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64 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
still. There are five Acts of Assembly relating to the " laying out and erecting a town at a place called Long-Point on the west side of North-East River,
in Caecil County." The first and principal Act, in its preamble, states that
" Whereas the encouragement of trade and navigation is the surest means of
promoting the happiness and increasing the riches of a country, and that such
trade is with the greatest ease and advantage carried on, when the same is
drawn into and fixed in one or more convenient places ; whereby it appears,
that erecting towns, and granting proper immunities and privileges for the
encouragement of people to inhabit therein, must greatly contribute to so
desirable an end; and there being as yet no such place settled at, or near the
head of Chesapeake Bay, although from the great extent of the country round,
and the want of navigable water above it, the same seems altogether necessary.
It is therefore humbly prayed that it may be enacted," etc. The second section provides for seven commissioners, whose names and families have survived
the town,1 to lay out two hundred acres • of land on Town Point into two
hundred convenient lots, with proper streets, lanes and alleys, and also three
hundred acres of common for the said town. Two plats are to be returned of
the survey, and the commissioners are given power to take up the land by
purchase or valuation. Section five provides for determining the value of lots
in the town, so that their aggregate price shall equal the total cost of the tract
of five hundred acres. The name is to be called Charlestown, and the common
is to be secured for all time for the free use and benefit of all the inhabitants.
The owner of the land is to have first choice of two lots, and the rest of the
lots are to be taken up by ballot, to prevent partiality or contest, but no one
except the owner as aforesaid is to hold more than one lot at any time within
three years after the laying out of the town. The names of the owners of
the lots are to be entered on the books of the Clerk of Cascil County
Court. Section eleven enacts " that all and every the person and persons
aforesaid, taking up the lots aforesaid, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, shall be obliged to erect and build on such their respective Lots, within Three Years after the Date of the Entry thereof, so as
aforesaid to be made, one good tenantable Dwelling House, which shall cover
400 square Feet of Ground at least, exclusive of Sheds, with a Brick or Stone
Chimney to every such House, and every person neglecting or omitting to
build as aforesaid, on his or her Lot, shall lose or forfeit his or her Right,
Title and Estate therein; and every such Lots so neglected to be built on as
aforesaid, shall from and after the Expiration of the Three Years aforesaid,
be liable to be taken up by any other Person whatsoever." The forfeited lots
are to be taken up by entry, the person taking them up assuming the above
named obligation, and lots not taken up in the ballot may be taken up by any
one who will pay the price set to the clerk of the county, who is to attend all
the proceedings, collect the money and pay over to the commissioners, less
1 Their names were: Colonel Thomas Colvill, Mr. William Alexander, Mr. Henry Baker, Mr.
Captain Nicholas Hyland, Mr. Benjamin Pearce, Zebulon Hollingsworth, and Mr. John Read.
| Title | History of Maryland - 2 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000089 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 64 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. still. There are five Acts of Assembly relating to the " laying out and erecting a town at a place called Long-Point on the west side of North-East River, in Caecil County." The first and principal Act, in its preamble, states that " Whereas the encouragement of trade and navigation is the surest means of promoting the happiness and increasing the riches of a country, and that such trade is with the greatest ease and advantage carried on, when the same is drawn into and fixed in one or more convenient places ; whereby it appears, that erecting towns, and granting proper immunities and privileges for the encouragement of people to inhabit therein, must greatly contribute to so desirable an end; and there being as yet no such place settled at, or near the head of Chesapeake Bay, although from the great extent of the country round, and the want of navigable water above it, the same seems altogether necessary. It is therefore humbly prayed that it may be enacted," etc. The second section provides for seven commissioners, whose names and families have survived the town,1 to lay out two hundred acres • of land on Town Point into two hundred convenient lots, with proper streets, lanes and alleys, and also three hundred acres of common for the said town. Two plats are to be returned of the survey, and the commissioners are given power to take up the land by purchase or valuation. Section five provides for determining the value of lots in the town, so that their aggregate price shall equal the total cost of the tract of five hundred acres. The name is to be called Charlestown, and the common is to be secured for all time for the free use and benefit of all the inhabitants. The owner of the land is to have first choice of two lots, and the rest of the lots are to be taken up by ballot, to prevent partiality or contest, but no one except the owner as aforesaid is to hold more than one lot at any time within three years after the laying out of the town. The names of the owners of the lots are to be entered on the books of the Clerk of Cascil County Court. Section eleven enacts " that all and every the person and persons aforesaid, taking up the lots aforesaid, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, shall be obliged to erect and build on such their respective Lots, within Three Years after the Date of the Entry thereof, so as aforesaid to be made, one good tenantable Dwelling House, which shall cover 400 square Feet of Ground at least, exclusive of Sheds, with a Brick or Stone Chimney to every such House, and every person neglecting or omitting to build as aforesaid, on his or her Lot, shall lose or forfeit his or her Right, Title and Estate therein; and every such Lots so neglected to be built on as aforesaid, shall from and after the Expiration of the Three Years aforesaid, be liable to be taken up by any other Person whatsoever." The forfeited lots are to be taken up by entry, the person taking them up assuming the above named obligation, and lots not taken up in the ballot may be taken up by any one who will pay the price set to the clerk of the county, who is to attend all the proceedings, collect the money and pay over to the commissioners, less 1 Their names were: Colonel Thomas Colvill, Mr. William Alexander, Mr. Henry Baker, Mr. Captain Nicholas Hyland, Mr. Benjamin Pearce, Zebulon Hollingsworth, and Mr. John Read. |
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