258 Assembly Proceedings, October 2-November 30, 1771.

Liber R. G.
1771

from in Payment of the Debts of the same Charles Digges in a due
Course of Law & Order of Administration.
Be it therefore enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, by & with the Advice & Consent of his Lordships Gov-
ernor & the Upper & Lower Houses of Assembly & the Authority
of the same, That the same Frank Leeke & George Digges shall
be & are by Virtue of this Act, empowered to set up and expose to
Sale by Way of Publick Vendue to the highest Bidder the Lot of
Ground aforesaid with the Appurtenances thereto belonging of the
said Charles Digges, two Months Notice of the Time & Place of
such Vendue being first given in the Maryland Gazette & all the
Estate Right & Title of the said Charles Digges therein at the Time
of his Death to make over & Convey by Indenture of Bargain &
Sale or by any other proper Conveyance to any Person who shall
bid & give the best & highest Price therefor as fully & effectually
to all Intents & Purposes as if the same Frank Leeke & George
Digges were themselves in their own Right seized of & in the like
Estate in the said Lot of Ground with the Appurtenances as the
said Charles Digges was seized of at the Time of his Death & the
Monies arising on such Sale to lay out apply & dispose of for &
towards the Payment & Satisfaction of the Debts of the same
Charles Digges which he did owe at the Time of his Decease & still
remain due & unsatisfied & in Discharge whereof the Personal
Estate of the said Charles Digges will not extend, & the necessary
Charges attending the said Sale. And to the End the said Sale
shall be fairly made & the Money arising therefrom be duly applied
Be it enacted, That the same Frank Leeke & George Digges shall
before such Sale give Bond with sufficient Sureties to the Deputy
Commissary of Prince Georges County for the Time being in the
same Manner & Form as is usual in Cases of Intestates Estates

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(which said Bond shall be by them transmitted to & lodged in the
Prerogative Office of this Province) with Condition to the same
that the same Frank Leeke & George Digges shall dispose of the
same Lott of Ground as aforesaid account for the Money arising
from such Sale produce a Certificate from the said Deputy Com-
missary of such Security having been given & also that the same
Frank Leeke & George Digges shall within twelve Months aftci
the Vendue as aforesaid account with the Commissary for the
Produce of such Sale in the same Manner as if the same was properly
Personal Estate to be paid according to Law & the Meaning & In-
tention of this Act.

By the Lower House of
Assembly Nov.^r 11.^th
1771. Read & assented to.
Signed by Order,
Jn.° Duckett Cl. Lo. Ho.

On Behalf of the Right
Honble the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province,
I Will this be a Law.
Rob.^t Eden.

By the Upper House of
Assembly Nov.^r 16.^th
1771. Read & assented to.
Signed by Order,
U. Scott Cl. Up. Ho.

The Great Seal
in Wax appendant