Acts. 565

thereon build according to the Dimensions prescribed by the
said Laws or any of them in any Town Land, Laid out, and
allotted for a Towne by the former Laws, or any of them their
Heires and assignes shall have hold and Enjoy a good sure
and Indefeasable Estate of Inheritance in fee simple of in and

to such Lott and Lotts so taken up and built upon as af^d

Provided that where the owner of any Tract of Land Laid out
for a towne by any of the af^d Acts is unpaid for any Lott taken
up and built upon according to the Directions of the said Law
such Owner may (after Request made) have an action of Debt
for the Vallue of such Lott according to the Valluation of the
Comissioners or Jurors Impowered to Vallue the same by such
former Law against any Taker up or owner of any such Lott
or Lotts that hath not paid for the same his heires Ex^rs or
adm^rs in any of her Maj^tys Courts of Record within this province
that Can hold plea of the same.

Lib. L. L.
No. 64.

Provided further that this Act nor any thing therein Con-
tained shall Extend or be Construed to Extend to prejudice
the Right of Richard Bennet Esq^r to such part of the Land
Layd out for a Town in Worton Creek in Kent County
whereon his houses orchards & Improvements were at the
time of Laying out of that Towne.
And Be it ffurther Enacted by the authority advice and
Consent af^d that where any person or persons whatsoever have
taken up any Lot or Lotts by Vertue of the before Recited
acts of Assembly since the first day of Aug' one thousand
seven hundred & nine, and paid for the same to the owner
but not built thereon being discouraged by her Maj^tys Disal-
lowance of the said Acts, shall and may (by Virtue of this Act)
have the money or tobacco repaid him or them by the person
or persons that Received the same their Ex" or adm^rs and for
non payment (after Demand made) to Recover and sue for the
same in any Court that may hold plea thereof. And be it
ffurther Enacted by the authority af^d that all and Every Lot or
Lotts parcell or portion of Ground assigned to the use of any
Comunity and paid for and built upon according to the direc-
tions of any the af^d acts before her Maj^tys Disallowance to the
said acts was notifyed shall remain to such Comunity for
whose use it was built, her Maj^tys Disallowance of the said acts
afterwards notwithstanding.
And Whereas sundry persons have taken up Lotts in Divers
Townes of this province and have begun to build so that they
have Erected fframes though not Quite ffinished, their houses
according to the Directions of the af^d Town Laws. Be it En-
acted by the authority af^d by and with the advice and Consent
af^d that all such persons who have taken up Lotts and Erected
fframes in such Townes shall have and Enjoy a sure and

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