ioo
A. D. 1745.
To hy rut pro-per
Places for a
Church, Eurial-
To convey L^ts
to any l'erf:n,
on Fdyra';n[ ot
31.
Lots to be faved
irt two Years, or
fjifcit.d.
Monty arifing by
Sale of forfeited
L'.ts, to be paid
to the Paiiih.
Comm'flVin*rs t>
fell one L't, to
d'.fray the Ex-pence
of laying
cut the Town,
What <hi\\ he a.
good Title to
L'lts, where the
Owner cannot
prove it.
Lits not dif;)ofed
uf byProprietcr?,
LAWS of North-Carolina.
Plan, fo recorded, all Difputes hereafter concerning the Lots, Streets, and Paflages,
of the faid Town, and alio the Common, fhall be decided.
VI. AND he it further Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid. That if the faid
Commiflioners, or the Majority of them, Ihall think the Places already laid out for
a Church, Burial Place, Market Houfe, and other Public Buildings, not convenient
for the faid Ufes, that then the faid CommilTioners, or the Majority of them, fliall
lay out and appropriate fuch other Places, for the Ufes aforciaid, as they fliali think
moft convenient.
VII. AND he it further Ena5fed, by the Authority aforefaid. That every. Perfon
who is willino- or dehrous to be an Inhabitant of the laid Tov/n, Ihall have Liberty
to take up any Lot or Lots fo laid out as aforefaid, and not before taken up, pay-jno-
unto the Treafurer or Receiver for the Time being the Sum of Three Pounds,
Proclamation Money ; vv'hich Lot or Lots the Commiffioners aforefaid, or any
Three of them, are hereby required, direfted, and impowered, to grant and convey
to the Perfon fo taking up the fame, and to his Heirs and Afllgns, for ever : Forty
Shillings whereof Ihall be paid, by the faid Treafurer, to fuch Perfon or Perfons,
his or their Heirs, who hath the Title to the faid Lands, and Twenty Shillings,
Remainder thereof, to the Churchv/ardens of St. Philip's Parifh, in Ne'jj Hanover
County i to be diipofed of as the Veflry of the faid Parifli fliall dired.
VIII. PROVIDED alivays. That if any Perfon fliall take up or purchafe
any Lot, in Manner as before direded, and fliall not build thereon, within Two
Years after the Date of the Conveyance for the faid Lot, a good fubflrantial habita-ble
Houle, of the Dimenfions of Twenty Feet long, and Sixteen Feet wide, v/ith-put
Shed, or make fuch Preparation for fo c oing as the Commiflioners, or the Ma-jority
of them, fhall judge reafonable, then every fuch Conveyance fhall be null and.
void, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the fame had never been' made; and any
Other Perion or Perfons fliall have free Liberty to take up the faid Lot or Lots, in
the fame Manner as before is. direded, aa if the fame had never been before taken •
up.
IX. AND he it further Enacted, by the Authority aforefaid. That all Money
ariflng by fuch fecond or other Sale of the faid Lot or Lots, Ihall be paid by the
Treafurer or Receiver, to the Churchwardens of St. Philip's Parifli aforefaid, to be
difpofed of as the Veftry of the laid Parifli fliall direft.
X. AND he it further Enacted, hy the Authority aforefaid. That the Com-miflioners,
or the Majority of them, fliall have full Power and Authority, and they
are hereby authorized and impowered, to fell and convey, in Manner aforefaid, one
or more of the faid Lots, as they fhall find neceflary 5 and apply the Money ariflng
by the Sale of the faid Lots, to defray the Charges they fliall be at in furveying and
laying out the faid Lots and Common, and making and recording the Plan thereof.
XI. AN D he it further EnaHed, hy the Authority aforefaid. That every Perfcn
who is now feized and poiTefTed of any Lot, and hath, by himfelf, or thofe under
whom he claims, been fo feized or pofTefTed for Seven Years, lafl: pafl-, and cannot
produce any Title to the fame, fliail make it appear to the Commiflioners, or the
Majority of them, that he purchafed the faid Lots, bona fide; and if the faid Com-miflioners,
or the Majority of them, fhall be fatisfied that he purchafed the faid
Lots, bona file, then they fhall give him a Certificate thereof, under their Hands
and Seals : Which Certificate, being regifl:ered in the Regiflier's Office of iVfc:- Han-over
County, fliall be a fufiicient Title againll all Titles bearing 'Date after the Ra-tification
of this Aft ; and v/here any Lot doth belong to any Perfon deceafcd, his
Executors or Adminiflrrators fhall have the fame Liberty or Privilege.
XII. AND be it further Enacted, }yy the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon
or Perfons pofTeffed of any of the faid Lots, die without Heirs, or fliall not make
Dii'Dofition
