424 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 5
Acts

as if the same had been Recorded According to the Laws and
Customs of this Province Provided the Same be Inrolled Amongst
the Records of Ann Arundell County within Six months after the
End of this Present Session of Assembly any want of recording or
any Law Statute or Custome to the Contrary thereof in any wise
notwithstanding Saving to the Right Honourable the Lord Proprie-
tary his heirs and Successors and to all Bodies Politick and Corpo-
rate and to all others not Mentioned in this Act their Severall and
Respective Rights

Acts of 1728,
ch. 27
p. 253

An Act for the Relief of John Beale of Charles County

Whereas there is a Cause now Depending in the High Court of
Appeals between John Diggs or his Lessee Appellant and the said
John Beale Defendant Concerning a Parcell of Land Called Durham
Freehold Lying in Charles County and that the said John Beale is
Destitute of any Councill to make a Defence for him Daniel Dulany

p. 254

Esquire the only Lawyer Acquainted with his Case being Disabled
from Serving the said John Beale because he the said Dulany hath
not taken the Oath prescribed by an Act of Assembly Entituled an
Act to restrain the Ill Practices of Attorneys and to prevent their
taking money Fees and Ascertaining what Fees shall be allowed to
the Practitioners of the Law who shall Attend the Circuit Courts
to be taken by Attorneys and other persons practising the Law and
for that the said Cause cannot by Law be Continued beyond the
present Court of Appeals.

Be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governour and
the upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority of
the Same that the said Daniel Dulany shall and may be and by Virtue
of this Act is fully Impowered to be Councill for the said John Beale
in the said Cause and to plead and Act therein without any hinder-
ance or Impediment and without being Obliged to take the Oath
Prescribed by the said recited Act any thing in the same Act or
any Other Law Statute or Ussage to the Contrary Notwithstanding,
And be it further Enacted that it shall and may be Lawfull for the
said Court of Appeals to Continue the said Cause to another Court
in Case it Cannot be Conveniently tried dureing the Continuance of
this Assembly any Law or Statute to the Contrary notwithstanding.

Acts of 1729,
ch. 1

p. 255
[Other Acts
of this
Session are
printed in
Vol. 36
of the
Archives]

An Act for the naturalization of Christian Peters of Cecill County
a Native of Germany :
Be it Enacted by the right Honourable the Lord Prop^ry by and
with the advice and Consent of his Lordships Governour and the
upper and Lower Houses of Assembly & the authority of the same
that the said Christian Peters Born in Germany be Enabled and
Adjudged to all intents and purposes to Demand and Challenge have