Acts. 221

Assignes who afterwards about the fifth day of March Seventeen
hundred and thirteen falling sick made his last Will and Testament
in Writeing in the tennour following. In the name of God Amen
I John Raymond being weak in body but still in sound and perfect
memory I make this my last will and testament as followeth Itt I
give and bequeath my Sole to my Lord and maker and my body
to the Earth from whence it Came Itt I leave my beloved wife
Susannah Raymond my full and whole Executrix of and Singular
of my Estate personall and reall Lands and tenements whatsoever
after my debts is paid as hear Interchangeably I set my hand and
Seale this the fifth day of March 1713/14 Sealed and delivered
in the presence of us Abraham Child Richard W Broadway his
mark Marey £ Holenshead her mark which said Recited Will wants
apt Words to devise an Estate in fee Simple according to the true
Intent and Meaning of the said John Raymond But for that Abra-
ham Child of Ann arundell County planter one of the Subscribeing
Wittnesses to the said last recited will and who Wrote the same
being Called before this present Generall Assembly declared upon
Oath that the said John Raymond did give the af^d Lands to the said

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Susannah his then Wife and her heirs forever and Ordered his Will
to be so Drawn but that he the said Abraham Child through Igno-
rance omitted to Express such the said Testators Intent all which
appearing to this present Assembly it is therefore prayed that It may
be Enacted and be it Enacted by the right honble the Lord Proprie-
tary by & with the advice and Consent of his Lordships Governeur
and the upper and Lower Houses of this generall Assembly and by
the Authority of the same that the said Susannah now Called Susan-
nah Johnson her heirs and assignes forever shall and may by Vertue
of the said last recited Will and this present Act have hold and
forever Enjoy according to the aforesaid John Raymond's true
Intent and meaning a pure and absolute Estate in fee Simple of and
in the aforesaid three tracts of land any Defect in the said John
Raymonds Will for want of apt Words to make such Estate in fee
to the said Susannah her heirs or Assignes or any Law Statute or
Useage to the Contrary in any Wise Notwithstanding

p. 335

An Act Empowering a Comittee to Lay Assess and Apportion the
Publick Levy for this present Year Seventeen hundred and Six-
teen
Whereas this present Generall Assembly have for the defraying
the publick Charges of this province to the ninth day of August
Anno Domini Seventeen hundred and Sixteen raised a Certaine
Sume of tobacco and mony amounting to three hundred Sixty Six
thousand four hundred and forty six pounds of tobacco and two
hundred and ninety Six pounds ten Shillings and Six pence Currant
mony but by reason more publick Charges may arise and grow due

Acts of 1716,
ch. 17
p. 338