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

Liber H. S.
No. 1

of the aforesaid Tract of Land Called Harborough now in the
Possession of the said Laurence Hammond and to Entail in Lieu
thereof the Quantity of Two hundred and forty nine Acres afore-
said under the same Conditions out of the Tract of Land called the
Isles of Capere and Whereas the allegations and Facts Contained in
the Petition of the said John Griniff Howard have Sufficiently been
made apparent Be it therefore 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 said John Griniff Howard be and
is hereby Vested Seized and Possesed of and in all that Part or
Parcell of Land called Harborough formerly lying in Baltimore
County aforesaid and now in Ann Arundell County aforesaid Con-
taining- two hundred and forty nine Acres Beginning at a Sliped
White Oak Sapline standing North sixty nine Degr.^e and one
Quarter Degree West two hundred Perches from the second Bounded
tree of the aforesaid Land called Harborough then North and by
East to Potapseco River then bounding on and with the said River

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to the North North East Line of the aforesaid Land as Originally
Expressed then with the said North North east line to a bounded
White Oak standing on the West side of Callaways Branch being
an Antient boundary of the said Land called Harborough then from

the said Tree to the Beginning (or Sliped saplin) with all and Singu-
lar the Appurtenances thereunto belonging as of an Estate in fee
simple to him his heirs and assigns forever and to the only Proper
Use and behoof of him the said John Griniff Howard his heirs
and assigns forever any Devise Entail Limitation or other matter or
Thing heretofore made or done to the Contrary Notwithstanding and
that he the same John Griniff Howard his heirs and assigns be and
are hereby fully enabled authorized and impowered to grant bar-
gain Sell and Convey the aforesaid Part or Parcell of Land called
Harborough containing two hundred and forty nine Acres aforesaid
according to the meets and bounds aforesaid 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 assign respec-
tively forever free and clear of and from all Limitations Conditions
and Entails whatsoever of the aforesaid John Griniff or of any
other person or persons claiming under the said John Griniff And
it is hereby further enacted that the said John Griniff Howard or
his Heirs shall at or before the first day of January Which shall
be in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty
six cause a Survey to be made of two hundred and forty nine Acres
of Land Part of the Aforesaid Tract of Land called the Isles of
Capere and the same describe by Course and Distance under the