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aforesaid; any Law, Usage, or Custom, to the contrary thereof, in
any wise, notwithstanding.

Liber H. S.
No. 1

12^th March 1755 On behalf of the Right 12th March 1755
Read and assented to Honourable the Lord Read and assented to
By the Lower House of Proprietary of this Prov- by the Upper House of
assembly ince I will this be a Law Assembly.
Signed p. order Hor.^o Sharpe Signed p. Order.
M Macnemara C.^l L^o H.^o J Ross Cl. Up Ho.

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No. 3 An Act to impower and direct the Clerk of Baltimore County Court
to Record among the said County Records a Deed of Bargain and
Sale from Isaac Johns deceased to Robert Adair.
Whereas Isaac Johns late of Ann Arundell County now Deceased
by his Deed of Bargain and Sale bearing date the fifth Day of Janu-
ary in the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Fifty
four for the Consideration Money therein mentioned did Convey to

Robert Adair in Fee Two hundred and fifty Acres of Land part of
a Tract of Land lying in Baltimore County called Christophers
Camp according to the Meets and Bounds thereof which Meets &
Bounds are hereby declared to Begin at the End of One hundred
and Sixty Perches in the North East Line of the said Tract and
running North East One hundred 'and Sixty Perches Then North
West Two hundred and fifty Perches then South West one hundred
and Sixty Perches then with a Straight Line to the said Beginning.
And Whereas the said Deed of Bargain and Sale was not recorded
either in the Provincial Court or in Baltimore County Court where
the said Land lies within six Months after the Date of the said
Deed of Bargain and Sale And Whereas the said Isaac Johns is
since Dead by means whereof the omission of recording the said
Deed of Bargain and Sale cannot now be supplied by the Partys to
the said Deed Wherefore it is most humbly Prayed that to supply
the omission of Recording the said Deed of Bargain and Sale within
the Time Limitted by the Act of assembly for quieting Possessions,
enrolling Conveyances and Securing the Estates of Purchasers,
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 Governor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and
the Authority of the same That the Clerk of Baltimore County Court
for the Time being Shall and May record the Before recited Deed
of Bargain and Sale among the Records of Baltimore County Court
at any time within Six Months after the End of this present Ses-
sion of assembly and that the Recording the said Deed within the
said Six Months shall be as Good and Sufficient to vest the Lands
therein mentioned in the said Robert Adair and his heirs According

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