Acts. 239

that the Intent of the Devisor to Promote the Lawfull Issue of the
said Benjamine, will in all Probability be more Effectually Complyed
with, by the Granting the said Petitioners Request, It is therefore
humbly prayed that it may be Enacted, And be it Enacted by the
Right Honb^le the Lord proprietor by and with the Advice and Con-
sent of his Lordships Governeur and the uper and Lower houses of
Assembly, and the Authority of the same, that the said Benjamine
Howard and the Lawfull begotten heirs of his body and the next of
Blood in the name, shall from hencefourth by Vertue of this Act
have the same Estate, Right, Title, and Interest of in and unto the
aforemenconed three Severall tracts or parcells of Land being part
of Harborough, Containing by Estimation One hundred and
Seventy five acres, Yates's Inheritance, Containing by Estimation one
hundred and Seventy acres, and Howards point Containing by Esti-
mation thirty Seven acres lying in Bal^t County in the possession of
the said Benj^a now being, as he or they should or Ought to have had
in Case those Lands had been Devised in the same Manner th^t the
Devisors Dwelling Plantation af^d and all the Lands thereunto ad-
joyning are Devised by the said will, and in Case the said three Last
menconed tracts had been Devised as af^d in lieu of the said Dwelling
Plantation and Lands Adjoyning.
And be it Likewise Enacted that the said Benj^a be hereby Vested
with an Absolute Estate of inheritance in fee Simple of in and unto
the aforemenconed three Severall tracts or parcells pf Land Called

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Crouchfield Howards Discovery and Marsh. And be as he hereby
is Enabled to Convey an Absolute Estate in fee Simple thereof to any
purchaser or purchasers their heirs or Ass^ts in as full and Ample
maner as if the same Lands had been Devised to him and his heirs
for Ever by the will of the said Devisor without any Limitation of
Estate therein, any thing in the said will or any Law Statute Useage
or Custome to the Contrary Notwithstanding

p. 399

An Act for the Removeing the Court house from Charles Town in
Prince Georges County and for the Building a Court house for the
said County at the town of Marlborough in the said County and
for makeing Sale of the Old Court house and Prison
Whereas Severall of the Inhabitants of Prince Georges County
have Petitioned this present Generall Assembly Setting forth that the
Court house allready built at mount Calvert is very Inconvenient to
two thirds or more of the County that Marlborough is nearest the
Centre of the County, and the most Convenient place that Can be
thought off for the Settleing of a Court house at, which plainly Ap-
peared by the willingness of the Severall Petitioners who have made
so Large Subscriptions Towards Building of a new Court house
It is therefore prayed that it may be Enacted. And be it Enacted
by the R^t hon^ble the Lord Prop^ry by and with the Advice and Consent

Acts of
May, 1718,
ch. 13