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the faid town, in the place of him fo dying', refufitlg to aft, or removing out of the rcunty ; which new director, f©
nominated and appointed, lhall from thenceforth have the like power and authority, in all things in the matters here-
)ii contained, as if he had been exprefsly named and appointed in and by this aft : and when the laid town (hall be la,d
oft", the faid director?, or a majority of them, arc hereby impowcred to remove the court-houfe, and other pubhc
buildings, 10 a more convenient part of the town, which may or ihail be laid oft for that purpole.
VII. Provided mve-thelefs, that the laid Jonathan Phelps lhall have, to his own ufe, his dwelling-houle, and other
out-houles, with I'uch lots as he lhall choole adjoining them, not exceeding four lots, excluiiveoi the faid one hundred
acres : and the court of the laid county, or their lucceilors, lhall not have power to appoint a public or other ferry at
the laid town, in prejudice to the laid jcru.ihi.n 1 hdpi ; but that the keeping cl the laid lerry lhall remain to the faid
Jonathan Phelps, his heirs and afligns, until he or they lhall rciule to comply with the terms by law piefcribed for e-recting
and keeping public ferries.
XXXII George IT. The 23d of November, 1758.
Chap. XVI. An aft for eflabllfiing a train on the lands formerly bflinging to Zachariah Nixon, lying on the ncrth eafl
fide o- Littlerifoar, w»Pafquotank<ro»»(y.
I. TT7KEHEAS it hath been reprefented to the Ailemb!y,t bat m the year of our lord on: rhoufand feven hundred and
YV forty fix, one hundred and lixty one and a half acres of land was purchaled lor a town and commons, fifty
acres ot which hath beenlaid out in halt acre lots, with convenient ftreets ; that there are now upwards of twenty ha-bitable
houfes erected thereon, and upwards of leventy inhabitants j and that the fame might fp'OSi be improved, if it
was erected into a town by lawful authority :
II. Be it therefore enafted, by the Governor, Council, and AJfemhh, and by the authority of the fame, that the faid
one hundred and tixty one and an half acres of land, be, and the fame is hereby conltttuted, erected, and eltablifhed a
town, and loan com nons, and lhall be called by the name of Nixon town.
III. And be it further enafted, by the authority afore/aid, that from and after palling this r.ft, Jofeph Robinfon , Thomas
Nicholfn, William Lane, Aaron Morris, and Francis Nixon, be, and rhey, and every of them, are hereby coniiituted
director;, and truitees, for defignmg, building, and carrying on the faid town ; and they mall Hand feized of an indefea-liole
eltate, in fee, in the faid one Hundred and tixty one and a half acres of land, to and for the ules, intents, and pur-poses,
heron exprelfed and declared ; and that the faid directors, or an/ three of them, lhall hzve lull power and au-thority
to meet as often as they (hall think necelTirv, and cau!e an exact plan ot one hundred acres of faid land to be
made, as near as may be, agreeable to the (treits already laid out, aid to infert a mark or number of each lot ; which
plan lhall be kept in fome convenient place in the laid town, for the view of iuch perfons who have, or incline to have,
a lot or lots in the fame.
IV. Provid.d neverthelefs, that nothing in this act contained lhall be cenftrued or extend to grant power to the faid
directors, or their lucceilors, to difpofe of, or interfere with, the titles any lot or lots already laved in the laid
town, or for which uny perfou or perfons have;, it the time of palling this aft, a deed of lab or conveyance, figned and
executed according to law, either by Zachariah Sixon, in his lifetime, or by the perfons unpowered by his Jalt will and
teltament, to do the fame : but fucn deeds and conveyances as aforelaid, provided the lot or lots therein mentioned
has or have been faved, or be hereafter laved within three years a:ter the palling this aft, in the fame manner ns the
lots hereafter to be granted are to be faved, purluant to the directions of this aft, are hereby conlirmed, in fee, to iuch
perlbn or perfons, a.idtohisor their heirs and alligus, for ever.
V. And whereas it may be thac lome perfon or perfons, owner or owners of one or more faved lots in the faid
town, has, or have neglected 10 have the faid lot or lots made over to them by deed or conveyance, by either the laid
Zachariah Nixon, in his lifetime, or by the perfons appointed by his lat will and teltament lo to do fin<e his deceafe :
in order therefore to quiec and lecure the laid perfon or perfons in tne poflfeifion of his or their lot or Jots, it is hereby
enafted, by the authority afo'refaid, tint the laid dii ; dors, or the m ijority Or them, fnall, at the proper colt and cha-ges
of the perlon or perlons having one or more laved lots n jt made over to them, make and execute deeds for granting
and conveying th^ lame to him or them, hu and thf ir heirs and ailigns, for ever.
VI. And be itfurther -enafted, by the autha '-', thd\ the laid directors, or a majority of them, within one
month after the layin<* outof the faid town, and making the pl..n thereof, lhall appoint a time, and give public notice
thereof, and fo from u lie to time, as often is they Hull think it necellaryj to nuke lale of any lot or lo*s therein laving
vacant or unimproved, 10 the high t ft bidder : and the'ia'id directors, dr amajoriWof theni; fhalrni.ike at d'eXet&te
<jeeu\s for granting j:i ! co IV ryillg the fame to fu :h purchafer, hi s heirs and alfigns, for evt r. at the ct 11 and charge of
the grantee to whom he fame lhall be conveyed ; and every perfon claiming any lot or tot<- b> virtue of any lutli con-veyance,
(hall and n av hold and enjoy the lame in ce limplc.
VII. Provided neverthelefs,, that every granteeW any lot or lots in the &M town fo convened, frail, vtt'iin three
years next after the- dare or the purchafe, erect, build and (inifh on eacbfifrf 'o conveyed, me good habr'able Ivile,
* i to a jridt (>• ftvne chimney, riven y fee lorg, ii!t;-e i f'cft wid , and nine feet pn'ch' in ihe clear, or pro or: oilafcljg
ttlo>.!i dimeufions, if iuch grantee fliali have t,vo or'iia'ore lals contiguous ; and ii the ov. r.er olsny lutfhafJ no: co.nply
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the faid town, in the place of him fo dying', refufitlg to aft, or removing out of the rcunty ; which new director, f©
nominated and appointed, lhall from thenceforth have the like power and authority, in all things in the matters here-
)ii contained, as if he had been exprefsly named and appointed in and by this aft : and when the laid town (hall be la,d
oft", the faid director?, or a majority of them, arc hereby impowcred to remove the court-houfe, and other pubhc
buildings, 10 a more convenient part of the town, which may or ihail be laid oft for that purpole.
VII. Provided mve-thelefs, that the laid Jonathan Phelps lhall have, to his own ufe, his dwelling-houle, and other
out-houles, with I'uch lots as he lhall choole adjoining them, not exceeding four lots, excluiiveoi the faid one hundred
acres : and the court of the laid county, or their lucceilors, lhall not have power to appoint a public or other ferry at
the laid town, in prejudice to the laid jcru.ihi.n 1 hdpi ; but that the keeping cl the laid lerry lhall remain to the faid
Jonathan Phelps, his heirs and afligns, until he or they lhall rciule to comply with the terms by law piefcribed for e-recting
and keeping public ferries.
XXXII George IT. The 23d of November, 1758.
Chap. XVI. An aft for eflabllfiing a train on the lands formerly bflinging to Zachariah Nixon, lying on the ncrth eafl
fide o- Littlerifoar, w»Pafquotank |
