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A bill, entitled, An act for opening a road leading from the town of
Bladensburgh, in Prince-George's county, and pay tot he state of Maryland the composition money due on a certificate returned to the western shore land-office, called Bone's Meadows, containing twenty-two thousand and twenty acres, according to the certificate, in the name of James Earle, junior, William Stoddart Bond, Samuel Brown and Peregrine Fitzhugh, bearing date the eleventh day of May, seventeen hundred and ninety-seven, lying in Allegany county, agreeably to the bond executed by the said William S. Bond, and his securities, to the state of Maryland, on or before the first day of April next, the title of the land therein mentioned shall, on the payment of the caution money by the securities, be and the same is hereby declared to be vested in them, as tenants in common, in fee-simple; provided, that if the said William S. Bond, or those interested as aforesaid, shall, on or before the first day of April, eighteen hundred and two, pay to the said securities the sum of money they shall have paid to the state, as securities for said Bond to the state of Maryland, with legal interest from the time of payment, the said securites shall reconvey the same to the said William S. Bond, and the persons interested as aforesaid. By order, W. HARWOOD, clk. Which were severally read the first time and ordered to lie on the table. The following message and bill therein mentioned. WE have agreed to all the amendments proposed by you to the bill, entitled, An act for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors, excepting the one to be inserted after the word "creditors" in the fifth line of the twenty-first page. Instead of this we submit to your consideration the propriety of striking out from the word "so" in the same line of the same page to the word "act" in the seventh line of the same page, and of inserting the amendment herewith sent, viz. " two or more of his or their creditors, having due to them the amount of one fourth of the debts due by him or them at the time of the passing of this act, or in case there be not more than eight creditors, if any one creditor, having due to him the amount of one fourth of such debts." By order, W. HARWOOD, clk. Which was read. The resolution in favour of Robert Courtenay, was read the second time by especial order, and dissented from. The following message was prepared, read, agreed to, and, with the resolutions therein mentioned, sent to the house of delegates by the clerk. WE have negatived your resolution in favour of Robert Courtenay, as we think it places the state of Maryland in a different situation from what she would have been in provided he had filed his bill in chancery for relief before the payment of the consideration money for the land. We herewith transmit a resolve, which, if originated by you, will meet our concurrence. By order, W. S. GREEN, clk. The bill authorising James Bowdle, late collector of Talbot county, to complete his collections, was read the second time and will pass with the proposed amendments. Amendments proposed. Strike out the word "last" in the sixth line of the first page, and after the word "year" in the same line insert, " seventeen hundred and ninety-nine." Strike out the word "last" in the thirteenth line of the same page, and after the word "year" in the same line insert " seventeen hundred and ninety-nine." The following message was prepared, read, agreed to, and, with the bill therein mentioned, sent to the house of delegates by the clerk. |
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