HANNAH K. CHASE'S CASE.—1 BLAND. 199

James Bryden to the said Harry Dorsey Gough as aforementioned.
And whereas the said Samuel Chase, on the date of this deed, hath
also paid to the said James Bryden the sum of ten thousand two
hundred and eighty-three dollars and fifty-eight cents, the receipt
whereof is testified by his being one of the subscribing witnesses
to the execution of this deed. Now this indenture witnesseth, that
the said James Clarke," &c. conveying to Samuel Chase an abso-
lute estate in fee simple.

The lease from the late Samuel Chase to James Bryden, bears
date on the 20th day of February, 1806, of this property for the
term of fifteen years, reserving an annual rent of two thousand dol-
lars, is in the usual form, and the acknowledgment of it by Chase
and his wife, the present plaintiff, is in the form required by law.
The recital and condition of the bond in the penalty 'of forty thou-
sand dollars, of the same date, from Samuel Chase, the plaintiff's
late husband, to James Bryden. is expressed in these words:

" Whereas it has been agreed, on the da\ and year abovemen-
tioned, by and between the said Samuel Chase and the said James
Bryden as follows, to wit: that the said Samuel Chase, his heirs
and assigns, at and upon the expiration of fifteen years from the
day of the date hereof, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and six, and not before, and at any time within one
*year from the expiration of the said fifteen years, and not
afterwards, and upon the payment to him. the said Samuel Chase,
his heirs or assigns, by the said James Bryden, his heirs, execu-
tors, administrators or assigns, of the sum of seventeen thousand
five hundred dollars, in specie money of the United States, or gold
coins as established by Act of Congress, passed on the ninth day of
February one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, and not
in paper of any kind; although the said James Bryden or his
assigns should by law be authorized to pay paper money in lieu of
specie; and in case of the said James Bryden or his assigns not
paying the said sum of seventeen thousand five hundred dollars In
manner as aforesaid at the expiration of the said fifteen years, but
within the one year thereafter abovementioned, then upon the pay-
ment of the said principal sum, with legal interest thereon until
payment within the said year, in manner and form aforesaid, shall
and will well and truly convey by deed duly acknowledged and
recorded according to law, unto the said James Bryden, and his
heirs, all that lot or parcel of ground lying in Baltimore Town, now
the said City of Baltimore, and contained within the following
courses and distances, to wit: beginning for the same, &c., to-
gether with all buildings and improvements erected upon the said
two lots or parcels of ground, and which are particularly described
in a deed duly acknowledged and recorded, and bearing date on
the fourth day of February last, for the conveyance of the said
two lots or parcels of ground by James Clarke to the said Samuel