400 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 5
Acts

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said Samuel Galloway and two fifths to the said John Giles for the
sum of Seventy pounds Sterling which said money was bona fide
paid by the said purchasers and a Deed of Conveyance duly Exe-
cuted unto them for the said Land That by the Last will and Testa-
ment of Samuel Galloway The af^d John Galloway became vested
with the right and possession of three fifths of the said Land and that
the said John Galloway hath since purchased the other Two fifths of
the said Land of John Giles father of The af^d John Giles whereby the
said John Galloway is Become Seized of the whole all which Allega-
tions The said John Galloway and John Giles were ready to Verifie
that the said John Galloway and John Giles have Lately Discovered
that the af^d Deed of Conveyance of the premises to the fathers of the
said John Galloway and John Giles hath never been Enrolled in any
of the records of this province Whereby The Legall Title of the said
John Galloway to the said Land is rendred uncertain and precarious
and that he is apprehensive that he may be Defeated of his Just right
Wherefore the said John Galloway and John Giles by their said
petition in humble manner prayed That this Generall Assembly
would Take the Case under their Consideration and apply such Re-
lief thereto as This Assembly in their prudence should Judge most
requisite and for as much as The said Anne Jones Daniel Mariarte
and Ellinor Mariarte have Certified to this Generall Assembly of
their having notice of the petition af^d and of Their Consenting that
a bill should pass in favour of the said John Galloway and John
Giles as prayed in Their petition af^d and Likewise it being further
made appear to This Generall Assembly that The af^d John Blackmore

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and Richard Jones are both Deceased Since the Execution of the
Deed Af^d and That the said John Blackmore in whom the Chiefest
Right to the Land af^d Lay Left This province some years past and
hath Left no heir or Representative here to the Knowledge of The
said John Galloway and John Giles and further They shew that the
aforementioned Deed by Them produced bears Date the nineteenth
Day of July One Thousand Seven hundred and Twelve and appears
to be acknowledged on the back Thereof before Josias Towgood
and Thomas Larkin Gent Then two of the Justices of Ann Arundell
County Court according to Law and for The Consideration of the
said Sale hath been duly paid and That the said John Galloway and
John Giles Case most properly requires an Equitable relief by an
Act to be past in Their favour It is Therefore humbly prayed That
it may be Enacted And be it Enacted by the Right Honble The
Lord proprietor by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships
Governeur and the upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and The
Authority of the same that it shall and may be Lawfull for the said
John Galloway and John Giles to Record the Deed af^d with the
acknowledgment Thereof at any Time within Six months after the