Acts. 263

Be it therefore Enacted by the Right honourable the Lord Proprie-
tary by and with the Advice & Consent of his Lordships Governeur
and the upper and Lower houses of Assembly and the Authority of
the same that the Rector and Vestry men of William and Mary
Parish in Saint Maries County and their Successors forever hence-
forth shall and may quietly and peaceably have hold use occupy
possess & Enjoy the said Stadt house and the Lott of Land whereon
the same now Stands for & towards the repairing or Making thereof
a Chappell of Ease for the use of the said Parish forever. Saving
to the s^d Lord Prop^ry his heires & Successors & all bodies politick &
Corporall & all others not mentioned in this Act their Severall &
respective rights.

Liber LL, 4
Acts

An Act to Enable Benjamin Duvall of Prince Georges County to Sell
two hundred Acres of Land part of a tract of Land called Hower-
tons Range & for entailing other Lands in lieu thereof.

Whereas Mareen Duvall Late of Ann arundell County by his Last
Will and Testament in writing duly Executed, proved and Recorded
Bearing the thirteenth day of August Anno Dom. Sixteen hundred
and ninety four, gave to his son Benjamin Duvall a parcell of Land
therein mentioned in these words following viz.
I give and bequeath unto my Son Benjamin Duvall Two hundred
Acres of Land it being a Moiety or one half part of four hundred
Acres of Land called and known by the name of Howertons Range,
Lieing scituate & being in the County of Calvert afores^d & that part
or Moiety that lieth on the South side of the said four hundred Acres,
it being Equally divided, To have & to hold the same unto him my
said Son Benjamin & to the heires of his Body Lawfully begotten
for ever and in Default of such Issue then my Will is that the same
Moiety or part, shall fall or goe, to the next heir or heiress, of or
from me legally descended, And forasmuch as the said Land is not
only almost worn out, but Cut down & the Timber destroyed, but
involved in troublesome Disputes, and for that the said Benjamin
has made a very Advantageous Exchange w^th one Robert Tyler of
Prince Georges County, of one hundred and fifty Acres of much
Valuable fresh and well timbred Land, being that part of a tract of
Land that Lies in the North West Corner of a tract Called Dar-

Acts of
April, 1720,

ch. 5

nalls Grove Lieing in Prince Georges County upon w^ch the said

Benj^a Duvall is now making a Settlement in lieu of the aforesaid

two hundred Acres of Land, he has prayed that notwithstanding the
Severall Limitations of the Estate in and to the said Five hundred
Acres of Land in the aforementioned Will he may be enabled by an
Act of Assembly to make over a Good Estate in fee Simple of the
said Land unto the said Robert Tyler and his heires forever, the said
Robert Tyler Conveying by a Good Sufficient Deed, of Sale w^th
general Warranty unto the said Benj^a Duvall the afores^d one hun-

p. 480