502 Assembly Proceedings, Sept. — Oct. 1663.

P. R. O.

Colonial En-
try Book
No. 53

tweene seuall w^thin this pvince And for the better Establishing
the Inhabit^ts in their R^t & Possess^ts thereafter Bee itt enacted
by the Lord proprietary by & w^th the assent of the vpp^r & low^r
howse of this p^rsent genall Assembly That wheresoever any
pson w^thin this pvince shalbee for the future full five yeares in
quiett & peaceable possession of any lands Tenem^ts or heredi-
tam^ts wi^thout Clayme by Com^cm^t or psecucon of suite in some
Court of this province Itt shalbee a sufficient confirmacon to the
Possessor of the said Land Tenem^ts or other hereditam^ts for eve^r
And shall conclude the Clayme & Title of the ptend^r for ever,
Alwaies provided th^t the Limytacon for five yeares in this Act
expressed for the tyme to come shall not barr Orphans nor
Women vnd^r Covert Baron nor psons out of the pvince nor
psons of vnsound mind nor psons in prison. But th^t the Orphans
shall have five yeares after they be of age Women five years
free from Couerture (viz^t) if she marry agayne before her five
years are expired & her husband omitt to make claime his
Omission shalbee a good barr ag^t him But if the Women shee
shall have soe long tyme allowed her to claime in, as will make
vpp the first tyme of her Freedome, five years psons of vnsound
mind five years after they come againe to their sences psons
Imprisoned five years after their Release psons out of the pvince
five years after their Arrivall in the pvince Provided they come
in w^thin two years after their Tytle to the Land & howse be-
come due In w^ch tyme if they claime not as afores^d to be vtterly
barred for eve^r Provided that this Act nor any Clause therein
Conteyned shall not Infringe anything expressed in an Act
passed this Assembly entituled an Act for the Quietting posses-
sion & establishing the manner of Conveyance for the future,
nor to barr the Lord Proprietary for any Claime to lands not
held by Pattent vnd! the Scale of this province

The vpp^r howse have Assented
John Gittings clke
The Lowf howse have Assented
W^m Bretton clke