452 Assembly Proceedings, November 5-21, 1770.

Liber R. G.
1770

creased and the Ground fronting on said Lane Lot at an Advance
Price that if the said Lots were out on Ground Rent it would con-
siderably Augment the Annual Value of her said Infant Sons Estate
not less than One hundred and fifty Pounds Sterling that no person
being impowered by the last will of the above mentioned Nicholas
Rogers her late Husband to make any disposition of said Lotts for
the Benefit of her said Infant Son and all Contracts made by infants
being Invalid in Law she humbly prayed that an Act might Pass to
enable her to Lease the said Lots for that Purpose And for that it
appears to this General Assembly that it would be to the Interest of
the said Infant who is now of the Age of Seventeen Years or there-
abouts if the said two Lotts of Ground were divided into parcels and
Let on Ground Rent
Be it therefore 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 it shall and may be Lawful to and for
the said Nicholas Rogers the son by and with the Advice and Consent
of the Said Henrietta Rogers to Lay out and Divide the said Lotts
into Parts and Portions and after the same shall be so laid out and
Divided to Lease and Demise such parts or Portions to any person
or persons for such Term or Terms of Years with such Covenants
Clauses and Provisions inserted for the Renewment of Such Leases
from time to time forever if the same shall be so agreed on and such
Other Covenants Clauses and Provisoes as are usual and accustomary

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in Leases Made of unimproved Lots within the said Town which
said Several Leases shall be made in the Name of the said Nicholas
Rogers the Son and the Rent agreed on be reserved and payable to
him his heirs & Assigns and the Term Limitted to the Lessees
named in such Leases shall be as Good and Valid to all intents and
Purposes as if the said Nicholas Rogers had been of full age to
execute the same
Provided always that the Advice and Consent of the said Hen-
rietta Rogers to every such Lease or Demise be testified by her being
a party to and Signing and Sealing the same Lease and that any of
the said Leases or Demises shall not burthen the said Nicholas
Rogers the son with any Covenant or Assurance for quiet enjoy-
ment of the premises other than from and against himself and all
Persons Claiming or to Claim by from or under him and that not
less than One hundred and fifty Pounds Sterling be reserved in the
Whole on the ground Subject to be Leased or Demised as aforesaid
And be it further Enacted that the said Nicholas Rogers the Son
by and with the Advice and Consent of his said Mother shall and
may in the Presence of the Commissioners of Baltimore Town or
the Major part of them Lay out and Add to the aforesaid Lane or
Alley called South Lane so much of the said Lotts not exceeding one