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

Liber R. G.
1771

said Parcel of Land given in Exchange as aforesaid was by a Deed
duly executed by the said George Williams, made over and con-
veyed to the said Henry Williams who afterwards for a valuable
Consideration sold and disposed of the said Parcel of Land and
Mill, That the said Henry Williams is since dead & that his Heir
at Law is an Infant under the Age of twenty one Years.
And Whereas the said Elizabeth Williams hath prayed that for the
Benefit of the Creditors and Representatives of the said George
Williams and in Order to fulfil the Will of the said George Williams
her Husband, An Act might pass to empower her to make Con-
veyances of the Lands mentioned in the Bonds aforesaid to such
Persons as are entitled to the same pursuant to the Contracts afore-
said.

p. 153

Be it therefore enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's
Governor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the same, That the said Elizabeth Williams be and
is hereby invested with Power & Authority to make over and convey
unto the said Robert Smith the Tract of Land aforesaid called
Williams Discovery in Baltimore County aforesaid and the afore-
said other Tract of Land called Frankford & the said ten Acres of
Land adjoining thereto in the said County in Fee Simple & all &
every the Rights & Appurtenances thereunto belonging by Deed of
Bargain and Sale or other Conveyance as fully and effectually to
all Intents & Purposes & according to the Terms of the said Contract
as if the said Elizabeth Williams was herself in her own Right seized
of & in the like Estate in the same Lands with the Appurtenances as
the said George Williams was seized of at the Time of his Death;
And also to make over & convey unto the Heir at Law of the afore-
said Thomas Bailey the Tract of Land aforesaid called Milford and
the other Tract called William's Neglect lying and being in Queen
Ann's County aforesaid in Fee Simple & all & every the Rights &
Appurtenances thereunto belonging by Deed of Bargain & Sale
or other Conveyance as fully & effectually to all Intents & Purposes
and according to the Terms of the said Contract as if the said Eliza-
beth Williams was herself in her own Right seized of & in the like
Estate in the same Lands with the Appurtenances as the said George
Williams was seised of at the Time of his Death & as the said Henry
Williams as to the said Tract of Land called Milford lying & being
in Queen Anns County aforesaid was seised of at the Time of mak-
ing & executing the said Instrument of writing to the said George
Williams as aforesaid.
And be it further Enacted that the Monies due on the aforesaid
Bond from the said Robert Smith & Thomas Bailey respectively
upon the Receipt of the same shall be Assets in the Hands of the
said Elizabeth Williams and laid out applied & disposed of for and