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Griffith and Katherine his wife by their said pet^o Sugest will be farr
more advantagious To all Persons Claiming under the Intaile of the
Tract of Land Called Howard's Timber neck aforesaid. And for as
much as the Truth of the premises is Sufficiently Testified to This
present Generall Assembly And also that the One hundred Acres
of Land af^d so as af^d proposed to be added to Howards Luck
af^d Is of much more Value then the Moyetie or half part Of
howards Timber neck af^d So that the Intent of the Devisor to pro-
mote the Lawfull Issue of the af^d Katherine and all others Claiming
under the Bequest af^d will in all probability be more Effectually Com-
plyed with by Granting the Request of the said Orlando Griffith
and Katherine his wife. It is therefore humbly prayed that it may be
Enacted And Be it Enacted by the right hon^ble the Lord Proprietor
By and with the advice and Consent of his Lordships Gover^r And
The upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and The Authority of
The same that the said Katherine and the Lawfull Begotten Heirs of
her Body and for want of such Heirs Benj^a Howard His heirs and
assigns for Ever shall from Hence forth by Virtue of this Act have
the Same Estate Right Title and Interest of in and unto One hun-
dred Acres of Land Out of the vacancy Added as af^d by The said
Orlando Griffith to the af^d Tract of Land Called Howards Luck
Lying in Ann Arundell County in the possession of the said Orlando

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Griffith now Being as she The said Katherine and Her Lawfull
Begotten Heirs and the said Benj^a Howard his heirs and Assigns
should or Ought to have had in Case the said One Hundred Acres
of Land had Been Devised in The same manner that the Devisor hath
Devised the af^d Tract of Land Called Howards Timber Neck by his
said will and in Case The said One hundred acres Had been Devised
as af^d in Lieu of The said Katherine's moyetie or half part of
Howards Timber Neck af^d
And be it Likewise Enacted by the Authority Advice and Con-
sent af^d that the said Orlando Griffith and Katherine his wife be
hereby Vested with an Absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple
of in and unto the Aforementioned Moyetie or half part of Howards
Timber neck af^d Given as Af^d To the said Katherine and be as they
hereby arc Enabled to Convey An absolute Estate in fee Simple
thereof to any purchaser or purchasers Their Heirs Or Assigns in as
full And ample manner as if the same Land had been Devised to The
said Katherine and her Heirs for Ever by the will of the said Devisor
without any Limitation of Estate therein Any thing in The said
will or any Law Statute Useage or Custom to the Contrary notwith-
standing Saveing to his most Sacred Majesty his heirs and Suc-
cessors and to the Right Honble the Lord propry his heirs and Suc-
cessors and all Bodies Pollitick and Corporate and all others not
mentioned In this Act their Severall and Respective Rights.

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