Acts. 315

Remedy w^th the said John McClester so farr as may be necessary for
his or their Indempnity.

Liber LL, 4

Acts

An Act to Enable Tho^s Dent of Charles County and Ann his Wife to
sell part of a tract of Land lying in Prince Georges County Called
Locust Thicket Entailed on the said Dents Wife & her heirs &c
and for Entailing Other Lands in Charles County in Lieu thereof.
Whereas Capt. John Bayne by his Certain Deed of Gift Duely
Executed and Inroled did Give and Convey unto his Daughter Anne
Bayne by the name of Ann Bayne of Charles County part of a Certain
Tract or parcell of Land lying in Prince Georges County known
by the name of Locust Thicket in these words, the said Ann Bayne
to have and to hold the said parcell of Land and all and Singular the
premisses whatsoever to the Only Propper use and behoofe of the
said Ann Bayne and the heirs of her body Lawfully begotten, and
faileing such heirs then to the brother or Sister of the s^d Ann Bayne
born of the said Ann's Mother and failing such brother or sister then
the af^d Land and Premisses af^d with all the appurt^s shall Return to
the said Jn^o Bayne & his heirs.
And Whereas Tho^s Dent of Charles County who Intermarried
with the said Ann Bayne Daughter of the above menconed John
Bayne by his humble Petⁿ hath Set forth to us that he is Indebted
Sundry sums of Money for the w^ch he is now under Arrest and hath
not any means left whereby he may Conveniently Discharge himself
from the same unless An Act of Assembly of this province be made
in his favour to Enable him to sell and Dispose of the Land above
menconed & make the purchaser or purchasers thereof a good Estate

Nov. 1722,
ch. 21

in fee symple And for that the said Thom^s Dent is Willing to Settle
Lands in Charles County of Equall Vallue (in Lieu thereof) On the
said Ann and her heirs & under the same Limitation of the Estate
therein the af^d part of the parcell of Land Called Locust Thickett
by the Deed of Gift from the said John Bayne was Subjected to.
And further for that the said Ann hath Signifyed her free Consent
& Willingness thereto (on the Condⁿ before menconed) as by her
Acknowledgm^t thereof Taken before the Worshipfull W^m Stone
and Joseph Harrison Two of his L^dships Justices of the peace for
Charles County To us appears. And for that the Land Intended to
be Setled in Lieu thereof is of Greater Vallue then the said Anns part
of the af^d parcell of Land Called Locust Thicket But for that the
said Tho^s Dent is Settled on the said Lands in Charles County and
it Would be of very Great Damage to him to Remove therefrom.
Therefore Be it Enacted by the R^t Honble the Lord Prop^ry by and
with the advice and Consent of his Lordships Governeur and the
Upper and lower houses of Assembly and the authority of the same
that the said Tho^s Dent and Ann his Wife be and are hereby Im-
powred to sell assigne Transferr Convey and make Over by Deed

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