400 Assembly Proceedings, Sept. 28-Dec. 16, 1757,

Liber H. S.
No.1

Seized to come to the Possession of the Orphan and heir at Law
free from all Incumbrances and that the said House being at this
Time in good Repair is of a Considerable Value but as a Tenant
cannot be got for it it must if not Sold in a few years be in a ruinous
Condition and Little worth it is therefore Prayed that it may be
Enacted, And be it Enacted By the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the advice and Consent of his Lordships Gov-
ernor and the upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the Same that the Said Susannah Risteau shall be and
is by Virtue of this Act Impowered to Set up and Expose to Sale
at Publick Vendue to the highest Bidder the said House and Lots
and the other Small Parcel of Land thereto Contiguous situate in
the Town of Joppa in Baltimore County aforesaid or any or either
of them Four Months Notice of the Time and Place of Such
Vendue being first given by Advertisement in the Maryland Gazette
and the Said House and Lots and the other Small Parcell of Land
thereto Contiguous or any or either of them and all the Estate Right
and Title of the Said Talbot Risteau therein respectively at the Time
of his Death to make Over and Convey by Indenture of Bargain
and Sale or by any other Proper Conveyance to any person or Per-
sons who shall bid and give the best and highest Price therefor as
fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes if the Said Susannah
Risteau was in her Self and in her own right Seized of and in the
like Estate in the Said House and Lotts and the other Small Parcell
of Land thereto Contiguous and other the Premises respectively

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as the Said Talbot Risteau was Seized of at the Time of his Death
and the monies Arising on Such Sale or Sales to lay out apply and
Dispose of for and Towards the Payment and Satisfaction of the
Debts of the Said Talbot Risteau which he did owe at the Time of his
Death now Remaining due and unsatisfied and to the Satisfaction
and Discharge whereof the Personall Estate of the Said Talbot
Risteau will not extend in Proposition to the Respective Sums of
Such Debts Respectively now due as aforesaid and without any
regard to the Nature or Priority in Payment of them or any of
them in Law and if it Should so happen that the Monies Ariseing on
Such Sale or Sales as aforesaid Should be more then Sufficient to
pay and Satisfie the Debts of the Said Talbot Risteau now due as
aforesaid that then the overplus thereof Shall be and Remain to the
use of the Orphan Child aforesaid of the Said Talbot Risteau and
shall be Secured for and paid to Such Child in the Same Manner
as if the Same had been his Share of his Said Fathers Personall
Estate, And to the said end that Discovery Should be made of Such
Ballance if any such should be and that the Same may be Duly Secured
Accordingly Be it Enacted that the Said Susannah Risteau Shall
before Such Sale or Sales give Security to the Deputy Commissary
of Baltimore County that she shall and will Dispose and Account