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Right, Title, Interest, Use, Claim and Demand of him the said Philip
Covington at the Time of his Death in Law or Equity of in and to the
said three Tracts of Land with their Appurtenances and of in and to
every part and parcel of them to make over and convey by Indenture
of Bargain and Sale or by any other proper Conveyance or Convey-
ances in the Law to the Person who shall bid and give the best and
highest Price therefor as effectualy and fully to all Intents and Pur-
poses as if the said Mary Covington was Seized in her own Right of
and in the like Estate in the said three Tracts of Land and Premises
with their Appurtenances as the said Philip Covington was seized of
at the time of his Death which sale and conveyance shall be as effectual
to bar the Heirs of the said Philip Covington as if the same had been
made by himself in his life time and the money arising from or on
such Sale to lay out or apply to the payment and Discharge of Such
legal Debts of the said Philip Covington as Still remain due and
unpaid first paying and discharging the Several Bond Debts of the
said Philip and the overplus thereof if any shall be secured and put
out at Interest to and for the Use and Benefit of the Heir at Law of
the said Philip or such Person or Persons in Case o f Death as Should
be intitled to the said Lands had this Act never been made. And to
the End that there may be a just Application of the money arising
from Such Sale and that the overplus if any may be duly Secured
Be it enacted that the said Mary Covington shall before such Sale
give Bond in the Penalty of fifteen hundred Pounds Current Money
of Mary Land with sufficient Sureties to the Deputy Commissary
of Somerset County in the Name of the Right Honourable the Lord
Proprietary of this Province in the same manner and form as is
Usual for Executors or Administrators to give (which said Bond
shall be by the said Deputy Commissary transmitted to and lodged
in the Prerogative office in Annapolis) with condition to the same
Bond annexed that the obligors in the same Bond named shall dis-
pose of and account for the Money arising by such Sale agreeable to
the Intention of this Act and shall at such Sale produce a Certificate
from the said Deputy Comissary of such Security having been given
and also that the said Mary Covington shall within Six Months
after the Sale as aforesaid account with the Commissary for the
Produce of Such Sale and give Security for the Ballance if any
according to the Intent and meaning of this Act Provided always
that the Mary Covington Shall and may retain a Commission of ten
per Centum on the Money arising by the said Sale and no more
and that the overplus if any nor any Part of it shall at any Time
be let out at Interest but on such Security as shall be first approved
by the Justices of Somerset County for the time being or the Major
part of them
Provided further and be it enacted that this Act nor any Convey-
ance or Conveyances to be made in Pursuance thereof shall extend
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Liber H. S.
No. 1
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