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31 CHARLES Lord BALTIMORE.
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CHAP. III.
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Passed 28th
Sept. 1745.
c 1744, ch. 23. |
A Supplementary Act to the Act, entitled, c An
Act to enable 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,
in a Place commonly called The Trap,
for a Town. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 318.
N.B. The
Surveyor of Worcester County having refused to stake and distinguish
the Lots in
the said Towns, &c. And it also appearing that
the Town called
Baltimore-Town, is not laid out
in so commodious a Place, or on such navigable Water
as it would be, if laid out more bending
on Indian River than at present it does:
This Act, (1.) Appoints and impowers certain Commissioners,
with the Assistance of the Surveyor of Worcester
County, to lay out a-new the said Town
called Baltimore-Town, in such Manner as to them
should seem meet, so as to include within the
Bounds thereof,. such navigable Water as might be and
conveniently situate thereto: ANd the
said Commissioners are invested with the same Powers,
&c. in laying out the said Baltimore-Town
a-new; as the Commissioners were by the former Act invested
with. (2.) The Surveyor of
Worcester County obliged to lay out, stake, mark,
and number, every Lot, &c. (3.) The several
Matters to be done by virtue of this Act, to be compleated
on or before the 1st May 1746. |
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CHAP. IV.
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Passed 28th
Sept. 1745. |
A Supplementary Act to the Act, entitled, dAn
Act appointing Commissioners for
dividing St. Mary's County into Four Parishes;
and to erect that Part of All-Faith
and King and Queen Parish lying in Charles
County,
into a distinct Parish.
Lib. B.L.C. fol. 318.
d 1744,
ch.
14,
which having been neglected to be carried into Execution, within the Time
therein limited, by the Commissioners thereby appointed;
the present Act impowered certain
Others to carry the same Act into Execution, so far as
relates to the dividing
St. Mary's County
into Parishes, in the same Manner, &c. as therein
directed, &c. See 1748, ch. 4. |
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CHAP. V.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for laying out the Town a-new commonly called Princess-Anne-Town,
in
Somerset County. Lib. B.L.C.
fol. 319.
N.B. The
Bounds of the Town and Lots being very obscure, and no Right to be obtained
in Lots not already taken up, from an Incapacity to convey
the same: This Act
(1.) Impowered certain Commissioners to survey
and lay out the same Twenty-five Acres of Land
formerly laid out for a Town (by the Act of 1733, ch.
13,)
as agreeable to the original Survey
as may be, without incommoding the present Settlements
thereon; and always having regard to
the Ground already laid out for public Buildings, that
the same be continued to that Use, and
none other, for ever. (2.) The Commissioners,
with the Assistance of a skilul Surveyor, to resurvey
the said Twenty-five Acres before the 1st May
1746, and lay out the same into as many
convenient Lots as were heretofore in the said Town laid
out, marked and numbered, from 1, to
30; with the same Streets, Alleys, &c. as formerly
laid out, provided they do not incommode
the present Settlements, nor the Public Ground before
mentioned; and to cause durable Posts,
or other Boundaries, to be set up, to settle and distinguish
the same Survey for ever. The Surveyor
to find Posts, &c. for each Lot, Street, &c.
and to fix the same in their proper Places,
with the Mark or Number of the Lot, which Post is to
ascertain the Beginning of the said Lot:
And to make out fair and exact PLats of the Town and
Survey thereof, whereby each Lot, Street,
Lane, &c. may appear well distinguished by their
Numbers and names; and the same Plats,
with full Certificates thereof, shall deliver to the
Commissioners, to be entered by, and reposited
with, the Town Clerk. (3.) The Land so laid
out, &c. shall be erected into a Town, to be
called Princess-Anne-Town. (4.) The
Owners of Lots already taken up, and not built upon, or
that shall hereafter be taken up, are required to build
thereon (within 3 Years after the Survey
made, and a Record thereof entered according to this
Act) One House, to cover 400 square
Feet of Ground, with one good Brick or Stone Chimney
at least. And if such Owners neglect
to build as aforesaid, then shall their Right, Title,
&c. to such Lot, at the Expiration of the
said 3 Years, cease and determine; and such Lots become
the Property of the former Proprietors.
But if such Owners of Lots be under Age, beyond Seas,
&c. at the Time of such Survey, &c.
then shall such Owners have Liberty to improve and build
upon such Lots at any Time within 3
Years after arriving at Age, &c. (5.)
The Commissioners to employ a skilful Clerk, who shall
make a fair Record and Entry of their Proceedings, in
a sufficient Book, &c. which Clerk shall
transmit to the Clerk of Somerset County, the
whole Proceedings, together with the Plat of the
Town delivered to him by the Surveyor, to be lodged and
taken Charge of among the County
Records. (6.) In case of Refusal, or Disability
of the Owner to sell, the Commissioners were
impowered to cause such lots to be valued by a Jury:
And the Payment of their Valuation to
the Proprietor o the Land, or a Tender thereof to, and
Refusal of Acceptance by, such Proprietors,
being duly proved before Two County Magistrates, and
an Entry or Record thereof by
the Town Clerk, and returned by him to be lodged with
the other Proceedings in the County
Court Office, shall give the Persons so paying or tendering,
and complying with the other Requisites
in this Act mentioned, a good and indefeasible Estate
of Inheritance, in Fee-simple, to
them, their Heirs and Assigns for ever. (7.)
All lots hereafter to be taken up, shall be built
upon and improved, according to the before mentioned
Dimensions, within 3 Years after taking
up: Which Lots so built upon, and paid for, or
a Tender made, &c. as before Provided, shall
br the Right, Property, &c. of the persons so taking
up, improving, &c. their Heirs and Assigns
for ever. (8.) All Persons to have Liberty
to take up Lots for Seven Years after making the
Survey; and all Lots, not taken up within the said Time,
to revert to the former Proprietors.
(9.) Owners of Lots in the said Town, to pay One
Penny Sterling per Annum for each lot taken |
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