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BITS OF DORCHESTER
HISTORY OF INTEREST
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/ The following statutes We're pass
! ed in the years '5p-l '5Z DE the
! Council Tor the province eol Mary
/ land, and the references therein are
/ extremely interesting TO the cltiZehs
! OF inns county:
/ AN ACT for the erecting OF a TOWN
! At the biidge near 1he Head ul
| Great thoptank RlNef, III DofcheN-
ter and Queen Anne Counties.
1 hereaS, The inhabitants OF DOT
! chester and Queen Anne counties, bl
their petition, have made appear TO
| TINS Assembly, lhe great Deheh'"
that may arise to themselves. ana
others, by having q town vrected and
! laid out at the bridge, near the head
! OF Ga eat thoptanl RIVER, IN Dor
chester and Queen-Anne counties
BE II Enacted. by the Right Hon
orabie. the Lord Proprietary. by ana
with the advice and consent OF MS
LordSnip governor, ana IN" lppef
and Lower Houses OF Assembly, ana
the authority OF the same, thdj MI.
Peter Taylor. Captain Henry HOOP
er, Mr. John " hlte. Mr.. William
HemSleE. Mr.. solomon Clayton. and
Mr.. Edward Wright, or any inree OF
! them, shall 70" ana are hereb! ap-
pointed Commissioners FOR the roull-
, ties aforesaid. and are hereby au-
thorlzed and Empowered. as wei 10
agree for III" buying ana purchasing
forty acres OF land; thal Is 10 say!
twenty acres IN each county afofe-
said. at the said thoptank Bridge,
and Surh part, NOT exceeding forty
acres. a lies most convenient 40 the
SaId klNef. a. Iof surveying anu lay
ing out the same, IN the most con-
Nenirnt manner, into forty equal
lots, to be erected into d town.
And be il further Enacted. that
the Commissioners aforesaid hefelh
before nominated ana appointed OF
the MAJOR part OF lnehl, are hereDA
Empowered. some tine before the
last day OF March. which shall be in
the year OF our Lord God. one Thou
sand Seven Hundred ana 1hlll!
Three, to meet together 1t the SalG
Bridge. or some other convenient
place thereto, and shan then ana
there treat ana agree with 'Ite oN heI
or owners. amt persons interested Ill
| the SAID loi'\ acres CT iahd' ana al
ter purchase jh"feoi, ShdI cause the
, sam" 70 ." surveyed, Idiu ou'' anu
divided. as near ~ may be, INTO Tor
/ - equal Ioi-. allowing "u'h Euincleht
Srd'" or quantity 'll|Itot' lot hifeetS,
lanes. ana alleys, as 10 jhem ShalI
seem meet. VITA posts or stakes to-
wards every street. lane. OF alley;the
/ tald lots TO be numbered one, TWO,
'hre" ana so on /" loFJE, iof lhe pet
ter 3"I more sure distinguishing
each lot from me o'her. Ot Whlch
/ forty lots. the owner or owners OF
the SdId lahu on each s'ide' Shail
nave ms OF lh"iF HrSl thoIce LOT one
lot ana after Such chOlce, the re-
naming lots may be taken up by
others, ana mat no person snail pre-
sumo 10 purchase more IMAM one IOt
within the said forty acres 10 be LAID
OUT, a. aforesaid. during the first
iouf months after laNIhS out the
same, ana that the Sdld lolS Snall De
purchased by the inhabitants OF
| each county Whefe the twenty acres
Oh lahd on edch sue OF the SdIu IINeI
shall be situated. ANA IN case the
said inhabitants shall not take up
the said lots within SIN months after
such laying out, as aforesaid, II
shall then be lawful for any person
or persons WhatsoeFer' 10 take up
any such lot or IotS' paying the own
ef or owners proper lioidol! loi the
same. And IN case the owner OF
owners OF the said forty acres OF
land, shaI WllIullE refuse TO MAKE
Sale VI tl'o ss'iIe, " ~ u - :,
coNertuIe, OF an! otueI ulsdpiilt! vi
iilpeuiiileht Ia ISotN eIs are uiS"pieu
TO make such Sale dS aloIesalu' thdt "
tieh tue "ioi ,a e7S
the MAYOR part oi theIt' sn"lI "n'
are D! virtue Vi 'nlS ACt' "ulhol !1e.r iAeu'
lhlpo"eieu' ana IGqulIeu " ssue
wal aus uuuTl siieli nolauo "o -
seaIs' " tiie one III VI oi 'i1D
sdlu county "AIeh Salu oneliI VI
oherlis are dlSo IeiepS Iequlteu ,t anu
lll pow el eu' upoh Iecelpl u su' Il Il
va heH' " IN t CIV .!, -
jury Vi tHe mus HucoIall'l@i &C
hoIue!S' llii"pl''I'9 WIN I'm 90
countIeS' ~ oe anu "ppe'i ~ 1r
| sdlu Colil lilliil9SlollGiS az q 'eI "a, e"lh @ u"!
VI Illie u! lLlelii llliiI'eu hl'h Jui
upon tneii odt4S' SndIi Alq ull "
WnoHi lne Sdlu ldhu pelohS 80 "ll" , "a
| sess ana return Hh@' uailt" g ''ii,' Nv
iecolli pence tiloE oiie'ii min ~ ~
dNdlueu " the y" heiS VI 'i' ''i,'
twenty acres Vi idhu y ihS On 0"Cn
| SIDE OIL the Sald river, anu 10 an
persons Interested thefelh' accolulns
10 thelr seNeral ana IeSpeCtIFe me
ests; ana Wnat sum OF lopacco tne
| sald jury or JurleS snali auJuuse 'ns
| Sdlu I"eht! 'CleS VI 4anu "
ers so found by their verdict, and to
| all person or persons they find inter