210 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4
Acts

Land & Premises therein mentioned unto the within named John
Alla his heires [and] Assignes forever. Solomon Wright John Wells.
And Whereas also It appeares that Neither the said Robert Smith
Esq^r in his Life time or the said Anthony Ivy and Anne his Wife
att the Time of makeing & Executeing the said Deed had any
Right or Title to the said Land the same being Vacant and never
taken up And Whereas the said Anthony Ivy in his Life time after-
wards Viz. the Twenty second day of September One Thousand
seven hundred and thirteen Obtained the Letters Pattent of the Right
honourable Charles Lord Baltemore lately Deceased for a Tract of
land Called Confusion for the Considerations and suggestions in the
said Patent mentioned and sett forth which Letters patent are
recorded in the Secretary's office in the province of Maryland in the
Book P LI N^o 3 f^o 513 that thereby he the said Anthony Ivy may
be Enabled to Convey the same pursuant to the Agreement made
between the said Robert Smith in his Lifetime and the said John
Alla to the said John Alla his heirs and Assignes.
And Forasmuch as it also Appeares to this present Generall Assem-
bly that the said Anthony Ivy is since deceased haveing never made
any Conveyance of the said two hundred and forty one Acres of Land
after his obtaining the said Letters patent to the said John Alla and
that Robert Smith Ivy the son of the said Anthony is now under age
and under the Tuition and Guardianship of Renatus Smith of Queen

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Anne's County Gent his uncle and thereby Incapable to Convey the
said Lands to the said John Alla and his heirs pursuant to the true
Intent and meaning of his said Father Anthony Ivy And Whereas
the said Renatus Smith on his behalfe Confessed the matters and
things aforesaid to be true before this Generall Assembly Therefore
the said John Alla prayed that he and his heirs by an Act of Assembly
of this Province to be made and by Vertue of the said Deed so Exe-
cuted by the said Anthony and Anne his Wife in their Life times may
have the said Land Confirmed to him and his heirs according to the
true Intent and meaning of the said Deed as fully and Effectually in
Law to all Intents and purposes as if the said Deed had been Exe-
cuted by the said Anthony and his Wife after the said Letters Patent
were granted he the said John Alla Paying to the Right Hon^ble the
present Lord Proprietarie the Alienation Fine within the Space of
Six months after the End of this Session of Assembly. Be it there-
fore Enacted by the Right Hon^ble the Lord Proprietary by and with
the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governour and the upper
and Lower houses of this present Generall Assembly and the Author-
ity of the same that the said John Alla shall and may by Vertue of
the said Deed & this present Act have hold and for every Enjoy
according to the true Intent and meaning of the said rec[i]ted Deed
the aforesaid two hundred and forty one Acres of Land parte of the
said two Severall Tracts of Land Called Confusion and Adventure as