CHAP.
XXI.
18 Acres to
be laid out
into Lots by
the Commissioners
of the
Town.
Purchasers of
Lots to agree
with the
Owners of
the Land.
Power of the
Commissioners
to alter
Lanes, &c.
Two annual
Fairs to be
held,
during which
all Persons
within the
Bounds of the
Towns, &c.
to be privileged
from
Arrests.
Commissioners
to make
Rules, &c.
for holding
the Fairs,
not inconsistent
with the
Laws.
Nusances to
be removed. |
Lots, and made a Part of Baltimore-Town: And further,
the said Petitioners
set forth, That sundry of the Lanes and Alleys of Baltimore-Town were
made
so Narrow as to render them Inconvenient, if not useless, wherefore they
pray, that by Consent of the Owners of Lots in said Town, the said lanes
and Alleys may be enlarged;
II. Be it therefore
Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and
the Upper and
Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the same, That
the Commissioners
of the said Baltimore-Town, or the major Part of them, do, at any
Time they shall see convenient, before the First Day of December next,
cause
the said Eighteen Acres of Land to be surveyed and laid out into Lots,
in
such Manner as to them shall seem convenient; and that when the same
shall
be so done, it shall be, and is hereby declared to be Part of Baltimore-Town
aforesaid, to all Intents and purposes whatsoever, as fully and amply
as if included
originally therein, and have the same Immunities and Privileges as the
rest of said Town have, or by former laws ought to have. And any
person
or persons that shall Build or Improve on the said Eighteen Acres of Land,
or thereabouts, after the same shall be laid out into Lots, as by former
Laws
relating to said Town is directed, and purchase the same from the Proprietor
or Proprietors, shall have an absolute Estate of Inheritance in any
Lot or Lots
so to be built on and purchased; but the Purchaser or Purchasers of any
part
of the said Eighteen Acres, or thereabouts, are hereby left to agree
with the
Proprietor or Proprietors thereof, and not otherwise, to have Title to
any
the said new lot or Lots, to be laid out in virtue of this Act.
III. And be it
further Enacted, That the Commissioners of the said Town,
for the Time being, or the major Part of them, shall have full Power and
Authority, with the Consent and Approbation of the Owners of any Lot or
Lots already laid out in said Town, to alter any Lanes or Alleys they shall
think fit, and to Widen the same, so as to render them Commodious.
IV. And
whereas it may be dangerous to said Town, to have Fairs
kept therein, and may prove an Encouragement to the back Inhabitants and
others, to bring Commodities there to Sell and Vend; Be
it Enacted, That
it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of said Town to appoint
Two
Fairs to be held therein annually; the one Fair to begin on the first Thursday
of October, and the other on the first Thursday of May
annually; which
said Fairs shall be held each for the Space of Three Days, and that during
the
Continuance of such Fair or Fairs, all Persons within the Bounds od said
Town, shall be Privileged and Free from Arrests, except for Felony, or
Breach of the Peace. And all Persons coming to such Fair or Fairs,
or returning
therefrom, shall have the like Privilege for One Day before the Fair,
and One Day on their Return therefrom; and the Commissioners for the said
Town, are hereby impowered to make such Rules and Orders for the Holding
the said Fairs, as may tend to prevent all Disorders and Inconveniencies
that
may happen in said Town, and such as may tend to the Improvement and
Regulating of said Town in general, so as such Rules, except in Fair-Time,
affect none bur the Livers in said Town, or such person or Persons as have,
or shall have Lots, or a Free-hold therein; any Law, Statute, Usage or
Custom
to the contrary notwithstanding.
V. Provided always,
That such Rules and Orders be not inconsistent with
the Laws of this Province, nor the Statutes or Customs of Great Britain.
VI. And
be it further Enacted, That the Commissioners for the said Town,
or the major Part of them, from Time to Time, and at all Times, have
Power to remove all Nusances that they shall find in any the Streets, Lanes
or Alleys of said Town. |