310 Assembly Proceedings, September 25-November 2, 1770.

Liber R. G.
1770

Hicks to the said Richard Heard also a tract or Par cell of Land
lying in the County aforesaid being part of the Cross Manor con-
taining one hundred Acres given and Conveyed by a certain John
Heard deceased to the said Richard Heard Also a tract or parcell
of Land called Cross Manor lying in the County aforesaid Contain-
ing three Acres conveyed by a certain Brent Nutwell to the said
Richard Heard and Also part of a tract or parcell of Land called
Heard's Lot formerly called the Cross lying in the County aforesaid
and containing one Acre conveyed by a certain Stephen Milburn
to the said Richard Heard and that James Heard the son and heir
at Law of the said Richard Heard is an infant about the age of
Seven Years
And Whereas the said Petitioner hath by his said Petition prayed
that an Act may pass to empower him or such other Person as may
be Judged more proper to sell and dispose of the said Real Estate
of the said Richard Heard in Order to discharge as far as the produce
of the Sale of the said Real Estate will extend the Debts aforesaid
due to the Creditors of the said Richard Heard and to Reimburse
the said Petitioner in such manner as might be thought most ex-
pedient
Be it therefore enacted by the right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships
Governor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the same that the said John Heard shall be and is
by virtue of this Act impowered to set up and Expose to sale by
way of Public Vendue to the Highest Bidder the said Several tracts
or parcells of Land aforesaid and the whole real estate of the said
Richard Heard of which he died seised and Possessed or such part
thereof as may be necessary for the Purposes aforesaid (two months
notice of the time and place of such sale and Vendue being first
given in the Maryland Gazette) and the said Lands and Real Estate
or such part thereof as may be Sufficient to raise Money and Tobacco
to satisfie and pay to the Creditors aforesaid of the said Richard
Heard and all the Estate right & title of the said Richard Heard
therein respectively at the time of his Death to sell and make over
and convey by Indenture of Bargain and Sale or by any other proper
Conveyance to any person or persons who shall bid and give the
best and highest Price therefor as fully and Effectually to all intents
and Purposes as if the said John Heard was himself in his own
right Seized of and in the like Estate in Such Lands and Real Estate
respectively as the said Richard Heard was Seised of at the time of
his Death and the Money and Tobacco arising by such sale or sales
to lay out apply and dispose of for and Towards the Payment and
Satisfaction of the Several Creditors aforesaid in manner following
that is to say. First to the said Benjamin Tasker's Executrix such