JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 399

States, some time in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, became seized and possessed of certain lands lying in, Charles county, usually known as "Blenheim" and "Howards," for himself, and in trust for his brothers and sisters, to wit: "William Dawson, Mary A. Dawson, Robert Lee Dawson, Elleanor G. Dawson, Philip T. Dawson and Frances L. McDonald, of whom some were citizens of the United States, and others aliens; and	Preamble.
WHEREAS, said Frederick Dawson departed this life in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, intestate and unmarried, and without having con- veyed said lands to the cestui que trusts, all of whom, except said Frances L. McDonald, are also now dead, intestate, and without children, except said William Dawson, who left one daughter, now Mrs. Mary Jay Frankland, who, with said Frances L. McDonald, both residents of England, represent all the several interests of the above-named parties in and to said lands; therefore,	Preamble.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the said Frances L. McDonald and Mary Jay Frankland be and they are hereby enabled and empowered to take, hold and convey and trans- mit by descent, all the several interests of the above- named parties, in the lands aforesaid in Charles county, so held by the said Frederick Dawson, to which they are respectively in any way, or would be entitled to by descent if all said parties had been citizens of the United States, as fully and effectually as if all said parties had been citizens as aforesaid, and as if they were citizens and residents of this State.	Enabled and empowered.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved April 7, 1876.	In force.