Acts. 327

Tail by Virtue of which Devise and by Purchase the Petitioner
became Seized of the Three Hundred and sixty Acres of Land as
afs^d And Whereas the said Jacob by his Petition afs^d hath set forth
that being through Misfortunes reduced to the necessity of selling
the said Three Hundred and sixty Acres of Land and making and
conveying an Estate in fee simple in the same Prayed that an Act
might be made to cut off the Entail of the said Three Hundred and
Sixty Acres part of the Land called Hollands Choice as afs^d in con-
sideration of Entailing other Lands of Equal Value in lieu thereof
And Whereas a certain Richard Gott Grandson of the Testator
Anthony Holland and Richard Holland Son and Heir of Thomas
Holland and one of the Devisees of the said Anthony together with
the said Jacob Holland being willing and desirous to Entail the fol-
lowing Tracts of Land to wit Bucks Contrivance containing One
Hundred and Seventeen Acres lying in Baltimore County the Addi-
tion to Gotts Hope containing one Hundred Acres lying in the said
County and part of Jericho containing One Hundred and twenty
acres lying in Prince George's County which said Lands upon due
Examination are found to be of Equal Value with the Land En-
tailed and they having an Estate in fee Simple in the same the Truth
of all which having been made appear to the Satisfaction of this
General Assembly It is therefore Humbly Prayed that it may be
Enacted Be it therefore Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord
Proprietary by and with the Advice and consent of his Lordship's
Governor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the same that the said Jacob Holland be and is hereby
Vested Seised and Possessed of and in all that the afs^d Parcell of

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Land called Holland's Choice containing Three Hundred and sixty
Acres with all and singular the Appurtenances thereunto belonging
as of an Estate in fee simple to him his Heirs and Assigns and to
the only proper use and Behoof of him the said Jacob Holland his
Heirs and Assigns for Ever any Devise Entail Limitation or other
matter or thing heretofore made or done to the contrary notwith-
standing And that he the same Jacob Holland and his Heirs be and
are hereby fully Enabled Authorized and empowered to Grant Bar-
gain Sell and Convey the same Land called Hollands Choice as afs^d
in fee simple as if it had never been Entailed And that the Person
or Persons buying the same their Heirs or Assigns by Virtue of
such Grant Bargain Sale and Conveyance and this Act shall and
may have hold Possess and Enjoy the same Land to him or them
his or their Heirs or Assigns Respectively for Ever free and clear
of and from all Limitations conditions and Entails whatsoever of
the afs^d Anthony Holland or of any other Person or Persons what-
soever claiming under the said Anthony Holland And be it further
Enacted that the said Tracts of Land called Bucks Contrivance con-
taining One Hundred and seventeen acres the Addition to Gott's

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