316 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4

Acts

of Sale unto any purchaser or purchasers whatsoever a good and
Suff^t Estate in fee Simple of in and to the above Menconed part of
the tract or parcell of Land Called Locust Thicket in as full and ample
Manner to all Intents Constructions and purposes as if the same by
the aforemenconed deed had been Given to the s^d Ann Bayne and her
heirs for Ever without any Limitation in the s^d deed any thing in the
said Deed to the Contrary notwithstanding Provided Allways that
at the same time the said Tho^s Dent or his heirs shall and Doe make
Over and Convay unto the said Ann by a Good and Suff^t Conveyance
with Generall Warrantee a Certain Tract or parcell of Land lying
in Charles County On the North side of Potomack River and on the
West side of Nanzemy Creek Cont^g by Estimation six hundred and
fifty Acres & now in the Tenure and Occupation of the s^d Tho^s Dent
& under the same Limitations and Restrictions as the aforesaid
part of the Tract or parcell of Land Called Locust Thicket by the
deed aforesaid was Subjected to And be it Enacted that the said
Ann and the heirs of her body Lawfully begotten and failing such

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heirs the brother or Sister of the said Ann's Mother and failing such
Brother or Sister the af^d John Bayne and his heirs henceforth shall
be and they are hereby vested with the same Estate of in and to the
af^d Tract or parcell of Land lying in Charles County on the North
side of Potomack River and on the west side of Nanzemy Creek
Cont^g by Estimation Six hundred and fifty acres and now in the
Tenure & occupation of Tho^s Dent af^d when so made Over and Con-
veyed as af^d as was Given and Conveyed or Intended to be Given
and Conveyed in the af^d part of the Tract or parcell of Land Called
Locust Thicket in the same Manner as if the af^d Six hundred & fifty
acres of Land and all and Singular the premisses whatsoever had
been Given unto the s^d Anne Bayne and the heirs of her body
Lawfully Begotten and faileing such heirs then to the brother or
Sister of the said Anne Bayne born of the said Ann's Mother and
failing such brother or Sister then the af^d Land and premisses af^d
w^th all the appurt^s shall Return to the said John Bayne and his heirs
by the Deed of the said John Bayne Saveing to our Sovn: Lord the
King the R^t Honble the Lord Prop^ry their heirs and Successors
all bodies Politick and Corporate and all Others not menconed in this
Act their Severall & Respective Rights.
Provided allways and it is the true Intent and Meaning of this Act
that before the said Thom^s Dent and Ann his Wife be Enabled to sell
and Dispose of the said part of the tract of Land Called Locust
Thicket or Receive any Benifit or advantage by Vertue of this Act
or any thing therein Contained they Doe make Oath before the Jus-
tices who take the Acknowledgm^t of the Deed of Setlement afore-
menconed that the Land in the same Deed Menconed is not any ways
Incumbred by any Act or Deed of theirs or Either of them hereto-
fore had made Done or suffered, but that the same is free & Clear