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Estates for new comers and slave ownership in the island
An act grants fifty acres to a male adopter and up to fifty more for a wife and twenty for each child, plus ten acres per slave or other white arrivals, with total grants limited to three hundred acres. New settlers owe passage and subsistence costs to the public, repayable after seven years. Surveys of two large tracts near Alanchioncel Harbour and No man’s Valley are mandated within nine months. Penalties apply for surveyors who err, and officers may be assigned to protect crews. Newcomers receive patenting costs paid by the public and tax exemptions for five years. Alienation restrictions ensure lands stay with the grantor’s line, or revert to the Crown. Public proprietors receive protections to prevent injury to land parcels.
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Alanchioncel Harbour