LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1805.

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CHAPTER 99.

AN ACT to ascertain the mode of completing the title to purchasers of
certain confiscated British property, and for other purposes.
See 1785, eh. 66, ante page 204.

WHEREAS the commissioners heretofore appointed to preserve
and make sale of confiscated British property within this state,
have, in many instances, executed deeds of conveyance to the
purchasers of such property, or their assignees, for lands sold by
the said commissioners as aforesaid, which deeds have been
inoperative ; therefore,

Preamble.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the chancellor shall be and he is hereby authorized and
required, on application of any person holding or claiming lands
in virtue of any deed of the said commissioners, and on receiv-
ing satisfactory proof that such claimant has an equitable title to
the lands claimed or held by him, to execute a deed, in the
name of the state of Maryland, to such claimant, his heirs and
assigns, for the lands to which he is so entitled, and such deed,
when recorded among the land records of the county wherein
such lands lie, shall be sufficient effectually to transfer all the
right, title and claim, of any British subject, to such lands, or
which became vested in this state by any act of assembly here-
tofore passed.
See ch. 93.

CHAPTER 106,
AN ACT respecting Writ of Error Bonds.

Chancellor
to make
deeds in
certain
cases.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
until a chancellor of Maryland shall be appointed and shall
qualify as such, it shall and may be lawful for the register in
chancery to consider and determine on the sufficiency of the
securities mentioned in any writ of error bond, and all bonds
approved by him, during the period aforesaid, shall have the
same effect and operation, to every intent and purpose whatever,
as if the same had been approved by the chancellor.
By 1822, ch. 131, clerks of the several counties may approve of the
securities.

CHAPTER 107.

AN ACT relative to Sheriffs and Constables.

Register,
until chan-
cellor is
appointed,
to deter-
mine on
sufficiency
of securi-
ties on writ
of error
bond.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from after the first day of April next, it shall not be lawful
for any sheriff or deputy sheriff, or for any constable, within this
state, during the time they respectively act as such, to purchase
in any debt due from any person or persons residing, or who
shall reside, at the time of the transferor assignment of such

Sheriffs, &c.
not to pur-
chase debts.