Acts. 211

fully and Amply to all Intents and purposes whatsoever as if the
said Deed had been Executed Recorded and Acknowledged after
the said Letters patent were Granted to the said Anthony Ivy and
According to the Exigence of the Law any Law Statute or usage to
the Contrary Notwithstanding Saveing the Right of his Most Sacred
Majesty his heirs and Successors and of all Bodyes Politique and
Corporate

Liber LL, 4
Acts

An Act for Confirming and makeing Valid in Law a Conveyance
of land made by Anthony Ivy and Anne his Wife lately deceased
to Thomas Davies and John Davies the sons of John Davies late
of Queen Annes County deceased.

Whereas it has been made appear to this present Generall As-
sembly that Robert Smith Esq^r late of Queen Anne's County de-
ceased in his Lifetime for the Quantity of Eleven thousand pounds
of tobacco to him in hand by John Davies late of Queen Anne's
County deceased did treat with and Agree to sell unto the said John
Davies four hundred and twenty Acres of Land being parte of a
tract of Land Called Confusion lying or supposed to Lye in Queen
Annes County aforesaid and that before the said Robert Smith had
Conveyed the Same (or had a Title so to doe) unto him the said
John Davies pursuant to the treaty and Agreement af^d both the said
Robert Smith and the said John Davies dyed, and that afterwards
Viz. the Twenty second day of August in the Year of our Lord
Seventeen hundred and tenn Anthony Ivy of Queen Annes County
af^d Gent lately deceased an[d] Anne his Wife the daughter and
heiress at Law of the said Robert Smith Esq^r in pursuance of and
Complyance with the said Treaty and Agreement by their deed In-
dented of bargaine and Sale bearing date the day and Year aforesaid
and by them duly Executed acknowledged and recorded in the records
of Queen Ann's County for the Consideration of Eleven thousand
pounds of tobacco in the said deed menconed did Convey unto
Thomas Davies and John Davies the sons of the said John Davies
deceased the said four hundred and twenty acres of Land which Deed
followes in these words, Vidilicet, Maryland ss, Queen Annes
County Court.
This Indenture made the twenty second day of August in the Year
of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and tenn Between An-
thony Ivy and Anne his Wife of the said County Gent of one parte
and Thomas Davies and John Davies sons of John Davies late of the
said County deceased and both of said County of the other parte
Wittnesseth that the said Anthony Ivy and Anne his Wife for and in
Consideration of the Sume of Eleven thousand pounds of tobacco
to them at & before the ensealeing and Delivery of these presents
well and truely in had paid by the aforenamed John Davies or his
Order in his Life time whereof and wherewith the said Anthony

Acts o f 1716,
ch. 10
p. 316