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same or any part thereof to any other person or persons who
shall desire Grants thereof according to the Condicons of
Plantacon then in force within this Province or other Warrant
or dircccon from his Lopp or his heirs Lords & Prop" of this
Province for the time being vnder his or theire Hand and
seale at Armes. And that for all other Manners lands &
Plantacons already taken vpp or seated or w^ch hereafter shalbe
from time to time taken vpp or seated within this Province
(not belonging to any Orphans vnder sixteene yeares of age)
w^ch shall happen to bee deserted or left vninhabited by such as
shall then haue or may clayme to haue any right or Title there-
to, And his Lopp^s or his heirs Lords & Prop^rs of this Province

Liber A

his or their Rents due for the same not paid for three yeares
together. It shalbe in like manner at any time after the ex-
piracon of the said three yeares lawfull for his Lo^pp or his heirs
Lords & Prop^rs of this Province or his or theire then Leivtennt
or cheife Governor thereof (being lawfully authorized as fore-
said) to grant the same or any part thereof to any other person
or persons who shall desire grants thereof. According to the
Condicons of Plantation then in force within this Province or
other Warrant or direccon as aforesaid
Enacted vt Sup^a Assented vt Sup^a

5 An Act concerning the Secretaries and Sheriffes ffees.

Whereas some disputes haue heretofore beene about the
Recording of Patents and other ffees due to the Secretary of
this Province. To avoide the like disputes for the future, and
that all Iniury & inconvenience to his Lo^pp in not recording of
Patents for land may be p^rvented. Be it Enacted by the Lo:
Prop^ry by and with the advise and assent of this p^rsent genall
Assembly. That all Patents or Grants of land within this
Province not already vppon Record and all such as shall here-
after bee made, out shalbe Recorded. And bee it further En-
acted by the authority and assent aforesaid that these severall
ffees followeing shalbe from hence forward (till a further Set-
tlem^t therein) paid to to the Secretary of this Province for the
time being in Tobacco and Caske as followeth viz :

p. 357

ffor an Instrum^t vnder the Seale
for recording any Instrum^t vnder the Seale
ffor entring any other matter vppon Record not ex-

Tob. & Caske

50
50

ceeding half a side of a Leafe in the Record
Book being in folio,
If the matter entred vppon Record bee above half

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a side of a Leafe and for every side of a Leafe
in folio

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