Excerpt from The Land System in Maryland: 1720-1765These terms remained unchanged during the continuance Of the commutation law, 1 but after its expiration in 1733 an increase in the land rates again became very tempting to the proprietor. By the instructions to Edmund Jennings, judge Of the land Office, in that year, the purchase price was left at forty shillings sterling per hundred acres, but the quit-rent was raised from four shillings to ten shillings.2 Under these terms the number of land grants showed a sharp decrease, so that in 1738 the four shilling quit-rent was restored, but the purchase price was advanced from �to �sterling per hundred acres. At the same time the land Officials were informed that these were but minimum rates, and that higher rates should be demanded. Wherever, in the judgment Of the governor, the secretary, and' the judge of the land office, the desirability of the land would admit of it.s In practice, however, increased rates were seldom, if ever, demanded. After 1738 there was no fur ther change in the land rates until the Revolution.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.