384 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 5
Acts

Several Tracts of Land and by his Last will and Testament in
writing Duly proved Devised Lands to Every One of his Children
in fee and Gave Express Directions to the person Employed to write
his will to Insert a Devise In his said will of Three hundred and
fifty Acres of Land part of Roberts his Forrest lying in the said
County unto Elizabeth his wife with full power And Authority to
Dispose thereof the Better to Enable her to Discharge the said
Testators Just Debts and Support her self and that the said Elizabeth
Believing the said will to have Been penned According to the Testa-
tors Intentions sold and Conveyed the said Land to One John Cross
for Seven Thousand pounds of Tobacco wherewith she Discharged
Severall of the Deceased's Just Debts and Applyed the Residue to her
own necessary support which Land hath been Sold by the said John
Cross to the said James Moore That upon Inspection of the said
will it appears that as it is worded The said three hundred and fifty
Acres of Land are Intailed On the said Elizabeth and the Heirs of Her
Body Lawfully begotten by the Ignorance or misapprehension of the
writer And whereas The premises have been fully proved to this
Assembly and Francis Roberts son and heir att Law of the said
Thomas Roberts and Elizabeth his wife having had due notice to

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appear and make his Objections to the passing an Act for the peti-
tioners Relief hath by a writing under his hand acknowledged his
fathers Intentions to be as herein before mentioned and Given his
Consent to the passing this Act.
Be it therefore Enacted by the right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the advice and Consent of his Lordships Gov-
erneur and the upper and Lower House of Assembly and the
Authority of the Same That the said Three hundred and fifty Acres
of Land part of Roberts his forrest shall be deemed and taken to have
been Devised to the said Elizabeth Roberts in fee Simple and that
those who have her Estate therein shall have the same Right and
Title therein as if The Devise thereof by the said Thomas Roberts
had Been Expressly in fee Simple Any Thing in the said will Or any
Law useage Or Custom to the Contrary notwithstanding Saveing
to his most Sacred Majesty his heirs and Successors his Lordship
the Lord proprietary His heirs and Successors and to all Body's
politick and Corporate and all others not mentioned in this Act their
Severall and Respective Rights.

Acts of 1725,
ch. 21
p. 83
(Repeals
1708, ch. 13)

An Act to Repeal an Act Entituled an Act for Confirming and
Making Valid the Last will and Testament of Collonel John
Contee

Whereas att a Session of Assembly held at Annapolis the twenty
ninth day of November in The year of Our Lord One Thousand
Seven hundred and Eight An Act past Entituled An Act for Con-
firming The Last Will and Testament of Colonel John Contee Re-