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each, with convenient streets." Once the lots were laid off, the trustees "shall proceed to sell the same at publicauction, for the best price that can be had." The proceeds from the sale were to go to the former owners of the property.
Anyone who purchased one of the lots was required to build on his lot "a dwelling house 16 feet square at least with a brick or stone chimney to be furnished fit for habitation within seven years from the day of sale."
The trustees were "empowered to make rules and orders for the regular building of houses therein and to settle disputes concerning the bonds of the said lots."
They were also authorized to' go onto the lots and sell them again if no dwelling that met requirements had been built within the seven years. In this case the money from the second sale would be used "for the benefit of the town."
Thirteen months later the General Assembly passed an act which expanded the town to provide for adding six lots "already laid off' belonging to William Porter and "contiguous to the town of Washington."
Mr. Porter had not wanted his land included with rest for the 1796 bill, saying the town "had not grown to such proportions so as to warrant his property to be included as part of the town area," but apparently he later had a change of mind.
Of course, Washington's claim to be the
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