548 Assembly Proceedings, Feb. 23-May 22, 1756.

No. 18

Liber H. S.
No. 1

An Act to impower and Direct the Clerk of Ann Arundel County to
record among the said County Records a Deed of Bargain and
Sale from Thomas Larkin Deceased to John Jordan Deceased
Whereas Thomas Larkin late of Ann Arundel County Gentleman
Deceased by his Deed of Bargain and Sale bearing Date the twenty
fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand
Seven hundred and twenty Eight for the Consideration money
therein mentioned did Convey to John Jordan Deceased in fee all
that Lott of Land lying in the Town of Annapolis begining at the
South Eastermost stake of a Lott then in the Possession of the Said
Jordan which he bought from William Beckingham and runing
South East for Breadth four Perches to another stake then North
thirty six Degrees East twenty nine Perches to another stake to
Severn River thence with the said River to the aforesaid Lott and
bounding on the Same with a straight Line to the first stake Con-
taining and laid out for half an Acre of Land more or Less And
Whereas the said Deed of Bargain and sale was not recorded in
the Provincial Court Ann Arundel County Court or the Mayor's
Court of the City of annapolis Where the said Land Lyes within six
months after the Date of the said Deed of Bargain and Sale And

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Whereas the said Thomas Larkin is since Dead by means Whereof
the omission of Recording the said Deed of Bargain and Cannot
now be supplied by the Parties of the said Deed Wherefore it is
most humbly Prayed that to supply the omision of Recording the
said Deed of Baragin and Sale within the Time Limitted by the
Act of Assembly for quieting Possessions Inrolling Conveyances
and securing the Estate of Purchase it may be Enacted. And be it
Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by and
with the advice and Consent of his Lordships Governor the upper
and Lower houses of Assembly and the Authority of the same that
the Clerk of Ann Arundel County Court for the Time being shall
and may record the said rented Deed of Bargain and Sale among
the Records of Ann Arundel County within Six Months After
the End of this Present session of Assembly and that the recording
the said Deed within the said six Months shall be as Good and
Sufficient to vest the said Lott of Land therein mentioned in the
said John Jordan and his heirs and all and every Person or Persons
deriving a Title to the same from by or under him or them accord-
ing to the Meets and Bounds aforesaid as if the said Deed had been
recorded among the records of Ann Arundel County Court within
six months after the date of the Said Deed any Neglect omission
Law statute Act of Assembly Usage or Custom notwithstanding
Saving to his most Sacred Majesty his heirs and Successors and to
the Right Honourable Lord Proprietary his heirs and Successors