496 Assembly Proceedings, April 20-May 6, 1736.

Lib. B. L. C.

the said Clerk to be paid him by the severall Takers up of the said
Lots which said Entrys they shall Cause to be made up in a well
bound book and Lodged with the Clerk of Kent County Court for
the Inspection of any person. Saving to his most Sacred Majesty
his heirs and Successors the Right Honourable the Lord Prop^ry his
heirs and Successors and all Bodys Politick and Corporate and to all
persons that heretofore have purchased and had Conveyed to them
any Lot as aforesaid Adjoining to the said Sixty Acres of Land and
all persons not mentioned in this Act their Several & Respective
Rights any thing in this Act to the Contrary notwithstanding.

p. 165

And Be it further Enacted by the Authority advice and Consent
aforesaid that every person taking up or being in possession of any
of the Lots taken up in the aforesaid Town shall be Chargeable with
and Lyable to the payment of One penney Sterling money per
Annum for Each Lott to the said Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary and his Heirs for Ever and the Clerk of the said Commis-
sioners do Transmitt to his Lordships Agent An Account of all
Lotts taken up pursuant to the Direction of this Act. And Whereas
some people have heretofore purchased and have Conveyed to them
Sundry Lots on the Land aforesaid Adjoyning to or near the said
Ferry Landing Be it Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent
aforesaid that the said Sixty Acres aforesaid shall be Laid out with
a little Detriment to such purchasers as possible and that such
former purchasers shall and may have a good and Sufficient title
to their Severall Lots as any after Taker up or purchaser by Virtue
of this Act and performing what is Herein required shall or may
have and that such Lots so as aforesaid heretofore taken up and
Conveyed shall be Reputed and taken to be part of the said George
Town any thing herein or any Law or Custom to the Contrary in
any wise Notwithstanding

Chap. XXII
[Supple-
ments 1731,
ch. 1]
p. 165

A Supplementary Act to An Act Entituled an Act for the Tryal
of all Matters of Fact in the Countys where they have Arisen
or shall Arise the Continuance of Causes in the Provincial Court
and Adjournment of that Court and for Continueing the Same &
for the Continuance of Causes in the Provincial and County
Courts and to Enlarge the time for taking out Execution.
Whereas by the said Act it is Enacted that where any General Ver-
dict shall be found in any Criminal Case against any person before
the said Justices of Assize wherein the Judgment is not Certainly
Known and Settled by Law or wherein the said Justices or Either of
them should be in any Doubt or Under Any Difficulty what Judg-
ment to give upon such Verdict that then and in such Case no Judg-
ment should be given but that the Judgment be referred to be Given
on such Verdict to the Consideration of the Provincial Court who
should and might give Judgment therein by means whereof after