Acts. 269

Act of Assembly af^d which the said Tradesmen Alledge in their
peticon they were hindred from doing by being disappointed by those
they depended on for Necessarys in building pursuant to the express
words of the Act of Assembly af^d And have Entred many of the said
Lotts in their names and paid the proprietors of the Land whereon the
said Lotts are laid out such Sum of Money as was taxt by the Com^rs
af^d to be paid the said Prop^rys for Each Lott Whereby the said
persons are possessed of the said lotts and hold them as their
Estate by Vertue of the Entrys by them Made

Liber LL, 4
Acts

Wherefore this present Generall Assembly on Consideration of
the premises af^d Do pray that it may be Enacted.
And Be it Enacted by the Right Honble the Lord Prop^ry by and
with the advice and Consent of his Ldps Governeur and the upper
& lower houses of Assembly & the Authority of the same That the
Severall Tradesmen who Originally took up the Severall new lotts
Contained within the ten Acres added to the City of Annapolis shall
have by Vertue of this Act the term of one Year and a day to be
Computed from the End of this present Session of Assembly to build
and improve on their said Lotts According to the Directions of the
Act of Assembly aforementioned and that such building and finishing
within the Time Allowed as af^d, and having paid to the proprietors
for Each lott by them entred the sum assessed by the Com^rs Ap-
pointed to assess and award the same in the aforementioned Act shall
by Vertue of this Act make and Vest a Sure and Indefeazable Estate
in fee in and to the respective takers up and builders thereon and to
their heirs and Assignes in all or any the af^d twenty Lotts any Law
Statute or Usuage to the Contrary notwithstanding. Saving to the
Lord Prop^ry his heirs & Successors and all bodies politick and Cor-
porate and all others not mentioned in this Act their Severall &
Respective Rights.

p. 486

An Act to Supply certain defects in the Conveying Lands from Henry
Gibbs son and heir of Edward Gibbs sometime of Somersett County
in the province of Maryland deced to Benjamin Lawrence John
Belt & Lucy his wife heirs of Benjamin Lawrence Sometime of
Calv^t County in the same pvince deced.
Whereas Henry Gibbs son and heir to Edward Gibbs aforesaid in
the province of Maryland decd by his deed of bargain and Sale duly
made & Executed bearing Date the tenth day of January An: Seven-
teen hundred and Eighteen for the Consid" of three Score & Seven-
teen pounds Sterl granted and Sold unto Benjamin Lawrence John
Belt and Lucy his Wife heirs of Benjamin Lawrence aforesaid, a
parcell of Land, Called Second purchase, scituate lying and being on
the East side of Cheasapeak Bay on the South Side of Wicomoco
River, and on the westermost side of a Small Creek; Called Da-
shields Creek, bounded as followeth, beginning at a marked Gum,

Acts of
April, 1720,
ch. 11