198 Assembly Proceedings, June 23-July 8, 1755.

Liber H. S.
No. I

the Payment and Discharge of the Debts of the aforesaid Samuel
Chambers due on Mortgage Bonds Other Specialties and simple
Contracts aforesaid. It was therefore Prayed for Leave to bring in a
Bill to Enable her the said Ann Chambers administratrix of the said
Samuel Chambers to make sale of that Part of the said Tract of
Land called Bessenton which he the said Samuel Chambers died
possessed of in fee Simple containing three hundred and fifty acres
more or less, as also of the said Tract or Parcell of Land called the
Obligation which he the said Samuel Chambers died possessed of
in fee Simple Containing thirty one Acres or thereabouts or such
Part of the said Two Tracts or Parcells of Land as to her the said
Ann Chambers administratrix shall seem Convenient to answer the

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Purpose aforesaid to be applied for the Payment and Discharge
of the Debts of the said Samuel Chambers aforesaid Deceased.
Be it therefore Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary 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 it shall and may be Lawfull to and for
the said Ann Chambers and she is hereby Authorized and Impowered
after the end of the Present session of Assembly and after having
paid to the Amount of the Personal Estate returned in an Inventory
of the said Samuel Chambers his Estate into the Prerogative Office
in due Form in Satisfaction of the said Samuel Chambers his
Debts to sell and Dispose of so much of the aforesaid part of the
Tract of Land called Bessenton which the aforesaid Samuel Cham-

bers died possessed of in fee Simple lying in Ann Arundell County

aforesaid Containing Three hundred and fifty Acres or thereabouts
and also one Other Tract or Parcell of Land called the Obligation
which the aforesaid Samuel Chambers died possessed of in fee Simple
lying in Ann Arundell County aforesaid and Containing Thirty
Acres or thereabouts as shall satisfy and Discharge the Debts afore-
said of the said Samuel Chambers and no more to any Person or
Persons for the best Price she the said Ann Chambers can get for the
same Either in Sterling Money, Bills of Exchange or Current
Money any Law Statute usuage or Custom to the Contrary Not-
withstanding.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent
aforesaid that the said Ann Chambers shall and may and she is
hereby authorized and Impowered to Execute and deliver unto any
purchaser or purchasers for the purpose aforesaid of all or any part
of the said Two Tracts or Parcells of Land called Bessenton and
the Obligation lying in Ann Arundell County aforesaid which the
said Samuel Chambers died possessed of in fee Simple an Indenture
or Indentures of Bargain and Sale Expressed to be made between
the said Ann Chambers of Ann Arundell County Widow and Ad-
ministratrix of Samuel Chambers of Ann Arundell County De-