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Liber R. G.
1771
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tion to this General Assembly have set forth that the said John Colvill
at the Time of his Death owed his said Brother Thomas Colvill a
Debt of upwards of eight hundred Pounds Sterling and that the
said Thomas at the Time of his Death was indebted several Sums
of Money which & the Legacies by him bequeathed cannot be paid
unless the Executors can receive the Debt due from John Colvill's
Estate, & therefore the said Executors of the aforesaid Thomas
Colvill & the said John Semple have prayed that a Law might pass
enabling the same Executors or the Survivors of them to make
sufficient Deeds to the aforesaid John Semple or his Assigns for
the said Land on his or their paying such Sum as should appear to
be due on the said Bond or in Case of the Money not being paid
within a short Space of Time that the said Thomas Colvill's Execu-
tors might be by Law enabled to sell the said Land to the highest
Bidder so as the Wills of the said John Colvill and Thomas Colvill
may be complied with.
Be it therefore enacted by the Right Honorable 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 aforesaid Frances Colvill, George
Washing ion and John West Junior, and the Survivors and Survivor
of them shall be & are hereby empowered & enabled on the Payment
on or before the twentieth Day of April one thousand seven hundred
and seventy three of what shall be due on the said Contract, made
between the aforesaid Thomas Colvill and John Semple for the Sale
of the said Land to convey the said Tract of Land called Merryland
to the aforesaid John Semple his Heirs & Assigns by such Deed
or Deeds & in such Manner as the aforesaid Thomas Colvill, if he
was living could and ought to convey the same, and if the said
John Semple his Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns shall
not on or before the said twentieth Day of April one thousand
seven hundred & seventy three pay to the aforesaid Frances Colvill,
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George Washington & John West Junior or some or one of them,
what shall be due on the said Contract for the Sale of the said Land
or tender the same that then the said Frances Colvill, George Wash-
ington and John West Junior or the Survivors or Survivor of them
shall be and are hereby enabled to set up & expose the said Land to
public Sale at Frederick Town in Frederick County aforesaid to the
highest Bidder eight Weeks Notice being first given of such Sale in
the Maryland Gazette and on Receipt of the Money for which the
same shall be sold convey the said Tract of Land in Fee Simple to
the Purchaser thereof by such Deed or Deeds and in such Manner
as the aforesaid Thomas Colvill if he was living could convey the
same.
Provided always And be it enacted that if the said Frances Colvill,
George Washington and John West Junior or any or either of them
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