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18 CHARLES Lord BALTIMORE.
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CHAP. XXIII.
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Passed 8th
August 1732.
* 1715, ch. 36. |
An ACT repealing Part of an Act, entitled, * An Act laying an
Imposition of Negroes, and on several Sorts of Liquors
imported;
and also on Irish Servants, to prevent the
Importing
too great a Number of Irish Papists into
this Province. Lib.
B.L.C. fol. 56.
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Such Part of
the Act of
1715, ch. 36,
(viz. §. 7,)
whereby any
Imposition is
laid on Irish
Servants being
Protestants,
is repealed.
No Duty to
be paid on
Importation
of Protestants. |
Be it Enacted,
by the
Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by and with
the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and the Upper
and
Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the same, That
such
Part of the said recited Act, or any other Act of ASsembly of this Province,
wherein, or whereby, any Duty or Imposition is laid on any Irish Servants,
being Protestants, upon, or by reason of their Importation into this Province,
shall be, and by virtue of this Act, is abrogated and repealed.
II. And
that
no Duty of Imposition hereafter, shall or ought to be paid,
for or upon the Importation of any Protestant or Protestants from the Kingdom
of Ireland, or elsewhere, into this Province.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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CHAP. XXIV.
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Passed 8th
August 1732. |
An Act for erecting a Town at the Bridge near the Head of Great-Choptank
River, in Dorchester and Queen-Anne's
Counties. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 57.
N.B. By this Act, (1.)
Commissioners were impowered to purchase, &c. 20 Acres of Land
in each County aforesaid, at Choptank Bridge, lying most convenient
to the River, and cause
the same to be surveyed and laid out into 40 equal Lots, allowing sufficient
Space for Streets, &c.
with Posts towards every Street, &c. and the Lots for better Distinction,
to be Numbered from
One to Forty. (2.) The Owner of the Land on each Side, to have
his first Choice of one
Lot, after which the remaining Lots to be taken up by others: No
Person to purchase more
than one Lot during the first Four Months, and the Lots to be purchased
by the Inhabitants of
the respective Counties: But if the Lots be not taken up by such
Inhabitants within Six Months,
then any other Person to have Liberty to take p the same, paying the Owner
proportionably.
And such proportionable Payment shall give the Purchasers, their Heirs
and Assigns, an absolute
Estate in Fee-simple in the said Lots, they complying with the Requisites
in this Act mentioned.
(3.) The Surveyor to return a Plat of the Town to the Clerk of each
County, to be by them
kept among the Records of the said Counties. (4.) In case the
Takers-up of Lots neglect to
build thereon within 18 Months, an House to cover 400 square Feet, then
may any person
whatsoever enter upon such Lots so not built upon, paying the Sum first
set and assessed upon
such Lots to the Commissioners, or Person by them appointed to receive
the same, for the Public
use and Benefit of the Town. And a House (such as in this Act is
before limited and appointed
to be built by the first Taker-up) built within 18 Months after such his
Entry made,
shall give and settle as good an Estate to such second Taker-up and Builder,
his Heirs and
Assigns, as is by this Act settled upon the first Taker-up and Builder.
(5.) Lots not taken up
within 7 Years after Publication of this Act, shall revert
to the Owner of the Land. (6.) The
Town to be called Bridge-Town. (7.) The Commissioners
to employ a sufficient Clerk, who
(upon Oath) shall make true Entries of their Proceedings, which Entries
made up in a well
bound Book, they shall cause to be lodged with the Clerk of Queen-Anne's
County Court, for
the Inspection of any Person. (8.) A Saving of Rights to the
Crown, the Lord Proprietor, all
Bodies Politic and Corporate, and all Persons not mentioned in this Act.
(9.) Possessors of
Lots to pay One Penny Current Money of Maryland, per Annum, to his
Lordship and his Heirs
for each Lot, for ever.
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CHAP. XXV.
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| Ditto. |
An Act ascertaining the Gauge and Tare of Tobacco Hogsheads.
Lib. B.L.C.
fol. 58. EXP. |
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To be in Force 'til the 29th September 1733.
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CHAP. XXVI.
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| Ditto. |
An Act to explain Part of an Act, entitled, h
An Act for the Advancement of
Justice. Lib. B.L.C. fol.
60. |
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h 1723, ch. 12,
which expired in 1740.
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CHAP. XXVII.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for the speedy Recovery of small Debts, out of Court, before
a single Justice
of the Peace. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 61.
EXP.
To be in Force 3 Years, &c.
Continued 1736, ch. 1; 1742, ch. 2; and 1746, ch. 6;
and
expired in 1750. |
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