Acts. 339

N.^o 21 An Act directing the sale of part of the Lands of Henry Baker

late of Cecil County deceased for the Payment of the Debts of

the said Henry Baker —

Liber R. G.
1770

Whereas it appears to this General Assembly upon an Examination
into the facts set forth in the Petition of Francis Baker Administrator
with the Will annexed of the said Henry Baker that the said Henry
Baker died indebted unto sundry Persons in divers Large Sums of
Money and that the Personal Estate of the said Henry Baker was
by no means sufficient to discharge the said Debts That the said
Henry Baker on or about the fourth Day of June Anno Domini
One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty eight made and Executed
his Last will and Testament in Writing and after Disposing thereby
of a Considerable part of his Real and part of his personal Estate
devised as follows. "All the Residue of my Estate Real and Per-
sonal after my Just Debts and Legacies be paid is to be Equally
Divided between my Grandson Samuel Baker and my sons Jeremiah
and Henry to them and their Heirs Assigns forever" and also con-
stituted and appointed Jeremiah Baker his Son Sole Executor thereof
and Shortly afterwards died That the said Jeremiah Renounced the
Execution of the said Will and that Letters of Administration with
the Testament aforesaid annexed were granted unto the said Francis
Baker and that the said Francis Baker after Letters of Administra-
tion granted unto him Appraised the Personal Estate of the said
Henry and Returned an Inventory thereof with a List of the
Sperate and Desperate Debts into the Prerogative Office of this
Province And that the Inventory amounted to the sum of Seven
hundred and Seven Pounds four Shillings and seven Pence Cur-
rency the Sperate Debts to the sum of One hundred and Ninety nine
pounds four Shillings and eight pence three farthings Currency And
that the Desperate Debts amounted to the sum of Two Thousand
Eight hundred and fifteen Pounds six Shillings and one Penny
Currency and that the said Francis hath been allowed for disburs-
ments the sum of Six hundred and ninety two pounds seventeen
Shillings and seven Pence Current Money
And Whereas the said Petitioner hath by his said Petition prayed
that an Act may pass to impower him to sell and dispose of the
Lands before mentioned in Order to discharge the Debts Due to the
Several Creditors of the said Henry the Testator

[A Private
Act.]

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 Francis Baker 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 Lands before mentioned
two Months Notice of the time and Place of such Sale and Vendue

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