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524 Granted you till further Order and Directions shall be by me Given in that behalf who are to continue as Register of My land office at Annapolis the person at such time by you employed under you in the said Office till further Order from me Whereas in all Grants of Land heretofore by my father and my self made the penalty inserted for non payment of my alienation office was onely the Makeing of the Alienation Void to which I found which I found by experience to be of little use to me And their severall persons in my said Province have made severall allienacons of Land without paying me my alienation fine before such alienacon To prevent which Inconveniency for the future You are hereby Ordered instead of the Clause heretofore Inserted in the Grant for Makeing the alienation Void upon non payment of the office before such alienation to insert a provisoe for makeing my Grant Void in case the alienacon fine reserved be not paid before such alienation The severall persons herein ^before^ menconed to whome I have made any allowance in tobacco are in the first place if any of them hold Lands of me to Discount the Rents and Arrears of such Lands out of the allowances which I have Ordered you to make them In Case You take out any warrants you selfe and Grants of any Lands thereupon (It being not proper you should sign and seal such Warrants and Grants your selfe) Major Nicholas Sewall M.r Henry Darnall or M.r Edward Digges are hereby Impowered to sign & seale such Warrants and Grants You are to grant Cecill Butler a Warrant or Grant for five hundred Acres of land as a full compensacon for his pretensions on acc.t of his late father in law Robert Carvill on the land formerly belonging to one Roderick Heath as also to grant him a Lease of the Plantation of of S.t Johns near the City of S.t Marys pursuant to my Directions heretofore given to Colonell Darnall You |
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