136 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4
Acts

the said Susannah hath or ought to have, to the said Remaining part
of the said Land unsold as af^d to the said James Heath his heires and
assignes, and for that the said Indenture, or deed of release being
Executed by the said Susannah whilst under Coverture, will not bar
the said Thomas Tracy nor the heires of the said Susanna from have-
ing and Clayming the said Lands and premises, she humbly peti-
tioned this generall Assembly that it might be Enacted.

p. 17

And be it Enacted by the Queens most Excellent Maj^ty by and with
the advice and Consent of her Maj^tys President, Councill, and As-
sembly of this Province and the authority of the same, that the said
Indenture or deed of release, Enrolled in the County Court records of
Ann Arundell shall according to the purport, true Intent and meaning
thereof Enure and take Effect, and be as good and Availeable in Law,
to all Intents, Constructions, and purposes As if the same Thomas
Tracy had Joyned in the said deed, with the said Susannah in the
Legall Execution thereof, as good an Estate in fee Simple as the said
Thomas and Susanna Could have made them, notwithstanding the
said Susannah being under Coverture hath made, and Executed the
said release in her own name onely, And shall not Only for Ever
barr the said Susanna her heires and Assignes, but also the said
Thomas Tracy and all Clayming from by or under him, from all
and Every the Land in the said Release Expressed or mentioned, or
Intended to be there Expressed or mentioned, And all the Rents
Issues and Proffitts of the same, any Law Statute Useage or Cus-
tome, or Coverture of the said Susanna to the Contrary, not-
w^thstanding. And be it also enacted by the authority, advise and Con-
sent af^d that the said four thousand pounds of tobacco paid or to be
paid to the said Susannah by the said James Heath, shall not be Lyable
to any attachm^t or other process whatsoever for or upon Account of
any debt, or oweing from the said Thomas Tracy, but shall wholly be
to the use and benefitt of the said Susanna towards the releiveing and
supporting her and her Children any Law Statute Usage or Custome
to the Contrary notwithstanding

Acts of 1711,
ch. 11

An Act Confirming to Major John Hawkins and Henry Wright of
Queen Ann's County Certain Lands therein mentioned

p. 18

Whereas Robert Atchison late of Kent County, in or about the
year of our Lord God one thousand Six hundred ninety Eight did
grant and Convey unto a Certain Henry Price three hundred acres
of Land part of a tract of Land Called Smiths Ridge Lying in
QueenAnn's County, which said Price afterwards Sold and Conveyed
unto the said Maj^r Jn^o Hawkins two hundred acres pte of the said
three hundred acres, dud tu the said Henry Wright the remaineing
one hundred acres thereof. But it happening that after the Sale of
the said Land to the said Hawkins and Wright by the said Price the
said Price removed himself out of this Province, and Either