient Book; to
whom the Surveyor shall deliver a fair Plat of the said Lots, &c. which
Clerk and his Successors,
shall transmit the said Proceedings and Plat, to the Clerk of Prince-George's
County, to be lodged
and taken Charge of, among the County Records. (8.) The Commissioners
impowered to agree
with the Proprietors of the Land not already taken up, for the Price of
the same; in which Case,
the Price set by them on each Lot, shall be paid by the Taker-up; but in
case of their Disagreement,
then to cause the same to be valued by a Jury, and the Payment of the Sum
assessed
on any Lot by such Jury, to the Owners, or a Tender thereof by Persons
willing to take up
the same, and Refusal thereof by the Proprietors, and such Tender and Refusal
duly Proved before
Two Magistrates of the County, and an Entry made by the Town Clerk, and
returned by
him to be lodged with the other Proceedings in the County Court Office,
shall give such Persons
paying or tendering as aforesaid, an absolute Estate in Fee-simple in such
Lot or Lots, they
complying with the other Requisites in this Act mentioned.
(9.) All Lots hereafter to be taken
up, shall be built upon, &c. as aforesaid, within Three Years after
taking up: Which Lots so
built upon and paid for, or Tender, &c. as above
provided, shall be the Right, Property and
Estate of such Persons so taking up, improving and paying, &c. their
Heirs and Assigns for ever.
(10.) All Persons to have Liberty of taking up Lots and entering
the same for Two Years from
the Time of making the Survey: And all Lots not taken up within that
Time, to revert to the
former Proprietors. (11.) Each Lot so taken up, paid for, and
built on, shall be liable to
the Payment of One Penny Sterling per Annum to the Lord Proprietary
for ever: And the
County Clerk shall transmit an Annual Account of all
such Lots, &c. to his Lordship's Agent.
(12.) The Lot heretofore bought and set apart for a Meeting-house,
shall not be liable to br
taken up, but remain for the Use of the Dissenting Minister officiating
therein for the Time
being, and Congregation, in the same Manner, and to the same Purpose as
it was at first taken
up and built on., (13.) The Lot formerly bought, &c. for
a School, shall not be taken up, but
the said Lots and School-house, and other Houses, &c. thereunto belonging,
is hereby declared
to be vested in the Reverend Mr. John Eversfield, Col. Joseph
Belt, Mr. John Magruder, Mr. Richard
Keene, and Mr. Daniel Crawford, for the Use of the said School:
And the same John
Eversfield, &c. and their Successors, are hereby appointed Visitors
of the same School, and shall
at all Times hereafter, have, hold, and enjoy, all and singular the Powers
ands Authorities
which the Visitors of the several Free-Schools within
this Province, do lawfully have, hold, |
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