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L A fV S of N O R T H - C A p. O L I N A. 99
Briinjv:ick : 'And the Hon-. Roger Moore, Efq-, to make thfcfaid Town more regular, ^- -0.
added another Parcel of Land to the faid Town, and a great Part of the laid Lands
was laid out into Lots, of Half an Acre each, many ot which are taken up, and
good Houles built thereon, and. proper Places weie appointed and given, by the
laid Maurice Moore, for a Church, Court-Houfe, and Burial Place, Market Hcuie,
and other Public Buildings : And whereas, by Reafon of the Death of the faid
Maurice Mocre, and of John Porter, of Cape-Fear, Efq-, who claimed to hold Part
of the faid Lands laid out for a Town^ by Grant from the faid Maurice Mccre, it
is not certainly known to whom the faid Lands be-long, fo that fure Titles may be
had to the Lots as yet unfold, whicii is a great Dilcouragement to the fettling the
faid Town: And whereas the Trade o'i Cape Fear River confiils in Naval Stores,
Rice, and Lumber, Commodities of great Bulk and fmall Value, all due Encour-agement
ought to be g^'en to large Ships to cone into the faid River, to take off
the faid Commodities •, and as all large Ships which come into the laid River, are
obliged to lie at Brunfwick, and that Town, for Want of a fufScient Number of
Inhabitants, and by Reafon of the eafy Navigation thereunto, is much expofed to
the Invafion of foreign Enemies in Tim.e of VVar, and Pirates in Time of Peace,
nothing can be greater Encouragement for Ships to comie there, than a Certainty of
being well fupplied with Neceflaries, and well fecured, during the Tim.e they lie
there, which can no Way be better done than by increafing the Number of the In-habitants
of the faid Town : For the etrev5cing of v/hich, and remicdying the Incon-venicncies
above mentioned, and fettling and fecuring the Titles to the faid Lots in
the faid Town
;
MJ-II.
WE pray your Mod Sacred Majefry that it may be Enafted, Aid he it
Enacted, by his Excellency Gabriel Johnilon, Eff, Governor, by and ivith the Advice
and Confent of his Majefty's Council, and General Ajjemhfy of this Province, and by the
'Authority of the fa:ne. That the faid Lands appropriated and laid out for a I'own
and Common, by the faid Maurice Mccre and Roger Moore, be, and they are hereby
declared to be, from henceforward, inverted in the Hon. Edivard Mofeley and Rcrer
Moore, Efqrs. and William Dry, John Wright, and Richard S>uince, Merchants, in
Fee, to and for the Truft and Purpofes herein after mentioned, and their Succeflbrs,
as Commiflloners for the faid Town of Brunfwick ; to be difpofed of in Manner and
Form as herein after is direded.
jmmiflionei'S.
living, ;.c. (therl
to be cholcn.
III. AND be it further EnaJled, by the Authority aforefaid. That on the Death s.e Aa, 176
or Departure of any of the faid Commiflloners out of this Province, at any Time 'IxxTiln ihu
'
hereafter, the remaining Comm.iflioners, or the Majority of them, are hereby fully ciaufe,
authorized and impowered to elecl and choofe fome other Pcribn or Perfons to fuc-ceed
fuch Commiffioner or Commiffions fo dying or departing as aforefaid ; which
Perfon or Perfons fo eleded or chofen, fliall be, and they are hereby inverted with
as full Power and Authority, to ail Intents and Purpofes, as if they had been par-ticularly
named in this Aft.
IV. AND he it further Enabled, by the Authority aforefaid. That the. Honour- Trearurer xp^
able Roger Moore, Efq-, rtiall be Treafurer and Receiver of all the Monies arifing,
p"'"""*
or to arife, by the Sale of the faid Lots ; and on his Death, or Departure out of
this Province, then the Majority of the CommifTioners to choofe another, he giving
Security, to the faid CommifTioners, that he will be accountable for all the Monies
which he fliall receive for the faid Lots.
_V. AND be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Com- ccmmiffionets to
mifTioners, or any Three of them, as loon as they conveniently can, fhall lay out fo '."y °"' thex-wn
much of the faid Lands, fronting the River, for a Town, into Lots of Half an slrem!''
'""^
Acre each, with convenient Streets and PafTages, as they fliall think fufiicient, and
the Remainder thereof, not laid out into Lots, fliall be, and it is hereby declared to be
a Common, for the Public Ufe of the Inhabitants of the faid Town ; a Plan of which
Tov/n and Common the Commiflloners fhall record in the Secretary's Oflice, by which
N 2
'
Plan,
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| Full Text | L A fV S of N O R T H - C A p. O L I N A. 99 Briinjv:ick : 'And the Hon-. Roger Moore, Efq-, to make thfcfaid Town more regular, ^- -0. added another Parcel of Land to the faid Town, and a great Part of the laid Lands was laid out into Lots, of Half an Acre each, many ot which are taken up, and good Houles built thereon, and. proper Places weie appointed and given, by the laid Maurice Moore, for a Church, Court-Houfe, and Burial Place, Market Hcuie, and other Public Buildings : And whereas, by Reafon of the Death of the faid Maurice Mocre, and of John Porter, of Cape-Fear, Efq-, who claimed to hold Part of the faid Lands laid out for a Town^ by Grant from the faid Maurice Mccre, it is not certainly known to whom the faid Lands be-long, fo that fure Titles may be had to the Lots as yet unfold, whicii is a great Dilcouragement to the fettling the faid Town: And whereas the Trade o'i Cape Fear River confiils in Naval Stores, Rice, and Lumber, Commodities of great Bulk and fmall Value, all due Encour-agement ought to be g^'en to large Ships to cone into the faid River, to take off the faid Commodities •, and as all large Ships which come into the laid River, are obliged to lie at Brunfwick, and that Town, for Want of a fufScient Number of Inhabitants, and by Reafon of the eafy Navigation thereunto, is much expofed to the Invafion of foreign Enemies in Tim.e of VVar, and Pirates in Time of Peace, nothing can be greater Encouragement for Ships to comie there, than a Certainty of being well fupplied with Neceflaries, and well fecured, during the Tim.e they lie there, which can no Way be better done than by increafing the Number of the In-habitants of the faid Town : For the etrev5cing of v/hich, and remicdying the Incon-venicncies above mentioned, and fettling and fecuring the Titles to the faid Lots in the faid Town ; MJ-II. WE pray your Mod Sacred Majefry that it may be Enafted, Aid he it Enacted, by his Excellency Gabriel Johnilon, Eff, Governor, by and ivith the Advice and Confent of his Majefty's Council, and General Ajjemhfy of this Province, and by the 'Authority of the fa:ne. That the faid Lands appropriated and laid out for a I'own and Common, by the faid Maurice Mccre and Roger Moore, be, and they are hereby declared to be, from henceforward, inverted in the Hon. Edivard Mofeley and Rcrer Moore, Efqrs. and William Dry, John Wright, and Richard S>uince, Merchants, in Fee, to and for the Truft and Purpofes herein after mentioned, and their Succeflbrs, as Commiflloners for the faid Town of Brunfwick ; to be difpofed of in Manner and Form as herein after is direded. jmmiflionei'S. living, ;.c. (therl to be cholcn. III. AND be it further EnaJled, by the Authority aforefaid. That on the Death s.e Aa, 176 or Departure of any of the faid Commiflloners out of this Province, at any Time 'IxxTiln ihu ' hereafter, the remaining Comm.iflioners, or the Majority of them, are hereby fully ciaufe, authorized and impowered to elecl and choofe fome other Pcribn or Perfons to fuc-ceed fuch Commiffioner or Commiffions fo dying or departing as aforefaid ; which Perfon or Perfons fo eleded or chofen, fliall be, and they are hereby inverted with as full Power and Authority, to ail Intents and Purpofes, as if they had been par-ticularly named in this Aft. IV. AND he it further Enabled, by the Authority aforefaid. That the. Honour- Trearurer xp^ able Roger Moore, Efq-, rtiall be Treafurer and Receiver of all the Monies arifing, p"'"""* or to arife, by the Sale of the faid Lots ; and on his Death, or Departure out of this Province, then the Majority of the CommifTioners to choofe another, he giving Security, to the faid CommifTioners, that he will be accountable for all the Monies which he fliall receive for the faid Lots. _V. AND be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Com- ccmmiffionets to mifTioners, or any Three of them, as loon as they conveniently can, fhall lay out fo '."y °"' thex-wn much of the faid Lands, fronting the River, for a Town, into Lots of Half an slrem!'' '""^ Acre each, with convenient Streets and PafTages, as they fliall think fufiicient, and the Remainder thereof, not laid out into Lots, fliall be, and it is hereby declared to be a Common, for the Public Ufe of the Inhabitants of the faid Town ; a Plan of which Tov/n and Common the Commiflloners fhall record in the Secretary's Oflice, by which N 2 ' Plan, |
