" but never executed in the life time of the said Gardiner " and therefore prayed his executors may prosecute the said " warrant resurvey already granted, with further renewment " thereof; the which was granted, and ordered accordingly " for the use and benefit of the orphans of the said " Richard Gardiner."         LIBER C. B. No. 1, folio 299. ¾¾ Resurvey for the purpose of leaving out poor land. ¾     " John Bradford of Prince George's county, in behalf of Thomas Butler an orphan, under his guardianship, sets forth, that the said Butler is siezed in fee of two tracts of land, the one called Harmitage originally granted to William Joseph, Esq. and the other called Joseph's Parke granted to William Joseph junr. containing together eight thousand one hundred and six acres; that he the petitioner upon inspection into the bounds of those tracts finds that a considerable part of both of them is " very mean, barren, and unprofitable; " wherefore he prays a special warrant to resurvey them, "with power to " exclude and leave out such part of them as is useless, " mean and barren, and to add a like quantity, if to be found, " of good tillable land thereto adjacent," and that if a sufficient quantity should not there be found to supply the place of such " Barrens" a warrant may be issued in the name of the said Butler to be executed and laid in such place as the petitioner shall think fit.     " Warrant of resurvey granted (dated August 19th, 1714) with direction to the surveyor to frame such courses as the said Bradford shall direct, in order to exclude bad, and include good and beneficial land."         LIBER A. A. folio 333. ¾¾ Resurvey for the purpose of leaving out Water. ¾     " Robert Gouldsborough and Elizabeth his wife, set forth that in right of the said Elizabeth, they are siezed in fee of a tract of land called Town Neck, lying in Ann Arundel county, granted and confirmed in the year 1658 to Nathaniel Utye for 250 acres: that upon scrutiny they find a considerable part thereof is run into and taken away by several creeks and coves of water: They therefore pray a Warrant to resurvey the same " after such manner as shall leave out the said water, " and if vacant land shall be found contiguous, to include the same, &c. Warrant issued accordingly."