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 'To His ExcELL^xci'f the C^f^WfroA of Quebec 
 ^ J^w-Tdrkt yune 4//b, 1783. 
 
 The Cf^ndltion (^ His Majefty's faithful fub-' 
 jecls who have been driven from^their^Miis, anci 
 havfi^ffered evei-^ otV^^qoAveniertOp ftn ac- 
 count of. their loyalty ahdKi-vices, demands the 
 most benevolent confideration Many thoufands 
 of thofc, have b6en already induced to fcek an 
 affyluni in Novafcoti^,, where grants ot lands d\ e 
 V) be made tt\erti. without quitrents j as 1 hope, 
 and hav^ recommended, on future expences of uny 
 km 1 toge|l.er with othd^ .Kceffary'*aids, affi<l;|ncc8 
 and from this mcaiure i hope th.it the Province 
 itfclf will draw much future oppu'cuce and 
 ftrengtii. 
 
 ThciC are others, Sir. of the above deCcrlption, 
 and number, about two hundred families as I am 
 informed, who wi(h to pafs into Canada, and find 
 grants and habitations there ; and I think it my 
 duty, Sir, to recommend in the flrongeft terms, |o 
 your Excellency's confideration the making rants '. 
 of land to thofe ptrfons in the neighborhood of 
 Frontenac, wliere they a»e defirous to fettl» ; and 
 without any refervations of rents or the paymt nt 
 of any fees or expence whatever : To which I 
 hope your Excellency will add the aid of a year's 
 br^ifion in like nunntr as have been given in 
 Novafc-tia. Alfo, other aids and afliftancee with- 
 in your power, and as the neceflity of their draw- 
 ing peo|jle in their new conuition, fettlers may re* 
 
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quire thfj- beirp undoubtedly entitled to ,11 ,(,> 
 pmccbon and affi,U,.ce we Jn give tm. ^* 
 
 and moll humble lervant. 
 
 (bjgned) GUYCARLETON. , 
 
 (IJn c-aed ro t !,e car« of Amns AmUy.) ' 
 
 rn^'ly'^^fi''""''''' "'■^'^^' '^''^' thejoregoing is a true 
 
 Zlt •" '"^'''"'^ ^'"'' '^ VGi.«.r r 
 
 (oigKcd) Emanuel Ellerbeck. 
 
 Gi'(JRG£ GaLLxUVAY. 
 
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 '^^ fE^rellenry, the right honorable Guy Lord D»r^ 
 
 ^"Jf" , t,ov.rnor an.! Commander /« Chief in and 
 
 ^"'ot'ri'"r^'^: :■'"-■ '■""'^rit'-rs, reprefentative, 
 
 ex -end r f"'"^p -'"^ °*">= New Sett'ement* 
 ex.ending fe„„, p.„„t Aubodeit, to (lie Bay ul 
 
 bell ilf of themfelves and conftitueuts 
 c,>I» J'.V;'''!"''''"^'"""'' '"^ ronfrimity to a ciiv 
 
 u m e niR of the refpeaivc townfliip to which 
 
 !.ey beionR, elefted by a majority of votes to re 
 
 preie.t that towi.fhip. for thi purpofe of renort" 
 
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 Ijettipf,.attenipttoftareto y'^iir LoitlHiip all fuch 
 matters, and r<ll in full confidence .nat w. atcver 
 real'< nablc requeft we make of your LordPiip if 
 in ymr power you will grant it, and wh<'»t you 
 cannot that your lordfliip will be pleafed ro tranf- 
 mit and lay before His Mr<jefty's Midiilers ; we, 
 in fuch cafe praying your lordlhip's recommenda- 
 tion in our favor. 
 
 The uniform and benevolent attention of Go- 
 vernment to our diftreffes, dvirins the continuance 
 of, a-id fince, the late Rebellion, and the encour- 
 agement we have received from yfiur lordfliif's 
 Wrthy predeceffor will not permi' us locnieifaif* 
 a doubt but that under your lordfhip*s aufpices, 
 our mod valuable iniecefl^ will be fecured and eve- 
 ry reafonaUe expeftation gratified. 
 
 The Petitioners acknowledge with the warmeft 
 gratitude his Majefty*s paternal cae and moft gra- 
 cious attention to alleviate as much as p( fTible by 
 multiplied favors conferred ilpon them, the cahn i- 
 ties incident to a ftate of war ; they therefore wifh 
 to convey to your lordfliip the ftrohgeil afl'urances 
 oftheunfhaken loyalty and fidelity of themfelves 
 and conft'tuents ; afluring your lordfliip, that 
 whenever his Majefty (hall require their fervice, 
 their lives and properties fliall moft cheerfully be 
 devoted to his fervice, and the defence of his do- 
 minions. From your lordfliip's great wifdom and 
 mtimate knowledge of ourintereft & expe(flation 4 
 as loyal fubjefts, and the particular attention p;ud 
 by your lordfliip to oiir reafonable requefts on for- 
 ttief occafions, we have formed the moft fangiiirie 
 hopes that the lands on which we are now fettled, 
 and which we have improved at great expenfc and 
 labor, will not be granted to us on worfe term? 
 than we held the lands thar wprq forfeited in the 
 
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 revolted cnIori.s in confequence of our atticli 
 
 the &me being in fee fimple , bv which tcnu e «x' 
 hu«,bl, pr.y ,„ h.,ld thefe Lnds fubUc o,[wo 
 the yearly qu.trent of one hal:.,.enny L acre a, H 
 
 ^ZrT r/hJ-rx,;rB^i,r,^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 nor and Council ot faid Province in ,1 e year of 
 one rhoufan,i feven hundred Hxty and three 
 
 Ihat, your lor ifliip would be plea fed to fend , 
 Surveyor ,„ meafure our lands a.fd fix our boun 
 da.,esandpoi..,outour lands that we are to re' 
 "'™ ^o™ h.. Wajefty, before that other,, who 
 
 ."^be fetUe"."^ ''""'" °' ^""^-"S ^'^y^'^<^' 
 Mihtaof these Settlements, would be oleafeH tn 
 
 rnat. fuch officers as they arc to ferve under "s 
 M.ht.a _„w,thfuch they are at all times ready to 
 
 &ce'':rhrdri,^r."°^»'^^'j'«^-'''° 
 
 Jacob Rantbach, William Empu 
 Philip Shavaur^ " "• - - 
 Mariin Waiter, 
 William Philips, 
 Joel Adams, 
 , Pauick MacNiff, 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 Seff-Venefs Kafleman 
 yohn Boice, 
 Frederick Weaver, 
 John Mclntyr*, 
 Amos An/ley. 
 
 T— . n • \V — - "*"t-iT/^, ^mos An/lev. 
 
 Townflup No. 5, the .9th day of March-!! ,787. 
 
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 our attach- 
 Go\ eminent, 
 ch tenure, wc 
 iJJ«ct only to 
 per acre, and 
 IS in fupp(»rt 
 under which 
 ifh Conllitu. 
 
 in thefe new 
 eels after the 
 iHiiiftered in 
 
 tne Gover- 
 the year of 
 
 three. 
 
 ed to fend a 
 £ our boun. 
 : are to re- 
 >thers, who 
 ng loyalifta 
 
 ion of the 
 - pleafed to 
 lis to nom- 
 ' under as 
 ■f> ready to 
 jefty and in 
 
 natters will 
 ir lordfliip, 
 
 Empy^ 
 
 f Kajfleman 
 ice, 
 
 & Weaver^ 
 
 T/Iey. 
 rch, 1787. 
 
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 N°- IV. 
 To his Excellency the ri;;ht honorable Guy Lord 
 DorcheileT, Governor and Commander .n CMef 
 in and over his Mijtfty's Coloniefc of Qu. bee, 
 New-Brurfwick and jNova Scotia, &c. &c &c. 
 WE the fubfcribers, the repr.-fentatives of the 
 loydiills fettled from Point Aubodett, to the upper 
 end of the Bay ot Qumte ; beg leave to reprelent 
 to your lordfhip, that the t'-iftrelfes and coniplainiu 
 of 'he inhabitants of the d<iFe cnt townftiips winch 
 wc reprefent, are luch as obliges us to lay before 
 your lordfliip the prefent diltrefs of the inhabitants 
 for want of cloaihmg and other neceffaries, wiiich 
 they fay ware fent them by his Majefty, but were 
 withheld from them by fuch perfons as were or- 
 dered to diftribute the fame ; in order to quiet the 
 minds of the inhabitants of thefe townlhips, we 
 humbly pray your lordftiip would be pleafed to 
 order a Court of Enquiry to be held in fome part 
 of thefe fettlements for the purpofe of finding 
 whether or no fuch donations were juftly dlftrjb- 
 uted, which we conceive is the only way to quiet 
 the minds of the inhabitants. 
 
 That yourh»rdlh.p, if confiftent with the inter- 
 eft of his Majefty, would be pleafed to order that 
 the fliipping would come to Cataraque inllead of 
 Carleton liland, and that the paffage from the up- 
 per end of the Bay of Quinte, ftiould be ufed in- 
 ftead of the Grand River, 
 
 That your lordfhip would be pleafed to order 
 for the benefit of each townfliip fome affiftance for 
 the fupport of a School-mafter. 
 
 Aud your Petitioners, as in duty bound, 
 will ever pray, &c. 
 Jacob Rdmbachf William Empj, 
 
 
 
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 (Signed) ^oel Adams, />/.;,;, n, 
 
 N°V. 
 
 Ck»t.h„!T-^'> ^"' ^' "^""^ '*' '9'/.. .787. 
 ?n our l«!;l"sTo dXfrlrnh 'PPn^r^" '" g° 
 
 To R^lTrs. y^TO, j1„,i Jj. , 
 >*« Maclntyre. i 
 
 inade brMr cS Ve^'f^y 'o 'he furvey 
 
 •n^U. and o? ou'fc ItdTfiat'''^ "" "'"'P™^'- 
 *Ac ruinca . that, on account of 
 
' Shavoutf 
 ^ifs KafiUmatt, 
 n Wulter. 
 
 ^ MaeNiff. 
 
 inted to go 
 Jloney, hUj. 
 )ns of us the 
 'f the Nev<^ 
 forwarded 
 art. if he is 
 you are t6 
 'A to Lord 
 
 nt 
 
 f>f Weaver^ 
 
 • Atkins, 
 J furvey 
 I stre al- 
 liiprove. 
 :ouot of 
 
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 Mr. M'tcan's conduft, wc have been very much 
 
 diicouraged in improving our land. 
 
 Amus Ansley^ Conrad Orbell, 
 
 (Signed) Aran Brower, John Cannon^ 
 John Ferris^ Robert Tindall, 
 
 jfo ton Moji, John Warner, 
 
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 To the Honorable Judges, CotnmiJJioners appointed by 
 Law, to examine all Titles of Land. 
 
 THE MEMORIAL of the Subfcribers, Inhabit- 
 ants of Kingston, Humbly Shtweth : — That your 
 Petivoneis fettled and improved agreeable to l 
 Survey made by Mr. Collins, in the year 17^4 j 
 that in 1787,3 difcovery was made, that the lines 
 were not North, as was expefted, but were to the 
 Wellwardj that on a complaint, mad^ to Lord 
 Dorchefter, Mr. Collins and Lawyer Powel- were 
 feat from Quebec, to hold a Court of Enquiry, 
 
 And in redrefs of faid complaint, ihc annexed 
 Certificate was obtained. 
 
 Your Petitioners liumbly pray that your Hon- 
 ers will take fuch meafures as to provide that the 
 courfes mentioned in the Dcds fhall agree with 
 the Purvey that we firft fettles L y, & have improved 
 agreeably thereto this fourteen years, and your 
 Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. 
 
 -mos Anj^ey, Solomon Or/er, 
 (Signed) yobn Cannon, Daniel Ferris, 
 Thomas Burnett, "John Ferris » 
 John Burt.ett, 
 
 Kingston, Sept. 17th, 1798. 
 
 N«- IX. 
 I DO CEttTIFY, that the Road lying between 
 the Lots No. 17 and i8,intihefirft townlhip above 
 Cataraque frnntlncrnn T ul-e '^)r.»^r5« "n-ir : 
 
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 A MOS AKSLEr. 
 StR, YORK, 20th Oct. i3oo. 
 
 >nv laid. urua?eP^f„";'^l '?•»"■"« ""Bin- 
 
 tioiK was totrv thern.,7- r u ""K'"^' '"ten- 
 and whatevJ7h« nnn, ^, '^''l* conceffi.n line, 
 cr's Inihur/nt^tn make ,.««' ''^ «'^-,. Su'veyl 
 "gnt andes, from Se lin^f vT''' "S'^ « 
 Townlhip. 'ihe var al„"f I.*?,"^'' S"irfes the 
 
 I am, Sir, ' '* 
 your obt. Servant. 
 
 To Mr. AM03 Aks.„.°' '^"«' ^ S. G. " 
 
 Kingston. ■ 
 
iiti ACT io a/certain nnit/iahlifh nn ^ p^rv^nveKi f^ot- 
 iiiX, the Bau-i^hn l.ma f the d.jj'um iuw)lh\n 
 9/ ' f /^ c-n-w. '' ' 
 
 W. 11' R FAS ir h expedient and nccelTMy, to 
 a| c'vtu.n anj elKibliih upon fome p -ina- 
 rent principle, f he !)<)UTul:iTy J'dcs cf' t'c uiflsic.it 
 towritjips'vithin This Province, and diilirhSfv lo 
 ref-M'j !hem w'l-n fo allcrtained rind cfiahl.i'hal, 
 iie It c-.a.^o.'! by thr k"in.;;'s moft excellent M; je.stv * 
 \>y and rvith tl.o j'Mcc .md f niii^nr of the \rx,\\\x. 
 '.'ve (Council and A(leml,ly of the rioviucc of'li'p- 
 per Canada, cor.iiitutt.l and alFeuibled by virtue 
 o(, and under the authoiity of an act piHcd in 
 1 he Ru ham mt ot Great Britain, entithd, nr. a.t ^ 
 lo rcpcai certain p,ins of an actpafud in the fo -r- vi C 
 tccnth yeir of His Majefty'g reign, cntiiled. " an ''^V 
 -ct for mal .n^ more dfeftual provifion for tl»c ^ 
 r>overnment of the Province of Quebec, in Nuith ^ 
 ^\mcrica,and tomike further provifion for the "4v 
 .^^•nTTninent of the faid province/' and by the au. vi^ 
 n.ontyofthefaaie. That ftone monuments, or ^ 
 rurnuments of other durable materials, ihall be '^ 
 r^...ed at the IcVeral corners, Rovernihg points, or 
 ofl fet.s c)f every towndiip that harh been furveved 
 or may hereafter be lurveyed ; and alfo, at Lli V^ 
 end of the Several concefllop lines of iuch tour- ^ 
 
 erSd ^'' 'Y ''T '"''"^ '"^^ monumenrr ^ 0>* ^ 
 ereOcd, or to be eTe<5ted, be taken and tonfidcred vf ^ 
 
 as r he pei'manent boundary lines of fuchtounCiins ^^ 
 
 and conceflions refpedlvely. >*ii^i»ps ^V^ 
 
 r^\ri^i^V'f'''''''''"'^'^h*f^e authority afore. V\* 
 >^,1 hat the nionulnenrs above direaedVo be \> ^^ 
 
 placed as aforenicntioned, (hall be placed u.cier tic ^ ^^ 
 
 ill. Md be it further inched dy the mhrity afm- 
 
 
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 AA-Z, Thnttl^e courfes and cliH-^rrcs ot the lava 
 I.K.undaiy in es fo afcertrjiKd ana eliabiilhed, fliall 
 on al. occaiirns be, and be t;,kcn to be, the tr-e 
 cour/es 3rd diUances of the boundary lines of the 
 i|Ud r(nv!:iliTi)sand concelllons, whaher the flime 
 do or do not, on actual Uicafurement, coincide 
 ^ViJ! ihec .uifesani didances in any letterj, patent 
 
 , «)t.E:.aut,or orher inilrnment in rdpccl of luch 
 boundary hne-. mcnti(;ned and exprefied. 
 
 1 V.^ Ardhe it further eyuidcd by the authoriiy afrre- 
 ,hii>U 1 hat if any perfon or peiions (huJl ki;ovN ino-. 
 lyorwiUully pull down, deface, alter, or reuiove 
 auy iuch HiOMUuient fo erected as aforcfaid, he, fhe 
 ;;' ; ''y;,^'";^ ^'\ adjudged guilty of felony, and 
 liiail iulicr death without benefit of clergy. 
 
 "^^^ 'ind be it further enacted by the 'avthoritv 
 nf^rcfnd. That it Ihall uot be iieceilary for the 
 siirveyf>r jve^eral to proceed to carry the provis- 
 ions ot thib act inro execution, until an applicaiion 
 lor that purpofefliall have been made to the Go- 
 verno! , Lieuienant Governor, or perfon adminis- 
 tering the Government, by the Magiftrates of any 
 Jjiitncl, or County, not being a part of a Diflridt, 
 m Qu irter SclTions aflembied, fignifying that the 
 ticctingof fuch monuments, and afc«rtainingfuch 
 boundaries as aforefaid, is rccelfary and expedient 
 for fome particular townfliip or townfhips within 
 fuch Diftrict or county. 
 
 VI.^ And be it further enabled by tke authority afore- 
 
 fuid^ That when, and fo often, as application fhall 
 be n)ade to the Juthces of the Peace, in, and for 
 any Diilrict, in *|uarter feflions aflembied, by thir- 
 ty Freeholders of any townfiiip within fuch dif- 
 tria, to have monuments creeled conformably to 
 the intention of this ;ict,it fhall and may he law^ 
 ful for the faid juilices, and they are hereby au- 
 
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 abiilhed, fJiiUl 
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 ent, coincide 
 ' letterfa j[jati;rit 
 fped of luch 
 fied. 
 
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 thori^cd and rcqn'rcd to form an cftlmatc of the 
 fum of money, which, in their judgfuciit aiid dif- 
 crclion, (hall fccm rcquifuc to defray the charges 
 of ereftinc; fuch monu.iie;it,and to lay an eijiial 
 ail 'fl'nent (proponioiiab'e thereto) upon each arnl 
 every acre of land within fuch towiilhi;) ; wliich 
 allcirinent thcyfhall ciufeto be mi fed and C"lic:5l- 
 e i by a Warrant* under the hands and fe;i!s of 
 any two or morcof iheiri, directed to the Collec- 
 tors offucii townfliip, and requiring th--ni to raifo 
 and collecl the faid ailclT'nenfs, i inch mannci , 
 and by fuch means .iS in other fuch cuics by la-A' 
 directed and required, and to pay the fame vh^u 
 fo collected, into the hands of ihc Treifuier or the 
 Dilbicl, to anfwer tiie charges to be incurred by 
 creeling fuch monuuicnts. 
 
 VII. And hs It further enr. fled by the authority a- 
 
 fnref.iid. That when any peifon li;ible to pay' his 
 
 proportion and ra'e of fuck aff'iTir.ent, fnall be ai)- 
 
 lent fiom the rownlhip, and ihall not have t^ik n 
 
 meins to anfwer the ixme to the fdid coiledors 
 
 within one year from, and after, the dare of the 
 
 warrant f>)r collecling the fame, t;;e hnd of f^c'i 
 
 ablcncee ihail be held liable and ai fwe.abie fo^ the 
 
 payment of fuch rate, with the l.nvful intoreft a- 
 
 riiinef thereon : and when the fame fliail amount 
 
 to twenty iliillinf^s, or up»vards, upon each lur ;>i' 
 
 one hnndred acres of hnd, and fo in pripoii on 
 
 for any number of acres, more or iel" , it fliali a; d 
 
 may be lawful for the treafurer of the dillrict ia 
 
 which fuch lands (liull lie a.-d be fituate, and he U 
 
 hereby requred to give notice of the fame for fix 
 
 months in the Upper ^lanada Gazc-ie. :md if after 
 
 the expiraiion of that time the fame fiiill not oe 
 
 piid, it fliall and may be lawful for hhn tf) fell fo 
 
 much thereof, after nuhlirlv a'lvrr:iv;iTj.r du- i,ni,- 
 
 
 :%. 
 
n 
 
 aR 
 
 may be neCefTiry 
 
 thenecefiiiryexyen 
 
 ( 1'3 
 
 ^o (at!, fy the AM arrca: 
 
 and to 
 
 and tor the ufc of "th 
 
 CGStnciirredbythcpuKeeui 
 
 receive the mor.icj. anfinrr Vrom iutii i'^'l 
 
 e townfiii'i 
 
 and 
 
 COUNCIL CHA,\1RF.R, 
 
 Additional Ruh 
 
 QUCBLC, 25lh.\ivnft, 178- 
 
 del 
 
 WHCRE,/\Sth 
 
 ^^ and Re^nlaU'.na for th Cond. 
 ^ anA-Office Dcp.ntmcnt. 
 
 I. 
 
 a of the 
 
 ^ys and abuferi h 
 
 re 13 reaion to a 
 
 J^n- department, en account of the dill 
 
 dux veyor General's o/lice f 
 
 pprehend that 
 ^11 ^'^''-",1", theLind-grant- 
 
 ance of the 
 
 uty Surveyor*, in var 
 
 'orn Its agents or Dcp, 
 
 and ih,u feme of the faid S 
 
 lous parts of the 
 
 provuKej 
 
 vers inftances, at 
 
 urveyors have, in d 
 
 hi.Mds of Hie CVown, without 
 
 tempted to difpofe of the wafte 
 
 c..t of executing the King', i„arucS to '^^ e" 
 
 "n ■ ,r. ™ ^'"''f''."T'P'- '"'' ""<<" other colors 
 2i e ' d L ■./^■^ ""='■-"'« hereby ordered and 
 cuet.ul, that al] Surveyors employed by the Go- 
 vernment, ,„:der iniiruclions from the Surveyor 
 General so3K:e for making Surveys and X! 
 n ems of the wafle lands of tlTe Cirowf,, in any par, 
 
 Land-boards for the rcfpeftive Diftrifls, of all a! 
 h. ments made by them (the faid Survc^'o,)"e 
 themfoK^rr'^'"?-''' •^''"*^''^"*. 'conceivin? 
 
 a.piucd of the error. And the Boards arc to 
 keep a v,g,la„t eye over al: encroachments by in- 
 du.duals upon the wafte lands of the Crown un- 
 
 ot'e-'^f-"' "' '"'■'? "."--''o-if^d loc^don "r 
 ot..c.wiL; communicamgfuch full information 
 
 "^s^it^ 
 
^'icl arrears, and 
 
 the prtKeeoiiigs, 
 
 :rom iutJi iltlc, lo 
 
 Ai!y;ufl, 1789. 
 th:j Conduct oj the 
 -:nt. 
 
 apprehend that 
 the Lmd.grant- 
 c tliiiance of the 
 i agents or Dcp- 
 'f the province, 
 ors have, in di- 
 'fe of the wafte 
 ^rity, under pre- 
 ruclfors to the 
 ts of landd to be 
 der other colors 
 :by ordered and 
 M by the Go- 
 11 the Surveyor 
 /eys and allot- 
 wn, in any part 
 reports to the 
 iricls, of all ai- 
 Jrveyors) peci- 
 rils, conceiving 
 of fuch unau- 
 ioned, may be 
 Boards are to 
 hments by in- 
 lie Crown, un- 
 i locations or 
 II information 
 
 ( 13 ) 
 
 ^smiy bercqivfi'f. for difcriminating the cafe of 
 deceive i and ik luiious fettlcis from odier intru-. 
 ders, th.u tiiofe who may rc^fonably expect the fa- 
 v;»rut Goverii'.j^cat, may receive luch indulgeur 
 cies, as their cafes may be found to require. 
 
 II. No allotments whatever fhall iienceforth be 
 made by any o^ the faid Surveyors, except by writ- 
 ten authority, directions or certificate of the ref- 
 pcctive Boards. And as often as fuch certificate 
 or authority of the Board Ihall come to the hands 
 of the Surveyor, to whom the fame is directed, it 
 ihail be his duty to locate the tract therein men- 
 tioned, and gie his certificate of location to the 
 intended grantee, at the toot, or on the back of 
 the authority of the Board accordingly. 
 
 Arid as often as an order of the Governor in 
 Council iffues for a grant of lands to be made, the: 
 Clerk of the Council fliall tranfinit a copy thereof 
 to the Board of the Dillrict in which the lands to 
 be granted are fituated, to enable the B^ard to give 
 the authority before directed, for the tract being 
 located by the Surveyor. 
 
 III. The Boards are to take care, that the orders 
 contained in the tenth article of the Rules and Re- 
 gulations for the conduct of the Land-office de- 
 partment, of the 17th of February laft, relative to 
 thedimenfions. and fubdivifion of Townftiips be 
 duly executed by the different Surveyors : And 
 for this purpofe, the faid orders are here infered 
 at length for the information and guidance of the 
 Boircis, viz. 
 
 The dimenfions of every inland Townfliip fhall 
 be ten miles fquare, and luch as are fituated upon a 
 navigable liver or water, (hall have a front of nine 
 jmles, and be twelve miies in depth. 
 
 Tae Town Plot in every Townlhip ftiall be one 
 
 \ 
 

 
 IT 
 
 II 
 
 A 
 
 ce,,t, e ot tl,e f .ont borciering „po„ th. river or la. 
 ^^^Every Town-lot fhall contain one acre more or 
 
 .r,<!;ro7lS:"-'"'' """"'■"»■" '™ hundred =crcs 
 
 ^ in w'"" '*"" *" ' P""''<^ S,,unre or B.rnde 
 
 crer^T''' 1 '" ■'■""'"' ^^'"^'"""S four 
 acres more or iels. ° 
 
 1 ararl.s (, the like extent at equal and con 
 ycnmn diilances from the center. 
 
 A Iquare of four acres more or lefs shall 
 f "o rrf /n-^"-^^ '''' "^ ^^- center fquac 
 
 io..ic,onebchool-houie,a Court or Town- 
 iKHue^ a Pnfon and a Poor or Work houfe. 
 A^q>j;treoffouracres, irore or lefs shill 
 
 HoibhXll'c ' '""^"^" ^"^>'"'£ &''-"^' 
 
 sh !lM I ^^i:!'''^^"F«^^ ^cres each,n.ore or lefs, 
 shall be relcrved for Market-placcs,at the four 
 
 at ,quil d-lhnces from the four corners 
 
 center f'^ P'',!'?,P'^ ^^'^^'' ^^^'^^i"P; l»-^'ni the 
 AM .K *^"f ^' '^''^ ''^ ninety-fix iet wide. 
 All other ftreets shall be fixty feet wide. 1 
 the^^fquares shall be open al ti.e angles or 
 
 Aa area of half a mile, more or Icfs, in depth ' 
 
 G 
 
 B 
 C 
 
 I)E 
 
 \ ^^tii>( 
 
ere more or 
 
 I 
 K 
 
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 furrounrlinp; the To'.vn, ^hall be rcfcrved for 
 works of ilcicace if nccelT.iiy, or iuch other 
 difpoil'.ions s shall be thought proper at a fu- 
 ture per ocl. 
 
 The 'I'own parks shall iidioin and farround 
 the area jufl mejitioned, and shall be two hun- 
 dred and eighty ciuht in inmiber in every in- 
 land Township, and two hundred and ei^^li. 
 teen in number in every Township lituated 
 upon a navip:;ahle river or water. 
 
 One Tovn-park shall be refervcd for a Mi- 
 r.ifter, and one for a Schoolrh.ifter, adj(/ii.irg 
 e.ich other. 
 
 The remainder of the Township shall be 
 laid out in Farm lots, the nnmbtr of vvhicii in 
 every inland Township, is to betvvo hundred 
 atjd iifty two, and in every Township firua- 
 ted on a navigable river or water, three hun- 
 dred. 
 
 Two farm lots shall be reserved for a Min- 
 iftef, and one for a Schoohnailer fituateci be- 
 hind the Town-parks, to be referred for them 
 refpcciively, and in that d^vifion of Fairr.-io s 
 which is neareft to the Town. 
 
 In each of ihc four corners of every inland 
 Tnwnehip, eight farm lots a;l)i,iurug each 
 other shall be rcferved in the hands of the 
 Crown. 
 
 In ejch of the four corners of every town, 
 ship, fituated upon a navi^^able river or water, 
 ten farm lots, adjoining each odier, ^had be 
 rcferved ia the hands of the Crown. 
 
 i^The Letters in the Margin nfiV to the plans 
 
 ahoveinefitioncd. 
 
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 And all ftrects and roads are to fnterfi-ct e,»S 
 orhcr a, r.ghf angle.,, at ,h. dittances-, and Lie 
 
 in t. e Council office.arcording to the ft.re..oinV na, 
 
 e ^ch of the Boards tor their n.ore an.ple intorma" 
 
 IV. Andinasirm-has local circumftances mav 
 fomcfmes render a deviation from thcforXXl 
 orders, rcfpeet.ng the fcite of the lown, a 'd l.f 
 d. ect.ons of the roa.ls. n,ore eligible fbr the -ene 
 r.l convenience of tne fet.lers, the Boards Z C 
 I^authorded to direct fuch devia.ions the f',™ 
 
 require, But the Surveyors shall, on no nretf-rp 
 whatever, make any deviation from the « ner d 
 oroers, ,n thefe, or any other refpec^, but by the 
 written authority of the Boards "^ "y u.c 
 
 tvl"f '' r''^" ^^ "" ''"'y °* "he Boards, in eve. 
 ty foch eafetto repoat the reafon for iher acl ,0 
 the Governor or Commander in Chief for the 
 time being with all convenient fpeed ° 
 
 V. For theexercife of due caurion in .he order- 
 ^g of any fuch deviations from .he general mo. 
 dels refpec.ing the fci.es Of To«.i,s, ard th- direc 
 icn.sofroa.s,as may be au.horiled bv ,he B^ard," 
 under the preceding ar.icle,it shall be th du y „? 
 the Boards, as Often a, one or more new T,Ln 
 ships are to belaid ou,, to call in the Mngiiir Te" 
 the officers of the n.iiii.i,, and other intelligent' 
 pl mters of the vicini, y thereof, or the Ul i f " 
 >rge.a«,heimpo,tarce,,f the cafe may equ-re 
 toaffift i„ their deliberaiions refpecting'^^he 21 ;,e' 
 faid particulars ; tbc majority of whom, and of 
 
 <i*^ipr>( 
 
hall be ihty 
 
 nterfect e:ieh 
 and in tJie 
 plans, fi'ed 
 >reKoing rar- 
 inlmittcd to 
 pie infoima- 
 
 rtances may 
 e forej^r'ing 
 ^n, and the 
 
 or the trene- 
 ■<is are iiere- 
 
 thercfiom, 
 ft^nces may 
 '•o preter.ce 
 the pcneril 
 
 but by the 
 
 rfs, in eve. 
 heir ad, to 
 iief for the 
 
 the ordcr- 
 sncral nio. 
 
 the direc- 
 the Bc-ards 
 le duty of 
 w I'own- 
 lagilir^ites, 
 intelligent 
 jiftrict at 
 Y /eqnire, 
 the ah)!c- 
 Hj and of 
 
 »• 
 
 
 ( n ) 
 
 the members of the B )ard prefent, (hall deter- 
 mine the neceflity of the deviation propofed, and 
 the proper fpot for the rown, and the proper di- 
 rections ot the Roads in every fuch 1 ownship, and 
 the Board shall thereupon proceed to authoiize &c 
 report the fame, as directed in the preceding ai ti- 
 de. 
 
 VII. With rcfpect to all Townships laid out 
 pri >r, and noi according to the foregoing regula- 
 tions, (many o^ which Townships are now con- 
 fidcrably advanced in their fettiements) the Boards 
 are neverthekfs to deliberate and fix upon the pro- 
 per fcites for Town.'«,Town-parks,glebe3 for a Min- 
 iftcr & Schooliua.iter, & the directions oi the rtuds 
 in the manner directed in the precediiig article. 
 If the choice (hall fall upon lands already located 
 in due form, the con{cnt < f iheoccuparits or right- 
 fulclaimants muft firll be obtain<'d, by. an agree- 
 ment between them, and the inhabitants ot the 
 T.»wnfhip in general ; to facil tate which, the 
 B irdsase heieby authorifeo to give tlivm, lever- 
 illy, ccrtili ate> directed to one of the Acting Sur- 
 veyors of their Dittrift, for as many acres ot the 
 vacant lands of the Crown, in that or any other 
 Towrliiip/as tiiey fliail have relintiu.i^ed their 
 churn to, by the ai; rteiner t fo made. 
 
 VI. As « ften a.-> the cdrni lete exccut'.on of the 
 dirfeclions. contained in the third aiticle of thele 
 rct'.uhiiions, (hall l)e prevented, by realon of the 
 BcceiTary fpace for that pivrpofebein;;- already u:;- 
 dcr pronuies oi' Grants toiKciividiiaN, who u ,iy !e 
 unwilling to relinquiih their ciaiK.s to the lame, 
 the Boards "ne to cblerve tiic fallowing ( ruoi in 
 provi.ijng fp;icc.s foj the gciierjKouvci.iu.ee of ihs 
 lov/nihip. vlis. 
 
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 ( 18 ) 
 «c Wp"ofGTd"^''"°''P'^^«f°f 'he pub. 
 
 3' One Kirfoiuge houfc 
 
 4- A conim„„ school houfe. 
 
 5- A 1 own park for one Minifter. 
 
 '"or. toihe ZJ':'' ^"*- °"« Schoolmaftcr. com. 
 
 7. A Glebe for one Minifter. 
 thciot '''' ^"' ""^ Schoolmafter, common to 
 
 t.'ie opinion of the BmrH , ^ ■•"^^•■""^'^d, in 
 
 fonage and School tuft" tt'lf''"';'''' *"- 
 order the Surveyor to lav om ,h ; ""'1 '"^ "> 
 number the fame • afie.ri V ^ '""'" '■■"^ ""d 
 receive appHcaXminH"''.''''^ ^°"''» are to 
 
 )hechara?rerr„'d";;e:'r^^fr,,^,^;-'-."-on of 
 
 T^'wn lot and one Town D^rt nf ? ' "/ "^'^ 
 crestoffethtr tn i-K^r ^ "^ twenty four a- 
 
 <M^^ 
 
( i:^ ) . 
 
 bulldincja Dwelling houfe on fuch Town Lot, 
 
 and occupying; the lame, within the Oace 
 
 of one year trom the date ot the crtificate. 
 
 And in cafcti of competition the Boards arc to rive 
 
 th3 preference to fuch appli ants, tor whofe tra^des 
 
 and occupations the refpeaive lots, on account of 
 
 th'ir fituarion near the water, or otherwfe, may 
 
 be bert cilculated ; and to fuch fober and induftri- 
 
 «ius Mechanics, whofc trades are moll neceflary to 
 
 the convenience of the Towniliip in general. And 
 
 t.ifi Boards are to be particularly careful to dif- 
 
 counrenance frivolous app.icatJons, and not to au- 
 
 thorifc any transfers of unimproved Town lots ancC 
 
 Town parks, which only tend to create a mifchie^ 
 
 vous monopoly of the ground. Nor fhall any 
 
 Tovv^n parks be granted feparately from Town lots 
 
 tl\e former being intended for the convenience of 
 
 *hof-rtlers upon the latter, and a failure in the 
 
 condition, upr.a which the Town lots are granted, 
 
 fliall operate the forfeiture of both. 
 
 X. Nothing contained, in the foregoing Rules 
 and RecrulatioDS, ihall be conftrued to 'prevent the 
 '•Surveyor General or Deputy Surveyor General, 
 from the execution of their duty and inftruclions, 
 whatever part of the Proviice either of tiiem maj? 
 be prefeYit ; nor to extend to tfie abolition, refaka- 
 tion, or reftiiaion, of the accuflomed chain o^du- 
 ty oE,offici^Upter,c^urf(^%,-bet\A;n the purveyor 
 General's oifice anvd its age'nts,^rt)epiify Survey- 
 ors relpeclively, in any part- of the i'rovince. 
 
 By Conunand of His Excellency the Governor, 
 
 fs 
 
 J. WILLIAMS. 
 
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 (20) 
 Mr. Amos Anslsy, 
 
 SIR —Ml. J(;hn Rider has broij;rht forwarrl 
 a con p,a,nt to n,c, agai. 11 you, for ^ncrS 
 him ,n the execution of his duty, ann even iiluf 
 ng him. You are perfca.y acquainted ui.h the 
 laws or your cc untry, ar,ci 1 h(.pe you wilT r rain 
 from fuch conduft in future, <,Vi^fhall be ob ieed 
 to take luch nieafures as tiie law dii eds. ^ 
 
 I am youi obt. Servant, 
 
 PEiER SMll IT. 
 
 [Received July the 15th, 18 10, 
 by me, Amos Ansley.] 
 
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 iiHtrrujting 
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