The History of the City of Fredericksburg, VirginiaQuinn, S. J. (Silvanus Jackson)
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The History of the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia
Quinn, S. J. (Silvanus Jackson)
Fredericksburg (Va.) -- History
II. BE _it enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and
Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted,
by the Authority of the same_, that within six Months after the
passing of this Act fifty Acres of Land, Parcel of a Tract of Land
belonging to _John Royston_ and _Robert Buckner_, of the County of
_Gloucester_, situate, lying and being upon the South Side of the
River Rappahannock aforesaid in the County of _Spotsylvania_ commonly
called or known by the Name of the _Lease Land_, shall be surveyed
and laid out, taking the whole Breadth of the Tract of Land upon the
River, by the Surveyor of the said County of _Spotsylvania_; and the
said fifty Acres of Land, so to be surveyed and laid out, shall be and
is hereby vested in _John Robinson_, Esq; _Henry Willis_, _Augustin
Smith_, _John Taliaferro_, _Harry Beverley_, _John Waller_, and
_Jeremiah Clowder_, of the County of _Spotsylvania_, Gentlemen, and
their Successors, in Trust, for the several purposes hereafter
mentioned; and the said _John Robinson_, _Henry Willis_, _Augustin
Smith_, _John Taliaferro_, _Harry Beverley_, _John Waller_ and
_Jeremiah Clowder_, are hereby constituted and appointed Directors and
Trustees for designing, building, carrying on, and maintaining, a Town
upon the said Land: And the said Directors and Trustees, or any four
of them, shall have power to meet as often as they shall think
necessary, and shall lay out the said fifty Acres in Lots and Streets,
not exceeding Half an Acre of Ground in each Lot, and also to set
apart such Portions of said Land for a Church and Church-Yard, a
Market Place, and publick Key, and to appoint such Places upon the
River for publick Landings, as they shall think most convenient, and,
if the same shall be necessary, shall direct the making and erecting
of Wharfs and Cranes at such publick Landings, for the publick Use.
And when the said Town shall be so laid out the said Directors and
Trustees shall have full Power and Authority to sell all the said Lots
by publick Sale or Auction, from Time to Time, to the highest Bidder,
so as no Person shall have more than Two Lots; and when such Lots
shall be sold, any two of the said Trustees shall and may, upon
Payment of the Purchase Money, by some sufficient Conveyance or
Conveyances, Convey the Fee Simple, Estate of such Lot or Lots to the
Purchaser or Purchasers: And he or they, or his or their Heirs and
Assigns, respectively, shall and may for ever thereafter peaceably and
quietly have, hold, possess, and enjoy, the same, freed and discharged
of and from all Right, Title, Estate, Claim, Interest, and Demand
whatsoever of the said _John Royster_ and _Robert Buckner_ and the
Heirs and Assigns of them respectively, and of all Persons whatsoever
claiming by, from, or under them or either of them.
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