en Seigneurie as of those granted by the King en Roture Also Copies under the Great Seal of the Proviuce of all the Kings Edicts and Declarations relative to Grants of Lands which had Force of

Law there, that his Excellency might be enabled to Judge of the Justice of such Claims

--That by

these it appears that the Governor and Intendant, or in Case of their Death or Absence those

who

executed their respective offices, had the power of granting Lands to be ratified by the King within

Twelve Months, and that they likewise were the sole Judges in case of a reunion to the Demesne, where the Grantees had not complyed with the Conditions of their Grants, which however never took place till after a Solemn Hearing upon a legal Process before those Officers at the instance of the King's Attorney General That among the Papers transmitted under the Great Seal of the Province is a Sentence of Reunion of Several Grants upon Lake Champlain dated 10 th May 1741 by the then Governor Beauharnois and Intendant Hocquart, since which time there does not appear upon the Registers, altho' very complete, a single reunion of any Grant in those Parts & therefore that and after seveall Grants precedent thereto, and not comprehended therein, are thereby confirmed On the ral observations respecting two Grants to Monsieur Poucault purchased by General Murray On the Grant of Monsieur De Beaujeu Villemonde And the two Title of Mademoiselle de Ramzay Grants to Monsieur Hocquart, purchased by Monsieur de Lotbiniere, further acquainting his Excel-