The Lower House. 165

May 8^th 1701

To the Honble the house of Dellegates
The humble petⁿ of Dorothy Stevens relict of John Stevens
late of Dorchester County Dec^d
Sheweth That your pet^r in the yeare 1695 p^rchased from
Simon Willmore of Kent County Gent, to her her heires
and assignes for ever a certaine tract of land called
Willmores Range Lyeing in Talbott County on the South
side of Chester River and upon a branch called Vni-
corne branch q^ty 1000 acres more or less as p^r his
Lordp^s Grant thereof may appeare and did make paym^t of
the purchase money and the said Simon Willmore and his
Wife Rebecca by Jn^o Valliant her atto^ry came into Talbott
County Court and did there give their consents that the Deed
of feoffment should be then Enrolled on the Records of Tal-
bott County Court. But it hapened that by the negligence
of the clarke or otherwise the s^d deed is not recorded nor the
deed it selfe to be found and the s^d Symon Willmore being
dead and his heir within age yo^r pet^r is deprived of comon
remedy Except she be aided by an Act of Assembly firmly to
invest the s^d Land in your pet^r her heirs and assignes upon
reasonable proofe of her allegacon which She hopes the
honble house will Grant Especially seeing the relict of the
said Willmore and all persons Interested or concerned desire
the Same and yo^r pete^r as in duty bound shall Humbly pray &^c:
Which being read and understood Ord^d that the pet^r have
her remedy by passing of it into a Law Confirmeing the title
to the said Land in the pet^o menconed.
Proposed by a member of this house whether it be not
reasonable a Law be made that a transcript of a Judg^t of any
Co^ty Court transmitted to another County under the Seale
may be Sufficient to Grant Execution ag^t psons remooved
ag^t whom such originall Iudgm^t is obtained. And whether
it be not necessary that a Law be made for paym^t of rents
for Orphans Lands in their minority by the persons in whose
hands the Same is.
And proposed that forasmuch as this province at this time
have good Supply of Armes that a Law be made for cleans-
ing preserving and keeping them in good repaire
2^ly That a Law be made for Itinerant Iudges within this
province &c:
3^ly And for advance^t of money for paym^t of Leavys here-
tofore in the house of Dellegates mooved.
All which said proposalls are referred to further considera-
con till Monday morning.
The peti^con of Peter Scamper of Prince Georges Co^ty ffur-
eigne^r and Iohn Debenter of Balt County fforeigner for Nat-

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