370 Assembly Proceedings, Oct. 2-Nov. 17, 1753.

Liber H. S.
No. 1

. according to the Intent and Directions of the Laws of this Prov-
ince and as if the usual Course of Law had been used and taken
to Charge the Estate of Thomas Robinson with the money due to
the aforesaid Peregrine Brown to the Crown any Defect or Omission
Law Statute Usage or Custom to the contrary in any wise notwith-
standing Saving to the Right Honourable the Lord Prop.^ry his Heirs
and successors and all Bodies Politick and Corporate and all others
not mentioned in the said Act their several and respective Rights.
And Whereas it doth not appear to this General Assembly that the
said Thomas Robinson was at the Time of his Death Indebted either
to the afs.^d Peregrine Brown or to the Crown as in the said Act
is recited and suggested or that the Heirs of the afs.^d Thomas
Robinson then deceased or any other Person or Persons who was
were or might be Entituled to one moiety of the afs.^d Parcel of
Land had notice of any Design or Purpose to apply to the General
Assembly for the obtaining of the afs.^d Act of Assembly at the
Time when the same was applied for and obtained And Whereas it
is made appear to this general Assembly that the afs^d Act was
obtained by the great Interest of the aforesaid Maurice Birchfield
and Richard Bennett and others in Power by means whereof the
Person or Persons who at the Time of passing the afs.^d Act of
Assembly had a legal Right or Title to one Moiety of the aforesaid

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Parcel of Land called Bolton on Turkey Point were devested thereof
as it appears to this General Assembly contrary to Equity Right and
Justice. Wherefore and on a full hearing of Bennett Chew Devisee
of the aforesaid Richard Bennett deceased and Thomas Catteral
who Claims a Right or Title to one moiety of the said Parcel of
Land as the Heir at Law of the aforesaid Thomas Robinson and to
the End that as to the said moiety of the said Parcel of Land the
same may be and remain in the same State and Condition to all
Intents and Purposes whatsoever as if the said Act had never been
made or passed and that no Person or Persons who had the legal
Right or Title thereto at the Time of passing the said Act or any
other Person or Persons claiming by from him or them should be
barred or precluded of his or their Right or Title to the same by
means of the said Act of Assembly or any Matter Clause Article or
Thing therein contained
Be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governor and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority of the
same. That so much of the said Act of Assembly intituled An Act
for the Confirmation of the Lands therein mentioned to Richard
Bennett Esquire and all and every Past Clause Matter Article and
Thing therein contained which in any wise manner or respect what-
soever doth or can relate to or concern the afs.^d One Moiety of
the Parcel of Land aforesaid be and is hereby utterly Repealed Abro-
gated and made void to all Intents Constructions and Purposes what-