Acts. 547

no male heirs at the Time of his Death and that in default of Issue
in the said female heirs the said Land to Descend according to the
will of the Father of the petitioners and the prayer of the Petitioners
in the said Petition contained being thought reasonable the Same was
Granted and Leave given to bring in a Bill according to the Peti-
tioners prayer It is therefore Humbly prayed that it may be Enacted
and be it Enacted by the Right Honourable The Lord Proprietary
by and with the advice & Consent of his Lordships Governor and
the upper and Lower houses of Assembly and the Authority of the
same That the said Tract of Land Called Buzzard Island and the
addition to Buzzard Island containing in the whole Seven hundred
and fifty one acres with the Appurtenances in Calvert County afore-
said so as aforesaid Devised by the said Leonard Hollyday the Father
to his Second Son Leonard Hollyday and his male heirs shall be
and the Same are hereby Vested in the said female heirs of Leonard
Hollyday the Son their heirs and assigns to the only use and Behoof
of them the said female heirs of the said Leonard Hollyday the Son
their Heirs and assigns for ever Provided always and it is the true
Intent and Meaning of this act that if the said Leonard Hollyday
shall have any male heirs of his Body at the time of his Death or
that the said female heirs of the said Leonard Hollyday shall not
have Issue that then and in such Case the Said Land Called Buz-
zard Island and the Addition to Buzzard Island with The Appur-
tenances shall Descend and stand Limited as by the Last will and
Testament of the said Leonard Hollyday the Testator is Devised
any Law Usage or Custom to the Contrary in any Wise Notwith-
standing Saving to the Kings most Excellent Majesty his heirs &
successors to the Right Honourable The Lord Proprietary his heirs
and Successors and to all and every other Person & Persons not men-
tioned in this Act Bodies politic and Corporate their respective heirs
& successors all such Right Title Estate Interest Claim & Demand

Liber H. S.
No. 1

other than the Persons claiming under the Last will of the said
Leonard Hollyday the Father and this Act as they every or any of
them Could or might Claim if this Act had never been made

p. 287

1st April 1756 On behalf of the Right 1st April 1756
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
MMacnemara Cl lo ho. JRoss Cl Up Ho

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