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ROBERT BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
they may severally own or possess, and in case of refusal to pay,
may be recovered before a single magistrate in a summary way,
and if the proprietor refuses or neglects to pay his proportion, the
same may be paid by any holder of a lot, and the receipt of the
commissioners for any sum so paid, shall entitle the person paying
to a credit for so much in discharge of the annual rent claimed by
said proprietor. |
1805.
CHAP. 92. |
9. AND BE IT ENACTED, That every purchaser
of any of the lots
in the said town in fee, and every lessee thereof for years, on rent
reserved, shall hold and possess the same against any person hereafter
claiming title to the same, and shall not be disturbed in their
possession; and if any person shall hereafter make claim to the land,
or any part thereof, laid off in virtue of this act, and shall, by due
course of law, make good title thereto, such person shall be entitled
to recover from the person originally laying off and deeding said
lot, his heirs, devisee, executors or administrators, any purchase
money or rents by him or them received from any of the purchasers
or lessees of any of the said lots, and upon such recovery, the tenants
holding under the original grantor shall thereafter hold under
and pay the rent reserved to the person making title to and recovering
the same land. |
Purchasers of lots
not to be disturbed
in their possession. |
10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any of the
buildings already
built on the land so as aforesaid to be laid out by the said commissioners,
and erected into a town, should happen to interfere with
or stand in any of the streets or lanes laid off in virtue of this act,
the same shall be permitted to continue, but shall not, at any time
hereafter, be permitted to be repaired or rebuilt. |
Buildings interfering
with streets
to be paid on, not
permitted to be
repaired. |
11. AND, whereas many lots are owned by persons
living at a
distance, who cannot be compelled to bear a part of the expense under
this act, BE IT ENACTED, That the grantor, or first layer
out of such lot, shall be and he is hereby made answerable to the
commissioners for the amount of expense incurred in fixing and
establishing the same, and shall be entitled to recover the money so
paid from the proper owner. |
Grantor of lots to
be answerable for
amount of expenses. |
12. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all conveyances
for any lot or
lots in Cumberland, heretofore made, having a reference to a particular
number of any lot in the plot of said town formerly made
out, but never recorded, shall be, and the same is hereby declared
to be, as good and available in law, to all intents and purposes, as
though the said conveyance had been made since, and actually had
a reference to the plot by this law directed to be made out and recorded,
the commissioners aforesaid taking care and having regard
to fixing and assigning to any number so conveyed, the precise spot,
or particular lot, originally intended to be conveyed, and making
the number in the plot returned correspond with the first conveyance. |
Certain conveyances
declared good. |
13. AND BE IT ENACTED, That an act for erecting
a town at the
mouth of Will's creek, passed at November session, seventeen hundred
and eighty-six, chapter twenty-seven, be and the same is hereby
repealed, no proceedings having taken place under it. |
Act repealed. |
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