392 LAWS of NoRTH-CAROLiWA.
A. D. 1768. proper Perfons for defigning, ere£ting, and compleatly finifhing, a convenient Dwel-
^-""^^r"'^ iing-Houle, with all necellary Offices, for the Ule of hiiTilclf and hiS SuccLlTors^
Governors and Commanders in Chief of this Province: And whereas, purfuant to
the Power and Authority of the faid Ad:, his Excellency has thought it mod proper
and convenient that a Square in the faid Town, containing Twelve Lots, bounded
by Eden $treet, PoUock Street, Metcalf Street, and Front Street, Vv'ith ihc Water
Fronts belonging thereto, fliould be purchafed for the faid intended Building, and
hath agreed with proper Perfons for defigning, erecting, and finifhing the faid I Joufe
and OlHces •, but the legal Title to fome ol the faid Lots being vefttd in Perfons
out of the Province, or Infants or Truftees, or Perfons at prefent unknown, his
Excellency hath not yet been able to make a Purchafe, or obtain proper Convey-ances
for Ibme of the laid Lots : For effecting therefore a full, complete, and ab-folute
Title to the Whole of the faid Lots and Water Fronts, and veiling the fame
according to the Intention of the faid A6t of AlTembly •,
M-nncr of veft- jj^ . y[ ^Y It plesfc your Excellency that it may be Enabled, And le it EnaTed^
the Goveinur.
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hy the Govemor, Council, and /ijjhnbly, and by the Authority cj the fa..'te. That it fliail
and may be lawful to and for the Inferior Court oi Craven County, and the faid
Court is hereby impowered, authorized, and required, at the Firfl Court to be held
for the faid County alter the Firfl Day of March next, to iffue a Warrant or War-rants,
Precept or Precepts, direded to the Sheriff ol Craven County alorefaid, who
is hereby authorized, direded, and required, accordingly to fummon, impanncl,
and return to the faid Court, a competent Number of lubftantial diiintereiled Per-fons,
qualified to ferve on Juries, and not lefs than Twenty Four -, and out of fuch
Perfons lo to be impannelled, fummoned, and returned, a Jury of Twelve Perfons
fhall be drawn by lome Perlon by the faid Inferior Court to be appointed, in fuch
Manner as Juries for the Trial of Caufes in the Superior Court, by the A<51 of Af-fembly
now in Force, are diredled to be drawn •, which Perfons fo to be impannel-ed,
fummoned, and returned as aforefaid, are hereby required to come and appear*
before the faid Court, at fuch Time and Place as in fuch Warrant or Warrant.',
J'recept or Precepts, fhall be directed and appointed •, and to attend there, from Day
to Day, until difciiarged by the faid Court -, and all Perfons concerned fhall have
their lawful Challenges (but not challenge the Array of the Pannell) againfl any of
the faid Jurymen when they come to be Iworn : And the faid Court is hereby autho-rized
and impowered, by Precept or Order, from Time to Time, to require the At-tendance
of all and every Perlon or Perfons whatever who Oiall be thought neceffaiy
to be examined as Witneffes before them, and to examine them on their Oath or
Oaths touching and concerning the Premifes : And the faid Court may likewife, if
the Jullices prefent ihall think fit, authorize the faid Jury to view the fevcral Lots
contained in the faid Square and Water Fronts, in fuch Manner as they fhall dirtd ;
and fuch Jury, Witnelfes, and Parties, Ihall attend until all fuch Matters for which
they were fummoned Ihall be concluded : And faid Jury, upon their Oaths, fhall
enquire of the Value of fuch Lots of Land, with the Appurtenance , which is here-tofore
mentioned as necelfary to be purchafed, and of the refpedlive Ellate and In-tereft
of every Perfon feized, poffeffed of, or interefled therein, or in any Part
thereof-, and fuch Jury fhall affefs the Sum or Sums to be paid to every fuch Perfon
or Perfons, for the Purchafe of fuch their Ellate and Intereft which fliall be neceffary
to be purchafed : And the faid Court fliall record the Verdicl of tlse Jury, for fuch
Sum or Sums of Money fo to be afft-ffed ; which faid Verdidl or Verdifts, and the
Judgment, Decree, and Determination thereon, lliall be binding and conclufive, to
all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever, as well againfl the King's Majelly, his Htiis
and Succeffors, and all and every other Perfon and Perfons, Bodies politick and
corporate, claiming any Ellate, Right, Title, Trull, Ufe, or Intereft, in, to, or
out of the faid Lots of Land, either in Polfcffion, Reverfion, Remainder, or Ex-peftancy,
as well Infants as Iffue unborn, Lunatick, Idiot, and FemeCovtrt, and
Perfons under any other legal Incapacity or Difability ; and all other Cejim qu^
Trulls, his, her, and their Heirs, Succeffors, Executors, and Adminillrators, as
againfl all other Perfons whomfoever ; and the faid Verdid, Judgment, and Decree,
and
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