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An Abridgment of the Laws of
and thereon to build and erect Houses for entertainment
of the Poor, and providing necessaries for their relief.
II. The said Trustees some time before
the 10th of
April next, shall meet together on the said Land, and
then and there agree with the Parties interested, and buy
the said 50 Acres, in which the said Springs shall be included.
III. If the Proprietors of the said Land
shall refuse to
sell, or be disabled to make a good Title to the same,
then the High Sher. of St Maries County shall impannel
12 Freeholders, who upon their Oaths shall value the
said 50 Acres, as it shall be Surveyed and laid out by
direction of the Trustees.
IV. The sum to be paid for the Purchase
shall be levied
by an equal Assessment upon the Inhabitants of
this Province. And whatever the Trustees shall
do in pursuance thereof, is hereby ratified and confirmed,
and the said Trustees shall be indempnified, &c.
Weights and Measures.
I. An.
45. W. & M. 1692. p. 14. No other Weights
and Measures shall be used in Trading, than what are
according to the Statute of Henry 7, King of England.
persons shall be appointed by the Justices of
V. 11. H.
the several Counties, to take care of the
7. ch. 4. &
Standard, Weights and Measures, who are
12 H. 7.
to provide all such Weights and Measures as
ch. 5.
are wanting.
II. There shall be in each County 12 half
hundred
Weights, a quarter, a half quarter, a 7 pound weight,
4 pound, 2 pound and one pound; also Brass measures
of Ells and Yard seal'd in England; likewise Bushel, half
Bushel, Peck and Gallon of Winchester measure, with
Gallon, Pottle, Quart, Pint and half Pint of Wine measure,
with burnt Stamps for Wooden Measures,
and other
Stamps for Pewter. The persons appointed and procuring
the same, to be reimbursed out of
the County
levy.
III. To which Standards all persons are
to repair and
bring their Stilliards yearly to be tryed and stamp'd, paying
2 s. So also for Barrels, Bushels, &c. paying for
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