Acts. 535

said Lots, proportionally to their Lot or Lots; which shall give the
said Purchaser or Purchasers, their Heirs and Assigns, an absolute
Estate of Fee Simple in the said Lot or Lots, he or they complying
with the Requisites in this Act mentioned.
And be it further Enacted, That the Surveyor of Baltimore County,
for the Time being, shall have and receive for surveying and laying
out the town aforesaid, the Sum of Four Hundred Pounds of To-
bacco, and no more, to be paid and allowed him in the County Levy ;
and that he return a Plat thereof to the County Clerk to be by him
kept amongst the County Records. And in Case, the Taker-up of
such Lot or Lots, refuse or neglect to build upon such Lot or Lots,
within Eighteen Months, an House that shall cover Four Hundred
Square Feet, that then it shall and may be lawful for any other
Person or Persons whatsoever, to enter upon the said Lot or Lots,
so as aforesaid not built upon, paying such Sum of Tobacco as shall
be first set and assessed upon such Lot, to the Commissioners afore-
said, or such other Person as the said Commissioners, or the major
Part of them, shall nominate and appoint to receive the same for the
Publick Use and Benefit of the said Town, and to be taken upon a
Second Time.

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Provided always, That such Taker-up or Purchaser build and finish,
within Eighteen Months after such his Entry made, such House,
as in this Act is before limited and appointed to be built by the first
Taker-up; which House so built, shall give and settle as good an Es-
tate, to all Intents and Purposes, to such second Taker-up and Builder,
as aforesaid, his Heirs and Assigns, as is in and by this Act before lim-
ited and settled upon the first Taker-up and Builder. And in Case
any of the said Lots shall be neglected to be taken up in the Town
aforesaid, during the Term of Seven Years next after the Publica-
tion of this Act, that then, and in such Case, the Owner, or Persons
interested at first in such Land, shall, after such Time expired, be
possessed and interested in the said Lot or Lots as in their first and
former Estate; any thing in this Act to the contrary, notwithstanding.
And be it Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and with the
Advice and Consent aforesaid, That the Town aforesaid be called
by the Name of Jonas Town.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and
with the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That the Commissioners
aforesaid, or the major Part of them, empl[o]y some sufficient Person
for their Clerk; and that they cause such Clerk to take an Oath,
that he shall make true and impartial Entries of their Proceedings,
and assess reasonable Fees for the said Clerk, to be paid him by the
several Takers-up of the said Lots; which said Entries they shall
cause to be made up in a well bound Book, and lodged with the Clerk
of Baltimore Couty Court, for the Inspection of any Person.

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