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7 commissioners may let or fell, surplus of ground purchased, together or in parcels.
a preference to vendors.
for purposes of said act,
and direct new edifices,
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XXXI. And whereas by reason of the purchases, which the said commissioners are empowered to make by virtue of the aforesaid recited act, they may happen to be possessed of some piece or pieces of ground, over and and above what may be made use of for the widening, enlarging, and improving the street, way, or passage, for which they purchased the same: be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall and may be lawful for the said commissioners, or any seven or more of them, to let, sell, or dispose of any such piece or pieces of ground, either together or in parcels, in such manner as they shall find most advantageous and convenient, to such person or persons as shall be willing to contract, agree for, or purchase the same, giving preference to the person or persons of whom the same shall have been purchased, and to apply the money arising from the same to the purposes of said recited act, and it shall and may be lawful to and for the said commissioners, or any seven or more of them, to design, assign, and lay out, in what manner any new houses or edifices shall be erected or built upon any such piece or pieces of ground, which they shall be possessed of as aforesaid, over and above what may be necessary for widening, enlarging, and improving the street, way, or passage, for which they purchased the same.
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