Acts. 265

County afores^d the one Called Turkey Hills, granted for two hun-
dred Acres, the other Called Strawberry hills granted likewise for
two hundred Acres, both w^ch Lying Contuiguous one to the other,
In Consideration Whereof the said John Deavour was to pay unto the
said John Mortimore the sum of fifty pounds Sterl for the purchase
of the same, In pursuance to w^ch the said John Deavour did pay unto
the said John Mortimore the sum of thirty seven pounds Seventeen
shift and Six pence Steri, and the said John Mortimore passed his
Bond to the said Jn^o Deavour, for the making over the said Land,
as he should be required by the said Deavour or his Councill Learned
in the Law within the Space of one Month after the payment of the
said Thirty Seven pounds Seventeen shif, and Six pence aforesaid but
the said John Mortimore before the Land was made over, According
to the tenor of his Bond, and since the Death of the said John Mor-
timore his Ex^rs refused to make over the said Land Altho often
thereto required, w^ch said Ex^rs are now deceased and the Estate of
the said John Mortimore in such Circumstances that no pson will
Administer thereon, whereby the said John Deavour might apply
for a title to the said Land, or Satisfaction for the same, And fur-
thermore it appears that Coll James Philips late of Baltemore County
dec'd, having made a Resurvey of a tract of Land of a Prior date to
the other two tracts aforesaid which take away Seventy Six Acres
& a half of Land out of the other two tracts being the prime and best
part of the whole four hundred Acres Containd in the two tracts
aforesaid wherefore the said John Deavour prays it may be Enacted
And be it Enacted by the R^t Honble the Lord Prop^ry by & with the
Advice & Consent of his Lordships Governeur and the Upper &
Lower houses of Assembly and the Authority of the same that the
said John Deavour his heires & Assignes forever shall and may have
& hold all the three hundred & twenty three Acres and a half of Land,
or all the Residue of the four hundred Acres containd in the Grants
aforesaid (not taken away by the said James Phillips) to him his
heires & Assignes forever in fee simple as fully & absolutely, as if he
had had a Deed with Generall Warranty for the same from the
said Jn^o Mortimore, together with all the Rights Profitts Benefitts
& appurtenances thereto belonging Saving to the Chief Lord or
Lords of the fee or fees, their rents and Services w^ch shall or may
arise or grow due on the same. And Be it further Enacted that in
Consideration the prior Survey aforesaid having taken the said
Seventy Six acres & a half of Land away from the said Deavour as
aforesaid the said Devour shall be as well discharged from the Cus-
tody of the sherr as have discount for the remaining Seventeen
pounds two shil^s and Six pence the ball^ce of the fifty five pounds ster.
being the Equivalent of the said Seventy Six Acres & a half of Land
as afores^d taken away any Law Statute usuage Custom to the Con-
trary Notwithstanding Saving to the said Lord Prop^ry his heires &

Liber LL, 4
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