Acts. 311

of the County af^d & Elizabeth his wife for & in Consideration of the
Sum of One hundred & Thirty five Pounds Sterling to them in
hand Paid before the Sealing & Delivery by a Certain Deed of Con-
veyance Made & Executed by the s^d William Pile & Elizabeth his
Wife of the One Part to Thomas Marshall the Petitioner of the
other Part bearing Date the twenty Second Day of July Anno
Domini One thousand Seven hundred & twenty Eight did Convey
Part of a Certain Tract of Land lying in Prince Georges County
aforesaid unto the Aforesaid Thomas Marshall called Carrick, That
the said Deed was acknowledged by the s^d William Pile & Elizabeth
his wife before two Magistrates of the said County & Enrolled in
the Records of the same County within the time Limitted & Ap-
pointed by Act of Assembly in these Cases made & Provided that the
Magistrates aforesaid In their Certificate of Acknowledgement
aforesaid Omitted to Certifie that the s^d Elizabeth was Privately
Examined. And Whereas it Appears to this General Assembly that
the s^d Elizabeth was Privately Examined According to the Act of
Assembly in that Case made Si Provided It is therefore Prayed that
it may be Enacted And Be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the
Lord Proprietary of this Province by & with the Advice & Con-
sent of his Lordships Governour & the Upper & Lower Houses of
Assembly & by the Authority of the same That the s^d Deed of Con-
veyance from William Pile & Elizabeth his Wife to the Afores^d
Thomas Marshall be as Good Valid & Effectual in Law to all In-
tents Constructions & Purposes as if the Words Directed to be
Certified in the Act of Assembly for that Purpose had been Perticu-
larly Specified Any Defect or Omission In the s^d Certificate of
Acknowledgment or Any Statute Usage Law or Custom to the
Contrary notwithstanding Saving to his most Sacred Majesty his
heirs & Sucessors the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary his
Heirs & Successors and all Bodys Politick & Corporate & all
Others not Mentioned in this Act their Several & Respective Rights

Lib. B. L. C.

An Act to Confirm a Deed of Mortgage Already Recorded from a
Certain Thomas Howell of Kent County to Edward Beck of the
s^d County Attorney in Fact for A Certain Casper Hoodt.

Whereas John Tilden of Kent County & Catherine his wife
Aquilla Paca of Baltimore County And Rachel his Wife & Isabella
Blay have by their Petition to this Assembly set forth that in June
Seventeen hundred & Eight a Certain Thomas Howell then of Kent
County in Consideration of the sum of three hundred Pounds Ster-
ling Paid to him by a Certain Edward Beck who was Att^ry in fact
for one Casper Hoodt Mortgaged to the s^d Edward Beck a Tract
of Land Called Dale Town Containing or Laid out to have Con-
tained three hundred Acres Also four hundred Acres Adjoyning
called Howells out Land in Kent County by Certain Meets &

Chap. XXI
p. 137