Acts. 253

his Sacred Majesty his heirs & Successors the Lord Proprietary his
heirs and Successors and all Bodies Politick and Corporate and all
Other persons not herein named their respective Rights.

Session
Laws

An Act to Record and make Valid a Deed of Bargaine and Sale from
James Gould and Elizabeth his Wife to William Scot and Sarah
his Wife.

Whereas it hath been made Appear to this present Generall As-
sembly by William Merson of Queen Anns County a minor that the
said Petitioners Father formerly purchased from a Certain John
Atkinson and Elizabeth his Wife the Moiety or half part of a Tract
or parcell of Land Called Middle Plantation then Lying in Talbot
County but now in Queen Anns County which said John Atkinson
had right unto the said Land by Devise from a Certain Robert
Robertson which said Robert Robertson purchased the said Land
from a Certain William Scot and Sarah his wife who before that
purchased the Same from a Certain James Gould and Elizabeth his
Wife.

Chap. VII
Liber L, 5
p. 410

And Whereas it hath been made further Appear that the Deed from
the said James Gould and Elizabeth his Wife to the said William
Scott and Sarah his Wife was duly Executed and Acknowledged
but Neglected to be Recorded Altho Lodged in the office within the
time Limitted by Law the want of which Recording renders the said
Petitioners Estate in the said Land precarious wherefore he Humbly
prayed that he might have Liberty to Record the same Deed in the
Records of Queen Anns County and that the same Deed when
Recorded might be as Valid in Law as if the same had been recorded
within the time Limitted by Law And that it might be Enacted.
And be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governeur and the
Upper & 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 Recorded in the
Records of Queen Anns County Court within Six months from the
End of this Session of Assembly any Omission of having the same
Recorded or any Law Statute ussage or Custom to the Contrary in
any wise notwithstanding. Saving to his Sacred Majesty his heirs
& Successors. To the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietarie his
heirs & successors & to all Bodies Politick and Corporate and all
Others not menc5ned in this Act their Several & Respective Rights.

p. 411