Acts. 365

of November next And if it shall happen, that His Excellency shall
please to Convene an Assembly, before the Fourth Tuesday of
October next aforesaid, that then the present Act, and everything
therein contained, shall be void and of no Effect.

Session
Laws

An Act to Supply Some Defects in a Deed of Bargain and Sale
from Edward Mitchell of Kent County Gentleman To John Ward
of Cecill County Gentleman and from the said Ward to William
Ennalls of Dorchester County Gentleman of a peice of Land Called
the Ponds Lying in Kent County aforesaid.

Whereas Edward Mitchell of Kent County Gentleman by Deed
of Bargain & Sale by him Sealed and Delivered bearing date the
fourteenth day of November Anno Domini One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Thirty for a Valuable Consideration Sold and Con-
veyed to the said John Ward a peice of Land Called the Ponds
Lying in Kent County which said Deed was by Virtue of a Letter of
Attorney bearing Equal Date therewith & proved by the Oath of
One Credible witness to have been Sealed and Delivered by the said
Edward Mitchell Impowering John Haukins Gentleman to Acknowl-
edge the Same (he the said Mitchell then being in Maryland) the
Twenty third clay of June Anno Domini Seventeen Hundred and
Thirty One Acknowledged before George Wilson and Henry Evans
Gentlemen two of his Lordships Justices of the- Peace of Kent
County by the said John Haukins & not by the said Edward Mitchel
in Person. And Whereas the said Deed has been Omitted to be
Recorded within the time Limitted by Law which Omission of the
said Edward Mitchells Acknowledging the said Deed in person and
of its being Recorded within Six months after the Execution thereof
Renders the Title of the said John Ward, And also the Title of
William Ennalls to whom the said John Ward hath by Deed Duly
Executed Conveyed the Same in the Said Land Disputable for Pre-
vention whereof
Be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governour and the
tipper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority of the Same
that the said Deed of Bargain and Sale shall be as Good Effectuall
and Available in Law to Bar the heir or heirs of the said Edward
Mitchell from any Claim or Demand of in or to the aforesaid Land
and to Invest the heirs or Assignes or those who have the Estate of
the heirs or assignes of the said Edw^d Mitchell in the said Land as
if the said Deed had been Acknowledged by the said Edward Mit-
chell in his proper person and Recorded within Six months after
the Execution thereof According to the Act of Assembly for Quiet-
ing the Possessions Enrolling Conveyances and Securing the Estates
of Purchasers Also that the Deed from the said John Ward to the
Aforesaid Will^m Ennalls for the Land Aforesaid shall be as Effectual

1731
Chap. XIII
Liber
B. C. L.
p. 5