Acts. 159

edge the aforesaid deed according to the Laws of this Province,
But instead of Acknowledging the aforesaid deed before the
Provinciall Court or some of the Justices thereof the aforesaid deed
by some Mistake was Recorded in Ann Arrundell County Court

Liber LL, 4
Acts

without any Acknowledgm^t whereby in strictness of Law the said
S^r Thomas Johnson's Title to the said Land becomes p^rcarious, And
the s^d Edward Hancox departing this Life soon after the makeing
of the s^d deed the said S^r Thomas Johnson Cannott now procure any
further Conveyance or Assureance to the s^d Land the Truth of all
which Allegacons plainly appearing to this p^rsent Generall Assembly
It is humbly prayed That it may be Enacted
And be it Enacted by the Queens most Excellent Maj^ty by and
with the Advice and Consent of her Maj^tys Presid^t Councill and As-
sembly of this Province and the Authority of the same That the
afores^d deed of Conveyance soe As aforesaid made from the said
Edward Hancox to the s^d S^r Thomas Johnson shall for ever be As
good Valid and Effectuall in Law to all Intents and purposes what-
soever As if the same had been by the said Edward Hancox in his
Life Time legally Acknowledged and Recorded in the Provinciall
Court or County Court of Baltimore County And that the s^d
S^r Thomas Johnson by Vertue of the s^d Conveyance and of This
Act shall have hold and Enjoy to him and his Heires forever As
good an Estate in Fee Simple of in and to the s^d Land in the s^d Con-
veyance menconed As he Could or ought to have had, if the said deed
or Conveyance had been legallv Acknowledged by the s^d Edward
Hancox in his Life Time, the want of the Acknowledgm^t thereof
according to the s^d Warrant or Letter of Attorney or the due and
legall Recording thereof or any Law Use or Custome to the Contrary
notwithstanding

p. 51

An Act for the Naturalization of Samuel Guichard of Ann Arrundell
County Planter

Be it Enacted by the Queens most Excellent Maj^ty by and with the
Advice & Consent of her Maj^tys Presid^t Councill & Assembly of this
Province and the Authority of the same That Samuel Guichard of
Ann Arrundell County Planter be in all Things Adjudged taken
Reputed had held and Governed As her Maj^tys Naturall born Subject
of this Province, And that he bv the Authority aforesaid be Enabled
and Adjudged to all Intents and purposes to demand Challenge Ask
have hold and Enjoy any Lands Tenem^ts Rents and Hereditam^ts to
which he might be in any wise Entituled As if he had been her Maj^tys
free and naturall born Subject of this province and alsoe That he be

Acts of
Oct. 1712,
ch. 17

Enabled to Maintaine prosecute Avow Justify and defend all manner
of Accons suits Pleas Plaints and other demands whatsoever As
liberally frankly freely fully and lawfully As if he had been her Maj^tys
naturall born Subject of this Province any Law Statute Usage or
Custome to the Contrary in any Wise notwithstanding.

p. 52