116 Assembly Proceedings, Sept. 20-Oct. 18, 1694.

Lib. L. L. 2.

An Additional Act to the Act for Quieting of Possessions.
Whereas att a Generall Assembly begun and held att S^t
Marys in the Province of Maryland the Twenty seaventh day
of March in the nine and thirtieth year of the Dominion of
Cecilius &c. Anoq Domini 1671 It was then and there
amongst other things Enacted (Viz) An Act for Quieting Pos-
sessions which Act did Assure and Confirme all Estates made
by reall Purchacers of all Lands Tenements and hereditam^ts
whatsoever before the day of the Date thereof and not after
And whereas att a Generall Assembly held att the City of S^t
Marys the thirteenth day of Aprill in the Two & fourtieth
year of the Dominion of Cecilius &c. Anoq Dni 1674
Entituled an Act of Enrolling Conveyances and secureing the
Estates of Reall Purchasers it was therein Conteined amongst
other things Viz. That all That from thenceforth should pur-
chase any Land of Inheritance should purchase the same by
Deed Indented or other sure Deed and Enroll the same in the

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County where the Land lyeth or in the Provinciall Court or
the Principal heads of the same Deed Clearly shewing and
declareing the Maner how Lands should pass from man

to man. And forasmuch as the same Law did not Provide for

the Security of all those Titles That did pass from man to man
from the Twenty Seaventh day of March one Thousand six
hundred and Seaventy one untill the thirteenth day of Aprill
in the Year of our Lord one thousand six hundred seaventy
and four nor no other Law Extant for secureing those Titles
being under the same Circumstances as those of one Thou-
sand six hundred Seaventy & one Wee the Deputys and
Delegates of this present Generall Assembly do pray that it
may be Enacted And be it Enacted, by the King and Queens
most Excellent Maties by and with the Advice & Consent of
this Present Generall Assembly and the Authority of the same
That the aforesaid Law Entituled An Act for Quieting of
Possessions and all the Branches and Provisoes therein Con-
teined be in full force and Virtue untill the thirteenth day of
Aprill in the Year of our Lord one thousand six hundred
Seaventy & four and not after.