486 Assembly Proceedings, April 20-May 6, 1736.

Lib. B. L. C.

the said Henry Hooper and his heirs and Assignes for Ever
shall by Virtue of this Act and the Deed of Bargain and Sale
aforesaid of the af^d Andrew Gray to the said Henry Hooper be In-
vested with an Indefeazable Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple of
in and unto the aforesaid One Hundred and thirty Acres of Land as
fully and Amply to all Intents and purposes as if the said Andrew
had been Invested at the time of such Bargain and Sale of an
Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple of in and to the said Lands
And that the said Tract Called the hope and the other Called
the Addition to the hope be and are hereby Entailed in the same
Manner and on the same persons as the said Tract Containing One
hundred and thirty Acres part of Goodridges Choice was Entailed
any Law Usage or Custom to the Contrary notwithstanding Sav-
ing to his most Sacred Majesty his Heirs and Successors the Right
Honourable the Lord Prop^ry his heirs and Successors and all
Bodys politick and Corporate and all others not mentioned in this
Act their Several and Respective Rights

Chap. XVII
[Explains
1732. ch. 17]
p. 156

An Explanatory Act of the Act Entituled An Act to encourage
Adventurers in Iron Works.

Whereas by the said Act it is Enacted That no white Man or Slave
who Should be Employed in any Manner about Iron Works or in
providing any Materials of any Nature or Kind soever for the
Furtherance and Carrying on any Iron Work or Making of Iron
should be Obliged to Clear or assist in Clearing any High Ways or
Roads or in Building of any Bridge or Bridges with Provisoe that
no White Man or Slave who should be Employed in Making Tob^o
should have any Exemption.
And Whereas it is Represented to this General Assembly that some
Iron Works are seated on Main Roads and that several of the In-
habitants of this Province Living Contiguous to such Works and
Roads by them used are not makers of Tob^o and yet Occupy and
tend plantations and that to Screen themselves from Clearing or
Repairing the Roads Contiguous to Iron Works enter into the
Service of the Undertakers of such Iron Works for some short Space
of Time whereby there are not a Sufficient Number of Inhabitants
Left to Clear the said Roads for Remedy whereof for the future it is
prayed it be Enacted
And 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 none of the Inhabitants of this Province their Servants or
Slaves who are not in actual Service or shall not be Constantly Em-
ployed in Carrying on Iron Works shall be Exempt from Clearing
and repairing the said Roads.