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

Liber R. G.
1771

County have sold to George Scott of Prince Georges County a
Tract of Land lying in Frederick County called Norway containing
six hundred & thirty Acres for the Sum of five hundred & fifty
Pounds Sterling in good Bills of Exchange for which he has paid
me the Sum of three hundred & fifty Pounds Sterling in Bills of
Exchange and the remaining two hundred Pounds Sterling he is
to pay the twentieth Day of June next in good Bills of Exchange
or Cash at the Option of the said George Scott & I hereby oblige
me & my Heirs to make over & convey the said Tract of Land to
the said George Scott and his Heirs clear of all Incumbrances by
a Deed to be executed with all convenient Dispatch In Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this ninth Day of
February 1771. Signed Nicholas Greenbury Ridgely. And that the
said Nicholas Greenbury Ridgely by his last Will dated the second
Day of March in the Year last mentioned appointed the said Jane
Ridgely & a certain Thomas Johns Executrix & Executor of his
said Will, but the said Thomas Johns having renounced his Share
of the said Executorship, the Burthen of executing the said Will has
devolved on the said Jane Ridgely. And also that the said Nicholas
Greenbury Ridgely at the Time of his Death left an only Child
named Elizabeth his Heir at Law who is an Infant of tender Years.
And further that the said Jane Ridgely being desirous to comply
with the Agreement of her Testator as aforesaid that she may be

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enabled to receive the Residue of the said Purchase Money to answer
the Purposes of the said Nicholas Greenbury Ridgely's Will, prays
an Act may pass enabling her to convey the aforesaid Tract of Land
in Fee Simple to George Scott the Son & Heir at Law of the said
George Scott deceased on Payment of the Balance of the Purchase
Money aforesaid.
And Whereas the Truth of the several Facts contained in the said
Petition has been made appear to this General Assembly.
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 Jane Ridgely shall be and is by Virtue

of this Act impowered to make over and convey on Payment of

the Ballance aforesaid the said Tract of Land called Norway by
Indenture of Bargain & Sale or by any other proper Conveyance
to the said George Scott eldest Son & Heir at Law of the said
George Scott Esquire deceased & the Heirs forever as fully & effectu-
ally to all Intents & Purposes as if the same Jane Ridgely was in her
own Right seised of & in the like Estate in the said Tract of Land
called Norway with the Appurtenances as the said Nicholas Green-
bury Ridgely was seised at the Time of his Death & the said Balance
of the Purchase Money aforesaid to receive apply & dispose of in the
same Manner as if the same was personal Estate & according to the