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Oldham to Erect and build the said Wind Mill on the place af^d
and to Invest so much Ground on him as might reasonably Serve
for the said Mill and room for the Tayle Tree, all which this present
Generall Assembly have thought fitt and reasonable to Condescend to.
Be it therefore Enacted by the Right Honble the Lord Proprietary

Liber LL, 4
Acts

by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governeur
and the upper & Lower houses of Assembly and the Authority of the
same that from and after the End of this present Session of Assembly
It shall and may be Lawfull for the said John Oldham to Erect and
build a Wind Mill on the town point in Oxford in Talbot County
on the Strand of the said town to and for the proper use of the said
John Oldham his heirs and Assignes forever.

p. 376

An Act for the better Security of Mary Smithson Widdow & Execu-
trix of the Last will and Testament of Col Tho^s Smithson in the
payment of a debt due from the said Col Smithson's Estate to the
ffree schooles of Maryland

Whereas Coi Thomas Smithson late publick Treasurer on the
Eastern shoare of this province at the time of his death stood In-
debted to the rectors Gov^rs and Visitors of the Free Schooles of
Maryland in the Sume of one hund^d and Ninety Seven pounds four
shill. and one penny for publiq money's allow'd in his hands by the
Generall Assembly and Paid by the Navall Officers upon their
respective accounts of the Imposition of Porke Furrs &c^a to the use
of the free schooles, and for that Mary Smithson the widdow and
Executrix of the said Coi Thomas Smithson declares that she has
Sufficient of his Estate wherewith to Satisfie and pay the af^d sume of
mony to the said rectors Governours and Visitors af^d and is willing
and ready soe to do. Provided she might be Indemnified against
other Claimes ag^t her deceased husbands Estate which may here-
after appear to be of an higher nature. This present generall Assem-
bly takeing the premises into their Serious Consideration and Espe-
cially that the af^d demand of the said rectors Governours and Visitors
is for publick money received by a publick treasurer who ought to
have given Security for his due accounting for and payment thereof
which he neglected to do pray that it may be Enacted.
And be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietarie
by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governeur
the Upper and Lower houses of Assembly & the Authority of the
Same that the af^d debt of one hundred ninety Seven pounds four

Acts of 1717,
ch. 12

Shillings & one penny Currant mony of this province so due from the
said Col Smithson's Estate to the Free Schooles shall at all times
hereafter by Vertue of this act be adjudged and before all Judges
and in all courts within this province be Deemed and taken as a Debt
of as high a Nature as any other debt or demand whatsoever due

p. 377