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be Cutt off and the said Archibald invested with a Fee Simple
therein He the said Archibald not Doubting but that the said Ben-
jamin Tasker Esquire would upon his Conveying to him the one half
thereof stop his Suit against him and Deliver to him the bond afore-
said and that as he was Entirely remediless in the Premisses the said
Benjamin Tasker Esquire not being satisfied with barring the Entail
at Law prayed leave to bring in a Bill Cutting off the Entail of his
Mothers Part of the Levell or Scutts Levell and investing him with
a Fee Simple therein and this Generall Assembly having taken into
their Consideration the Allegations of the Petitioner and finding
them to be true and the Petitioner Worthy of their Relief pray that
it may be Enacted And be it enacted by the Right Honourable the
Lord Proprietary by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lord-
ships Governour and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and
the Authority of the same that the said Archibald Douglas be and is
hereby invested with an Estate in fee Simple in all that half Part
of the Levell or Scutts Levell before mentioned to have been devised
unto his Mother Mary by John Scutt before mentioned in as full and
ample manner to all Intents and purposes as if the same had been
devised in Fee Simple and that the said Archibald or his Heirs have
full Power and Authority to sell and Dispose of the same in Fee
Simple notwithstanding the said Will or anything therein Con-
tained to the Contrary in any wise. Saving to his Most Sacred
Majesty his Heirs and Successors the Right Honourable the Lord
Proprietary his Heirs and Successors and all other persons not men-
tioned in this Act their Several and respective Rights and Claims.

Liber
B. L. C.

An Act to Cutt off and Barr the Intaile of Part of a Certain Tract
of Land called William's Range in Prince Georges County and
to settle other lands in lieu thereof.
Whereas Benjamin Williams deceased being seized in Fee Simple
of a Tract of Land called William's Range containing four hundred
Acres in Prince Georges County by his last Will and Testament
devised two hundred Acres thereof to Joseph Williams and the

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Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten forever which said two hundred
Acres as well from the Scituation as Quality of the Land are not so
fit and Proper for the use and Advantage of Planting as other
Lands of Equal Value which the said Joseph might Exchange the
said Two hundred Acres for And Whereas the said Joseph Williams
hath agreed with Richard Snowden of Ann Arundell County Gentle-
man to Exchange the said two hundred Acres with the said Richard
Snowden for the following Parcells of Land (Viz) a Tract of Land
called Snowdens Search containing One hundred and thirty three
Acres also Sixty Seven Acres Part of another Tract of Land called
Snowdens Reputation Supported also part of another Tract of Land
called Plumpton containing one hundred Acres which said several
parcels of Land amounting in the whole to three Hundred Acres
lye contiguous to each other in Ann Arundel County and are Butted

p. 223