144 LAWS OF MARYLAND—1778.
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of the said courts, in any action whatsoever, shall and may be
entitled lo and have his bill of exception, in the same manner
as if the opinion of the court had been given against him, and
as such person would be by law entitled to in other cases.
SEC. 15. Superseded by 1782, ch. 40.
SEC. 16. Abolished by 1805, ch. 65; continued from 1799 to 1805, and
since continued by the annual continuance law.
CHAPTER 23. |
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*1773, ch. 7. |
A SUPPLEMENTARY ACT to an act, entitled, *An act for the aroeDdmeni
of the law. |
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Preamble. |
WHEREAS doubts have been conceived under the act, enti-
tled, An act for the amendment of the law, passed in the year
seventeen hundred and seventy-three, whether persons under
the age of twenty-one years are intended to be bound by any
deed or conveyance made and executed by the guardian or
guardians only of such persons under age, pursuant to the
direction of the court of chancery, in the cases in the said act
specified; |
Certain
deeds good,
&c. |
SEC. 2. Be it therefore enacted, by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the twentieth day of December,
seventeen hundred and seventy-eight, any person or persons
under the age of twenty-one years, seized or possessed of
any lands, tenements or hereditaments, in trust, or by way
of mortgage, or seized or possessed thereof, charged or charge-
able with the payment of money or tobacco, and therefore
subject or liable to a decree for sale, or bound by an agree-
ment to convey, made by some person or persons having
right or title to make such agreement, and therefore subject or
liable to a decree for sale, or bound by an agreement to convey,
made by some person or persons having right or title to make
such agreement, and therefore subject or liable to a decree for
conveyance, on a suit for a specific performance or execution of
such agreement, shall, by the direction of the court of chan-
cery, signified by an order made upon the petition of the per-
son or persons for whom such infant or infants shall be seized
or possessed in trust, or of the mortgagor or mortgagors, or
other person or persons entitled to redemption, or person or
persons entitled to money or tobacco, secured by or upon the
said lands, tenements or hereditaments, or of the person or
persons entitled to any money or tobacco, with the payment
whereof the said lands, tenements or hereditaments, are or
shall be charged or chargeable, or of the person or persons en-
titled to a specific performance or execution of such agreement
as aforesaid, be bound and concluded by any deed or deeds,
conveyance or conveyances, assurance or assurances, made and
executed by the guardian or guardians (to be appointed by the |
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