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land, and their Successors, for ever. Provided always, my Wife,
if she survives me, shall have the Use of the said Land, and Planta-
tion thereon, and the Service of all the Negroes to the Plantation
belonging, or accounted to belong to it, 'til my Sister or her Hus-
band arrives within the Capes of Chesapeak Bay; and if they, or
either of them, never arrive, then my Wife shall have the said Plan-
tation and Negroes for her Life: My Will is, that my Negroes com-

L. H. J.
Liber No. 47
May 23

monly called Dick, Will and Maria, shall be accounted as belonging
to that Plantation; all which Negroes so to that Plantation belong-
ing, I do affix and make regardant to the Land called Surveyor's
Forest, never to be removed from it, but to go along with the Land
in Descent and Remainder as afore limited; and that they shall have
two Acres of convenient clear Land fenced, wherein to plant to
their own Use what they please, for which my Will is that they have
a reasonable Time allowed. All other my Goods and Chattels what-
soever I give to my Wife, if she survives me. Provided always,
That if the Rector and Visitors of the Free Schools discharge me or
my Executrix of five hundred Dollars, Part of their Money I have
in my Hands, to be by my Executrix sent in Specie, or by Bills of
Exchange, remitted to my Ssister, if she survives me, whom I would
not have come into this Country; then the said Rector and Visitors,
and their Successors, shall have the Plantation and Land of Sur-
veyor's Forest, immediately after the Death of my Wife: But if
my Sister, nor her Husband, do not survive me, then the said Rector
and Visitors shall immediately succeed my Wife, they paying or
discounting one hundred Dollars to defray the Charge of my Fu-
neral. Item, I will, that whilst my Wife shall have the Use of the
Plantation last mentioned, and Service of the Negroes there, she
shall also have the Use and Benefit of the Hogs and Cattle there.
But if the said Plantation and Negroes ever come to my Sister or
her Husband, or either of them, they shall have all Cattle and Hogs,
to do with them as they will: But what Cattle or Hogs my Wife
shall have on the Plantation, shall go with the Land to the Visitors
of the Free Schools, and their Successors, for Maintenance of the
Negroes.'
All which is humbly submitted to the Consideration of your
Honourable House.
Signed per Order, Wm. Wilkins.
The Bill entituled, An Act for the Sale of certain Lands and
Houses belonging to the Free School in the City of Annapolis, called

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King William's School, was read the second Time and will pass,
the following Clause being inserted after the Word contained, in
the I3th Line of the 2d Page; viz.
' And be it further Enacted by the Authority, Advice, and Con-
sent, aforesaid, That the Rector and Visitors of the said King Wil-
liam's School shall, and they are hereby obliged and directed, to lay

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