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-

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lency that the Canadian Grantees, Trust his Excellency will be pleased to consider the Possession of their Estates with all the Immunities thereunto annexed, was secured to them by the capitulation of

Montreal, and the Treaty of Paris

--That the King's Old Subjects who under the Faith thereof became considerable purchasers of their Estates, Hope and doubt not his Excellency will pay a due attention to their just Rights, and that all expect so serious a matter of so much Consequence to themselves and Families, will be carefully weighed and sufficient Time given them to adduce such proofs as in Honour and Justice may be required of them.