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SAMUEL OGLE, Esq; Governor.
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Houses of ASsembly, and the Authority of the same, That where
any Person or
Persons have taken up or purchases, or that shall hereafter take up
or purchase,
any Lot or Lots, Part or Parcel of a Lot or Lots in the said Town,
and that shall pay, or cause to be paid, for the Use of the said Lord
Proprietary,
the Sum of Twenty Shillings Sterling Money, on Silver or Gold; for
every such Lot, and so in Proportion for a less Part of a Lot, to the
Clerk of
the said COunty, for the Time being, who is hereby directed and impowered
to receive, and he is hereby required to transmit the same to the Agent
of the
said Lord Proprietary, for the Time being; and to give the party or
Parties
paying the said Money, a Receipt for the same, and to enroll the said
Receipt
amongst the Records of the County Court; for which Services the Clerk
shall
take and receive of the Owner or Owners thereof, the Sum of Two Shillings
and Six-pence Current Money, and no more: Which Sterling Money
being
paid as aforesaid, for the Use of the said Lord Proprietary in
Manner aforesaid,
and the Receipt or Receipts enrolled as aforesaid, shall invest the
Owner
or Owners of such Lot or Lots, or Part of a Lot, with a pure, absolute
and
indefeasible Estate of Inheritance in Fee-simple, of, in, and to such
Lot or
Lots, or Part of a Lot, with the Appurtenances so taken up and purchased
as aforesaid.
III. And
be it likewise Enacted, That the Justices of the said County, paying
for the Use of the said Lord Proprietary the Sum of Twenty Shillings
Sterling Money in Manner aforesaid, for the Public Ground aforesaid,
and
the Clerk of the said County, giving a Receipt, and enrolling the same
in like
Manner, shall invest the Justices aforesaid, for the Use of their County
for
ever, with a pure, absolute and indefeasible Estate of Inheritance,
in Fee-simple,
of, in, and to the said Public Ground, with the Appurtenances thereunto
belonging.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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CHAP.
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CHAP. XVII.
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An Act continuing an Act, entitled, k An
Additional Supplementary Act to the
Act, entitled, An Act relating to Servants and
Slaves. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 540.
EXP. |
Passed 8th
June 1751. |
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k 1748, ch. 19,
hereby continued 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. XVIII.
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An Act continuing an Act, entitled, l An
Act to exempt Persons appearing at
Musters from Arrests in Civil Cases. Lib.
B.L.C. fol. 540. EXP. |
Ditto. |
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l 1748, ch. 1,
hereby continued 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. XIX.
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An Act continuing an Act, entitled, m An
Act to prevent certain Evils and Inconveniencies
attending the Sale of Strong Liquors, and Running
of Horse-Races, near
the Yearly Meetings of the People called Quakers;
and to prevent the tumultuous
Concourse of Negroes, and other Slaves, during
the said Meetings. Lib.
B.L.C. fol. 541. EXP. |
Ditto. |
m 1747, ch. 17,
hereby continued 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. XX.
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An ACT to oblige the Naval Officers to give sufficient Bonds for
what Monies they shall receive belonging to the Public.
Lib.
B.L.C. fol. 541.
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Ditto. |
BE it 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
all and
every Naval Officer of this Province, shall on or before the Tenth Day
of
November, Anno Domini Seventeen Hundred and Fifty-one, give Bond,
with
Two sufficient Sureties, to be approved by the Governor, or Commander in
Chief, for the Time being, payable to the Right Honourable the Lord
Proprietary
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Naval Officers
to give
Bond, with
Sureties, by
the 10th Nov.
1751. in
1000 l. Sterling. |
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