The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-04-12

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was nothing to prevent the institu-
ton of proceedings before His
Majesty to that end.
And 50 the matter renamed until
after the revolutionary war had
ended, and in the mean time the
colony of Virginia as has been
shown above, continued to exercise
Jurisdiction over the territory south
of the North Branch and Lord Fair
fax claimed to the boundaries estab-
lished by the King in 1745, and
granted patents for the lands in said
territory aud surveyed off for his
own use large tracts that he called
manor lands.
MARYLAND LAND BOUNDARY.
1t appears that during the revo-
lutionarv war the State of Maryland
| by various acts of her General
Assembly agreed to give bountieS of
fifty acres of land each, to her SOL
diers in SAID war. And by act OF
1881. chapter 20, all the lands
within the State, in Washington
county westward of Fort Cumber-
land, with certain exceptions speci-
fed therein, were appropriated to
discharge the engagement Of land
therefore made to the officers and
soldiers of said State and the resi-
due to the use of the public as the
General Assembly should thereafter
direct.
And by resolution adopted by
the General Assembly of Maryland,
at its April session in 1897, the gov
ernor and council were authorized
to appoint and dmploy some skillful
person to lay out the manors and
such parts of the reserves 5and
vacant land belonging to the State
lying to the westward of Fort Cum
berland as he might think fit and
capable of being settled and I'M
proved into lots of fifty acres.
FRANCIS DEAKINS' SURVEY OF
MILITARY LOTS.
In 1888 the General Assembly of
Maryland passed the act (Act 1888.
CHI p. Az reciting the above men
toned acts and resolutions and the
appointment Of Francis Deakins,
and that said Deakins had finished
the said survey and returned gen
eral plat of the country westward
of Fort Cumberland, on which +, 165
lots of so acres each are laid off.
besides sundry tracts which have
been patented, distinguishing on
the plats those lots which have been
settled and improved from those
which remain uncultivated ; that
SAID Francis Deakins had returned
two books entitled A and B, IN
which are entered certificates of all
the lots before mentioned; that 636
of said lots had been settled and
improved by settlers; that there
were about 2575 soldiers entitled TO
said bounty, and that about 100
lots ought to be set apart for the
recruiting officers; therefore en-
acted that 2,575 Of the aforesaid
lots lying in the most fertile part Of
the country and contained in the
following limits, to wit: Beginning
at the mouth of Savage river and
running with the North Branch of
the Potomac river to the head
thereof; then with the present sup
posed boundary line of Maryland
until the intersection of an east line
to be drawn from said boundary
line with north course from the
mouth of Savage river will include
the number of lots aforesaid to be
distributed by lot among the Said
soldiers and recruiting officers, and
their legal representatives.. etc. also
that the lots so granted to the Off
GERS aforesaid shall be adj cent to
those hereinafter directed to be dis
tributed to the soldiers, and shall
be- contained within the following
limits, to wit: BY extending the
aforesaid north course from the
mouth of Savage river until its
intersection with an east line to be
drawn from the aforesaid supposed
boundary line of Maryland will
include the necessary number,
allowing to each officer or his repre-
sentatiyes four lots us aforesaid.
And also further enacted that
any of the said lots not tn rein
appropriated should be liable to be-
taken up in the usual manner by
warrants, etc.
Said act continues as follows:
And be it enacted that the line to
which the said Francis Deakins has
laid out the said lots is in the opin-
ion of the General Assembly far
within that which this State may
rightfullv claim as it's western
boundary, and that at time of
more leisure the consideration of
the Legislature ought to be drawn
to the western boundaries of the
State us objects Of very great i'm
portance. Said act further pro
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