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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 9 (of 9)

Note 24 — PART VI. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. (continued 7)

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§ 3. The prohibition to place among different wards the lands of a single individual, held in a body is, 1st. To save the proprietor from the perplexity of multiplied responsibilities; and 2. To prevent arbitrary and inconsistent apportionments, by different wardens, of the comparative values of the different portions of his lands in their respective wards.

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