180 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4
Acts

mentioned according to the purport thereof and the true Intent and
meaning of the partys to the same Deed for want of its having been
recorded according to the aforementioned Act for Quieting pos-
sessions without which the said Action Cannot be secure of his said
purchase And for that the heirs of the said Gilbert have had due
notice of the said Actons Proceedings in this behalfe and have de-
clared their Assent thereto by their Certificate under their hands
whereby they signifie that they have nothing to say to the Contrary
thereof he the said Henry Acton hath Supplicated this present

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Generall Assembly that it may be Enacted and for that all and singu-
lar the premises are sufficiently made appeare.
Be it Enacted by the Queens most Excellent Majesty by and with
the advice & Consent of her Majestys President Councill & Assembly
of this province and the Authority of the same that it shall and may
be Lawfull for the said recited deed Indented to be Recorded in the
Land Records in Charles County Court at any time within twelve
months from the End of this present Session of Assembly and that
the same deed with the Acknowledgement thereon when Recorded
as aforesaid and Every part thereof shall be as good and valid in
Law to all intents Constructions and purposes and that the said
Land by vertue thereof and of this Act shall pass from the Said
Gilbert Clark to the said Henry Acton his heirs and Assignes in as
full and ample maner as if the said recited Deed Indented from the
said Gilbert Clark to the said John Bayne had been duly recorded
in the records of Charles County Court within the time Limitted by
the Laws then in force The want of Recording the Same Deed or
any Law Statute usage or Custome to the Contrary notwithstanding.

Acts of
Oct. 1713,
ch. 15
p. 99

An Act for the relief of John Coale of Charles County Carpenter.
Whereas Phillip Lynes Esq^r by his deed of bargaine and Sale duly
Executed bearing date the twentyeth day of August in the year of our
Lord Seventeen hundred and five for the Considerations in the same
deed Expressed & Contained Bargain'd and Sold unto one Michael
Rochford late of Saint Maries County Cooper that parcell or tract
of Land Lying in Charles County called thamesstreet Begining at

a bounded white oak the North west and by north bound tree of John

Robinsons Land called Wassell and running thence North west and
by north twenty six perches to a bounded Spanish oak thence south
west & by west two hundred and ten perches to a bounded oak thence
south East and by South Seventy six perches to a bounded oak north
East and by East bounding upon the said Robinsons Land to the first
bounded tree Containing and Laid out for one hundred acres more or
Less And alsoe all that Tract or parcell of Land Called Tower Dock
Lying in the said county begining at a bounded Spanish oak the
bound tree of one George Lingham running from thence north west
and by north forty five perches to a bounded red oak thence East one