person or persons shall take up one or more Lott or Lotts in any vacant place of the said Town he or they so taking up the Same Shall have a firm & Lawful Conveyance for the same from the said Capt. Richard Sanderson & his heirs under his or their hand & Seals & in Court Acknowledge the same to him or them so taking up such Lott or Lotts, his or their heirs in fee Simple on payment of Twenty Shillings to the said Capt. Richard Sanderson or his heirs for every Such Lott So taken up.

V. And Be It Hereby Further Enacted that all and every person or persons whatsoever that by virtue of this Act take up any Lott or Lotts shall & is hereby obliged within twelve months after the Date of Such Conveyance for the Same to build on Such Lott one habitable house at least twenty foot and fifteen foot otherwise the Conveyance for the same is hereby Declared null & void to all intents & Purposes in Law as if the same had never been Given, Done or performed & then that the said Lott or Lotts not builded on within the time as aforesaid shall & may be for any other person or persons whatsoever to enter thereon.

VI. And Be It Further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that no one person shall be allowed to take up more than two front Lotts nor keep more than two Cows in the said Town, Any thing in this Act to the Contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

EDW'D MOSELEY,

Speaker.

CHAS. EDEN,
N. CHEVIN,

C. GALE,
FRAN. FOSTER,

T. KNIGHT.

CHAPTER LXII.

An Act for raising Corn to satisfy the Debt due from this Government to the Honourable Charles Craven, Esq., Governor of South Carolina; and for the Subsistance of such Forces as shall be raised for the necessary Defence of the Frontiers of this Government. Obs.

(Omitted both from Mss. Vol. and from Swann's Revisal. ED.)

CHAPTER LXIII.

An Act for raising the sum of two thousand Pounds annually till the publick Debts are answered & paid and for the better encouraging the Currency of the Publick bills of Credit.

I. Whereas divers Irregularities and Mismanagements have been Committed in the manner of assessing the late Estate & Poll Tax which has Constrained this Assembly to think of some other Expedient for raising the sum of two thousand pounds Annually towards paying the Debts of the Government and this Assembly believing that the most safe & equal way of raising the aforesaid sum will be by a Poll Tax and a Tax upon Land which cannot be so well Levyed for want of a true rent Roll of all the Land holden in this Government the want of which has been of great prejudice to this Government in General as well as to the true & Absolute Lords Proprietors in particular wherefore that a true rent roll may be taken & the

aforesaid sum of two thousand pounds annually paid by a tax on all Land held in this Government & a poll tax.

II. And It Is Hereby Enacted that every Tythable person or master of every Tythable person in this Government be assessed the sum of fifteen Shillings for every Respective Tythable and that all and every person and persons in this Government holding Lands either by Deed or Survey in their own right or as Guardians or Trustees for others shall pay the respective sum of two shillings and six penies for every Hundred acres of Land as aforesaid.

III. And Be It Further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the Several Sum or Sums of Money raised and to be raised on the Poll & tax as aforesaid shall be on or before the 21st day of March by the Several persons on whom it shall be assessed annually paid to the Treasurer for the time being of the precinct where he or they shall be resident until the Debts of the Government are fully answered or paid & for the more easy & Certain method of taking the rent roll of the lands in the several precincts of this Government.

IV. Be It Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the Several Inhabitants of each respective precinct Do on or before the first day of February next ensueing and so annually on the said day give and render to the Clerk of each precinct an Exact Account and Roll or list of all such parcells of Land as they Severally hold by all or either of their tenures as aforesaid in the said precincts.

V. And Be It Further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the Clerk of this present Assembly Do by one or more of the members for each precinct Send a Coppy of this Act to the Clerk of each precinct who shall fix a Coppy of the same at the Court House door in their several precincts whereby the Inhabitants may have timely notice to give in their Lists or Land Roll & the Clerk of each precinct shall be allowed for such his trouble of taking the Land roll as aforesaid the sum of twenty five shillings.

VI. And Be It Further Enacted that if any person or persons in this Government shall Conceall or be wanting to give an Exact account of his List or Land Roll he shall forfeit and pay the sum of Tenn Shillings for every hundred acres of Land so concealed one halfe to the Informer the other halfe towards Defraying the Contingent charges of the Government to be recovered by warrant from any Justice of the Peace in the precinct where such default shall be.

VII. And Be It Further Enacted that the Clerks of the Severall precincts that shall be wanting in their Duty by this Act required of them Such Clerk or Clerks shall forfeit and pay the sum of five pounds Current Money of this province to be recovered in any Court of Record in this Government wherein ro Essoign, protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed.

VIII. And Be It Further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that if any person shall neglect or refuse by the space of three years to pay the sum of two shillings and sixpence for every hundred acres as by this Act is directed or if any Lands held in this Government shall be concealed by the space of three years and no account given into the Clerk as by this Act is Directed & it shall happen that there cannot be any thing found on the said Lands whereon to Levy the Forfeitures by this Act provided to be paid the Justices of the precinct Court where such Land shall Lye shall have full power and Authority to sell so much of the said Land as shall satisfy and pay the fines and forfeitures due by this Act and all other charges thereon & to remove all Excuses for non-payment of the funds now by this Act granted

on the arrears of such taxes as ought to have been paid before the making of this Act.

IX. Be It Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that every Treasurer who shall either by Information or his own knowledge know of any person who shall not have paid his Taxes in Due time & doth not either by himself or Deputy make Distress for the Penaltys by Law appointed or cause to be Exposed to Sale so much of the Lands of such persons as shall be sufficient to pay the arrears and charges, such Treasurer shall be answerable for all such Taxes unless Oath shall be made that such persons are Insolvent. X. And Whereas Divers Merchants and others trading to this Province are by Divers means Discouraged from accepting the Publick bills of Creditt.

XI. Wherefore that all due Encouragement be given to their Currency and that the true and absolute Lords Proprs. of this Province may be assured that this Government will punctually and annually sinck the aforesaid sum of two thousand pounds per annum till the whole sum of Bills now Current are paid into the Treasury by which means their Lordships may be Encouraged to take them for purchase of Lands.

XII. Be It Enacted that no new Bills shall hereafter be made to sinck the Bills now Current but that this Tax Do stand and Continue till the Bills now Extant are paid into the Publick Treasury.

EDW'D MOSELEY,

Speaker.

CHAS. EDEN,

N. CHEVIN,

C. GALE,

FRAN. FOSTER,

T. KNIGHT.

CHAPTER LXIV.

An Act impowering Johanna Peterson, Widow of Thomas Peterson, late of Albemarle County, Esq., to make Sale of certain Lands, late belonging to the said Thomas Peterson; and to make other provision for Anna, the Daughter of the said Thomas Peterson, to whom the said Lands do Descend.

I.

Whereas Thomas Peterson, late of Albemarle County, Esqr.; died seized and possessed in his Demense, of Fee, of, and to a certain Plantation or Tract of Land, lying in the fork of Queen Anne's Creek, in Chowan Precinct, containing, by Estimation, Four Hundred Acres, be the same more or less, butted and bounded to the Eastward on the Town Land, and to the Westward on Slocomb's Creek; and also, of, in, and to one Halfe Acre or Lot of Land in Bath Town, butting and bounding to the Southward on the Lot of Col. Xpher Gale, and to the Northward on one of the Cross streets; which said Plantation and Lot of Land, do descend unto Anna, an infant, the Daughter of the said Thomas: And Whereas Johanna, the Mother of the said Anna, by her petition preferred to this Assembly, is very willing, for the Advancement of the said Anna's Portion, to relinquish her Right of Dower of, in, and to the said Lands and Lot, provided that the same Lands and Lot may be sold, to and for the use, Benefit and Interest of the said Anna, the said Lands and Lot now having considerable Improvements thereon, which makes them valuable; which otherwise will be very much impaired and ruined before the said Anna shall come of age: Wherefore,

II. Be It Enacted, by his Excellency the Pallatine, and the rest of the true and Absolute Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, by and with the Advice and Consent of the rest of the Members of the General Assembly, now met at Little River for the North East part of the said Province, and it is hereby Enacted, by the Authority of the same, That the said Johanna be, and she is hereby impowered, to bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, and transfer the said Plantation or tract of Land lying in the Fork of Queen Anne's Creek, in Chowan Precinct, containing, by Estimation, Four Hundred Acres, be the same more or less, butting and bounding to the Eastward on the Town Land, and to the Westward on Slocomb Creek; also one Halfe Acre or Lot of Land in Bath-Town, butting and bounding to the Southward on the Lot of Col. Xpher Gale, and to the Northward on one of the Cross Streets; or any Part or Parcel of the same; to any Person or Persons that shall be willing to give most Money for the same; to have and to hold the same to such Purchaser or Purchasers, his or their heirs and Assigns, for

ever.

III. And for the better securing the Mony arising by such Sale, to and for the Use, Benefit, and Interest of the said Anna, her Heirs and Assigns; It is hereby further Enacted, That immediately at and upon the Sale of the aforesaid Plantation or Tract of Land, and Lot, or any Part of the same, the said Anna shall stand and be seized in her Demense, as of Fee, of, in, and to one certain Plantation or Tract of Land, whereof the said Johanna is and now stands seized and possessed of, in Perquimons Precinct, containing, by Estimation, One Hundred and Seventy Acres, be the same more or less, situate, lying, and being on Castleton's or Laker's Creek, butting and bounding on the Lands of Inliana Lakers and Richard Skinner; to have and to hold the same Plantation or Tract of Land, to her the said Anna, her Heirs and Assigns, in Fee-Simple, with Condition that if the said Johanna do pay the said Monies arising by such Sale to the said Anna, at and upon her Arrival to the Age of Eighteen years, or Day of Marriage, or otherwise appropriating the Monies arising by the Sale of the Aforesaid Plantation or Tract of Land at the Fork of Queen Anne's Creek, and Lot aforesaid, by purchasing young Female Slaves for the Use of the said Anna; then the aforesaid Estate of the said Anna, of, in, and to the aforementioned Plantation or Tract of Land in Perquimons Precinct, to be invalid and of no Force or Effect.

CHAPTER LXV.

An Act Confirming the Titles of Sundry Persons who have, or hereafter may, purchase Lands of Col. Thomas Cary, in Bath County.

I. Whereas Col. Thomas Cary taking up and purchasing divers Lands and Plantations in Bath County, the Deeds or Patents passed for the same have been taken in the name of John Cary, an Infant son of the said Thomas Cary, although the Purchase Money, or Consideration paid for the same, was actually and bona fide the Monies of the said Thomas, and by him, the said Thomas, paid:

II. And Whereas the said Thomas Cary having bargained, sold, aliened, and transferred unto divers Persons, and their Heirs, several Tracts or Parcels of Land, in Bath County aforesaid, and is intended to bargain, sell, and transfer the remaining Part of the aforesaid Lands in Bath county:

III.

Wherefore, for avoiding Disputes that may hereafter arise concerning

the aforesaid Title, taken in the aforesaid John Cary's Name, and for easing and quieting the Minds of such Persons as have Purchased the same, or may hereafter purchase from the said Thomas Cary, and Pursuant to the Petition of the said Thomas Cary:

IV. Be It Enacted by his Excellency the Pallatine, and the rest of the true and absolute Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, by and with the Advice and Consent of the rest of the Members of the General Assembly now met at Little River, for the North East Part of the said Province.

V. And it is Hereby Enacted, by the Authority of the same, That all and singular the Bargains, Sales, Alienations, and Conveyances, already made and passed, or hereafter to be made and passed, by the said Thomas Cary, unto any Person or Persons whatsoever, their Heirs and Assigns, of, in, and to any of the Lands, Tenements, and Plantations, in Bath County, which lately were, or now are, in the Possession or Occupation of the said Thomas Cary, and for which Deeds or Conveyances have been made and passed, to and for the use of the said John Cary, an Infant, Son of the said Thomas Cary, or in the name of the said John, shall stand, be, and forever remain, firm and available in Law and Equity, to such Purchaser or Purchasers, their Heirs and Assigns, having, or hereafter to have, from the said Thomas Cary, any Bargains, Sales, Alienations, or Conveyances for the same; any such Deeds of Sale, Conveyance, or Alienation formerly made in the said John Cary's Name, or to or for his Use and Behoof, notwithstanding.

EDW'D MOSELEY,

Speaker.

CHAS. EDEN,
N. CHEVIN,

C. GALE,

FRAN. FOSTER,

T. KNIGHT.

CHAPTER LXVI.

An Act for the Confirmation of the Laws passed this Session of Assembly & for repealing all former Laws not herein particularly Excepted.

I.

Whereas in pursuance of an Act of Assembly made & ratified the 6th day of November last past the ancient standing laws of this Government have been carefuly revised.

II. Be It Therefore Enacted by his Excellency the Pallatine & the rest of the true & absolute Lords, &c.

And it is hereby Enacted that all laws heretofore made within this Province such only Excepted as by their particular titles are hereby Expressly continued & revised are, and stand hereby repealed, annulled & void, & that all laws now made, passed and confirmed this present Session of Assembly together with such other as are hereafter mentioned to be continued shall be of full force & shall be hence forward deemed taken & adjudged as the body of the Laws of this Government & no other heretofore made.

III. And to prevent Disputes which may hereafter arise for or by reason of any Act or Acts, thing or things heretofore done or acted which might have been held & Claimed by Virtue of any Law hereby repealed, or Intended to be repealed.

IV. Be It Further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid that all and every other act or acts, thing or things heretofore awarded, passed & done or which