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An Abridgement of the Laws in Force and Use in Her Majesty's Plantations; 1704
Volume 193, Page 67   View pdf image (33K)
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                    Maryland, now in force.                   67

the end of the next Session of Assembly, which shall
happen after the said 3 years.  (vid. Fees 9. and Juries
1.)

                    Rights.

    An. 4. W. & M. 1692. p. 3.  Any person being a free
Denizen, and Subject to the Crown of England, that
within 5 years before had obtained of the Lord Proprietor
of this Province any Warrant for any Land, by vertue
of which any Land was surveyed and laid out before
the Revolution, or before the 10th of July, 1689.
and no Patent as yet granted for the same, such person,
at any time within 12 months after the publication of
this Law, appearing before the Justices of the County
where the Land lyeth, and producing before them a
Certificate under the Surveyors hand, and proving the
same to have been laid out bona fide, it shall and may be
lawful for such person to have, possess, and enjoy, all
such Lands and Tenements, so laid out and surveyed as
aforesaid, and have and enjoy therein a pure and lawful
Estate in Fee simple, and with all Priviledges and Immunities
belonging to the same, as fully and absolutely
as if a Patent from his Lordship had been granted for the
same.
    II.  An. 7. W. & M. 1695. p. 36.  All and every person
and persons, who during the continuance of certain Acts
of Assembly now repeal'd, did take up, pay for, or were
ready to pay for any Lot or Lots of Land in any Town
Land, and made due entry thereof, and built and improved
upon the same, and followed the directions of the
aforesaid Laws, such persons, their Heirs and Assigns,
shall hold and enjoy a good and indefeazible Estate of
Inheritance in Fee simple in the same, as fully to all
Intents as if the said Laws were still in force, and not
repeal'd.
    III.  Provided, such who have taken up and improved,
and not yet paid the Price set upon the same, shall
pay the value of the Lot so taken up, to the Owner upon
demand, without Fraud or Covin.

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