different fituations of equal propriety, the elected heads of dozens, or a fufficient deputation from them must carefully examine all the proposed situations; and after duely weighing the reasons affigned for each propofal, they fhall make their report to the common council; and the opinion of the majority fhall decide the question; for it is abfolutely neceffary that the majority of the fettlers fhould be well fatisfied and contented with the fituation of their principal township, whether it be better or worfe than was first propofed. But in all other points they must be obedient to the advice of the agent-conductor, and follow his directions in clearing the ground, marking out and entrenching the first encampment, building temporary barracks, and store-houses, for the accommodation of the whole community, and in digging, fowing, and planting, in the publick grounds, for the common fup port port of the whole body of fettlers; and no man shall separate himself to work for private emolument, until a small portion of land for a town lot, and a larger portion for an out lot agreeable to the plans annexed fhall be marked out, and sufficiently cleared by publick labour for every fettler; nor until the faid portions of land are equally and indifferently appropriated to each person by lot, to avoid difputes, and fhall be duly registered with the names of the respective proprietors. Whether or not the Separate private houfes fhould be built by joint and publick labour, may be afterwards difcuffed and determined in the common council. Land fhall be reserved in the township for such new settlers as may afterwards arrive, which may in the mean time be cultivatad for public benefit, but it shall not be appropriated until it is really wanted for fuch additional fettlers as may afterwards join themselves themfelves to the community: for no man ought to be the proprietor of more than one town lot, with its proportional out lot, according to the limitation here after mentioned. And therefore if any additional land, either of town lots or out lots, or both, should be acquired by marriage or by inheritance, or legacy, or by any other lawful means, the inheritor shall be allowed three years to difpofe of them: but in any other cafe, if it fhould be found out, that one individual poffeffes more than one town lot, or more land in out lots, than is declared in the following table, fuch land and lots shall be forfeited to the community. EXCEPTION. N. B. The agent or first conductor of the fettlement is excepted in the above regulation, because he is to be allowed every tenth lot that is laid out for private property, on account of his extraordinary care care and trouble in agreeing for the land, and for laying out the lots*. And also fuch publick officers are to be excepted who hold publick lots, hereafter mentioned, in right of their refpective offices, as the chaplain, clerk of the hundred, two affiftant clerks of the hundred, and the three beadles, each of whom may be allowed to poffefs one separate lot, in their private capacity, befides their official publick lots. If any man (hould be diffatisfied with the fituation of the first township, and Memorandum. Mr. Smeathman the agent, and firft propofer of the fettlement, having unfortunately caught a putrid fever of which he died, July 1, 1786, the gentlemen of the committee must now determine whether this exception ought to be made in favour of any other agent; or whether this tenth lot ought not rather to be referved for fuch publick purposes as the committee may hereafter think proper to direct. more money than what is allowed by government will probably be wanted, the referved tenth lots may enable the fettlers to repay whatever money may be neceffary for them to borrow for the firft exigencies of their little community. G As can can find eleven other deciners of the fame opinion, they may afterwards difpose of their registered lots, and agree with the community (to whom all the unoccupied land within the bounds of the fettlement doth jointly and equally belong) for fufficient land to form a proportional township in fome diftant part, as proposed in the general scheme of the fettlement (plate No. 2.) according to the following limitation. LIMITATION OF LANDED POSSESSIONS. NO person shall poffefs in his or her own right, more land (exclufive of the Town lot where the perfon dwells than the number of acres expreffed against the following defcriptions of places, viz. gable riv, creek, or haven in not more than 40 any othe art of the fettlement Within 7 miles of Do. Within 12 miles of Do, 100 200 Whenever |