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niiic'ty-iiiiie years at tin* rate of ten dollars per 

 acre, perfttmnm. 



only to lands heyoiiil tlic Hiiiits of the town, and 

 oeciipied for aii'riridtural |Hir|)o^;e?^ ; thoSG re- 

 specting* sj^roLiiid occupied witliiu the limits of 

 the town, for the ere^lloia of hiiildings, being 

 different. For such gt^taidly the t?site of quit- 

 rout lia< lieeii fixed, on ISgigtxt'lit loa^^ef? for iiim^ 

 Immlr^'d and nint tv-ninn years, at one dollar lor 

 nine hnndrt'd and sixty-six feet, or in the pro- 



imfthm of {<mtf ^Mlm f&t mte* 



*^ Bu<h. are the terms M whf^h latid is held 



at this settleiiijeai;^;^ and which we declare to ho. 

 |irnliihiti<»i^ to nn extended enltivation anil the 

 general iinprox eiueut of the island. In the first 

 place, with regard to land beyond lim limits of 

 tlie town, the rent, even on the first leM^ can- 

 not be considered moderate, act a dollar m ^J&^i 

 as the Irasehnlder mnst necessarily incur con- 

 siderable expense, at the coinmencemenf, in 

 eleating the land, whidi^ for the most part, is 

 ov<$ifgrown with jucsgk and forest. Tot i^epay 

 himself tliis expenditurCj and to render tht* 

 s]K'cnlarion wortliy f>f jjis time and aftrTition, the 

 gi'ound must be made to yield protlnetions cal- 

 culated to x^allze some profit. Those most likely 

 to do SO^ m ihk wktrd, (fi'mu its hilly nature,) 



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