Note 73 — Chapter XIX
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The last of the conditions above quoted was a somewhat variable one, and is sometimes found in this form, “The grantees shall settle one-fourth part within one year, in the proportion of one family of Protestants (to consist at least of four persons) to every thousand acres, one-fourth part within two years, another fourth part within three years, and the remaining fourth part within four years, otherwise the lands remaining unsettled to revert to the crown.”