in alter is dir2<3:ed, it (hall and may be lawful for Samuel " inflon John Slarkey, Jonathan Frectnain, Samuel James,
and James Foil, Efquires, who are hereby nominated and appointed commhTi'mers. with full power and authority^ to
lay out one hundred acres of land, at the laid Mittdtifs point. for' a :••. wn. by the name of J&Hnfiin ; and they, or the
major part of them, are hereby directed and impoweredj to :
\\ ii ed acre's; at a. id aujo'iiiing the laid poityj
info lots of halt an acre each, with convenient ftVe'ers, and a frpi . ftiftl:c rjii li igs.
]J[. And be it further enailed, by ihe-tiutbsrky mraiflicmers', or the major part of them,
have laid out the laid town into lots and (rreett as 'or:<:.i J, ever • ;-, who is wilting to be an inha-bitant
ct the faid town, fliall have liberty to take Up a-ny !. ; uot before taken up
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which lor or Iocs the cooimiifiotiers before appointed, or the majority 6i them, are hereby impowei cd to grantj coiiVcy
end ackpowledge, to the perj'og cr per'bus io taking up the fame, a i.i .. itrrrts forever, in fc-e iimple, upon
the payment 01 ten fhillings, proclamation money, or the-. ii| ciureucy
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to, the treasurer herein after
IV. And be it further enccled, by the authority afhrefaid^ that Jam 'Foil, Efq-; b.e, avid is hereby appointed trea-furer
and receiver of all fucli fum and funis pf money which f •>;' aj ife . the f«te o! lie dud lots, for the ulcs hereaf-ter
mentioned ; and on the death or departure, o.ut of the government oi i lie laid ti eafurer, the laid conimiflioners, or
ihe major part of them, (hall appoint iome orher pe'rio'h treafurcr, in the place of the laid trearbrer.
V. And be it further enacleil, by the- authority itfope/hid, th r. th; wvaUi: cr hereba appointed, and every trealurer
that (hall or may he hereafter appoipjed by the cdiiimiifibners as ai : ' gi\ e |ectlr|ty to the county court, that
hefha'l and will account with, and pa) in all ti-j monies he fhalj re :e;v'e by the iale of all and every the lot and lots
that (hall be fold yearly, on the twenty fi;t!i d y of iff, rch
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to Mr. r, ;v the proprietor or the laid land.
VI. Provided"at ::.:• r, tha: if any lot 6r'Jbts\ma)i be grained and conveyed, by the (aid commiihoncrs, to any per-fon
or perfons whatfoevcr, who (hall not, within two year:, build a good fublrantial habitable iiaincd hoide, not of
lefsdimenfions than twenty fourfeet in length, and lixtccn feet wide, oeudes (hecisor leaiucs, or make fuch prepara-tion
for fo doing, a? the cominiflioners, or the major part ct them, ih::!, on view, think reafonable,, lech grant or con-veyance
(hall be void, and it is hereby d: qire'd void an 1 of none c-dVdt, as if the fame had never been made ; and the
commilfioners may grant and convey Inch iot or lots which .'hall not be built on within the time.., and m the manner
as is herein before directed, to any other perfoa or pe, fops applying for the lame, and paying the money for the laid
lot, as in this act is before directed, for the ul'e of the laid tiope Dexter, or other proprietors, as .doreiaid.
VlL And be it further enac7edt by ti. e antho if} rfo>\ . aid, that the commifiioners, or the major part of them, (hall
be, and they are hereby impowered and authoriled, to remove all nufauces within the limits of the laid tov. n.
VIII. And be it further end/Fled, by the uhthority .fore/uiJ, that no perlon, inhabitant of the (aid town, or holding
a lot or lots therein, (hall indole the {'aw.-.:, or keep the fame incloied, under a cominon itake fence, but every lot there-in
(ball be paled in, or in doled with polls and ra;is let up,
IX. And be il further enailed, by tbt author'.:; afore/aid, that all perfons, poficiTors or owners of lots in the faid
W-vn, mall within two years from the dare o( their grant rr conveyance, clear, and keep conhantly clear, their lot or
lots, from all manner of wood, underwood, bruih and grub-> ; under the penalty of one (hilling, proclamation money,
Jor every month fuch owner cr owners of any lot or lots (hall neglt u to char, or keep the larne clear ; to be rccover-
« d by a warrant from any Juflice of the Peace, and applied, by the laid commiilioners, inr aad towards clearing the
itreeis in the laid town, jjj 10, an.l il, repealed by \ 7^, 12.
XII. And be it further rnacled, by ihe auii,i-;ity ajon/a:,:, that the faid Jnftices may, and they are hereby impow-ered
and authoriled, to make ule of the old eoort-houfe and prifon, for the ul'e of the (aid court-houle and jail, to be
buiit as afored'aid in the laid town, either by pulling the fame down, and moving fuch part thereof as may be ufeful in
buiiding the court-houle to be built in th • faid. town, as a'oreiaid, or by felling the fame, and applying the money ari-iing
by luch (ale, towards erecfing tiie laid buildings in the Jaid town.
XVII George II. The 2 d of April, 1743. O. S.
Chap. VII. An act for creeling a Court-hr.ufe, Prifon and Stocks, in Bertie . county, and for laying a tux upon the
inhabitants ofthe faid cow:')' for dtfraying the charge thereof.
I. XT 7HEREAS great dilputes have arifen'in the t( unty of Bertie, concerning the place whereon the Court-houfe,
VV prifon and (locks, mould be erected )a the faid county ; by reafon whereof, they have not hitherto been
built : therefore, to afcertain the place whereon the fame (hall be built, and to prevent delays for the future ;
II. We pray. that it may be. enacted, and be ilenacled, by his Excellency Gabriel Johnfton, Efq ; Governor, by and
with the advice and confent of his Maje/ty's council and Genet til Affmbly oftins Province, and it is hereby enacled by the
authority of thefame, that the court-houfe, prifon and flocks, of Bertie county, (ball be built between Cufhy bridge and
Willi's Quarter bra dge, in the laid county, and that aJi courts (hall be there held for the faid county, after the fame
ihall be built ; any law, cuftom, ufige, or order of court, to the contrary notwithfrar.ding.
III. And be it further enacled, by the authority aforefdd, that the Juitices of the faid county, or a majority of them,
are hereby imocv/crcd and required, at the uc.%1 col ft that Ihall be held for the faid county, after the pafling of thia
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