574 Appendix.

Session
Laws
p. 361

Thirtieth day of October in the Year Aforesaid. And whereas it has
been made further to appear that the said Deed hath hitherto been
Omitted to be Recorded It is therefore humbly prayed that it may
be Enacted. And be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord
Prop^ry by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Gov-
ernour and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the Same that the said Deed of Bargain and Sale be as
good and Valid in Law to all Intents and purposes as if the same
had been Recorded within the time Limmitted by Law Provided the
same be Duly Recorded within six months from the End of this Ses-
sion of Assembly any Omision of having the same Recorded or any
Law Statute Usage or Custom to the Contrary in any wise Notwith-
standing Saving to his Sacred Majesty his heirs and Successors, to
the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary his heirs and Successors
and to all Bodies Politick and Corporate and all others not mentioned
in this Act their Severall & Respective Rights.

Chap. XIV
p. 362

An Act to Cut of an Entail of a Tract of Land Called Marshes Seat
Lying in Arrundell County and to Invest William Vernon with an
Estate in Fee Simple in the said Tract of Land and to Settle a
Parcell of Land being part of three Tracts of Land Called Happy
Choice, Clarks Groves, and the Addition To Clark's Groves Lying
in Prince Georges County on Thomas Knighton & the Heirs of his
Body in Lieu thereof.

Whereas' William Vernon and Keyser Knighton by their Petition
to this Assembly set forth that Thomas Knighton of Ann Arundell
County Grandfather to the said Keysar Knighton was seized in Fee
of a Tract of Land Called Marshes Seat Lying in Ann Arundell
County Aforesaid and that the said Thomas Knighton by his will
Devised the same to Thomas Knighton, Father to the said Keysar
Knighton in an Estate Tail That a Copy of the said Will did Appear
in the Commissarys office Recorded on a Back of a Book but without
probate. That the Originall Will Could never be found that Christo-
pher Vernon the Father of William Vernon Apprehending that thro
the Loss of the said will none Estate Tail was vested purchased of the
said Thomas Knighton Father of the said Keysar then heir at Law to
Thomas Knighton his Father Deceased the said Tract of Land
Called Marshes Seat that in the year One Thousand Seven hundred
and Seven after Christopher Vernons Purchase An Act of Assembly
was made to make Valid in Law the Will of Thomas Knighton.
That Thomas Knighton son of Thomas Knighton the Devisor and
Keysar Knighton the Grandson next heir to the said Land of Marshes
being willing to Accept of a parcell of Land part of three Tracts of
Land Called happy Choice Clarks Groves and the Addition to Clarks
Grove purchased by the said William Vernon of M^r Richard Snow-
den as by the Deed of said Richard Snowden Dated the fourth day