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Peaceable possession for sixty years deemed a good title.
Presentment for expences of sale, &c.
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2. And . . . whereas in many cases there is much difficulty in making out a title to grounds that have been so occupied by such old court houses, gaols, and county infirmaries, although there has not appeared any claimant thereto for many years: Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid that all such ground or any buildings thereon that has been occupied as aforesaid for sixty years and upwards in a peaceable and quiet manner and without any claimant on record in any court of law, such peaceable and quiet possession for sixty years shall be considered as a good and valid title; and such commissioners so appointed as aforesaid or any three of them shall have full power and authority to convey the interest, fee, and inheritance thereof in as large and as ample a manner as the same was held and enjoyed by the county; and such conveyance by deed, lease, or other instrument signed by such commissioners, or any three of them, and approved of by the grand jury as aforesaid, shall be deemed, taken, and considered as a good, sufficient and valid title in law, said grand jury nevertheless being first satisfied as to the due payment of the purchase money to the treasurer as aforesaid, or as to any other valuable consideration that may have been agreed for thereto; and it shall and may be lawful for such grand jury to grant a presentment for all reasonable expences attending the disposal and conveyance of such ground and materials.
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