ADDISON v. BOWIE, 607

ever. I hereby authorize the said .Bowie to designate any one or
more of his children, by his wife Kitty, who shall have the fee
simple in all the aforesaid lands. My will being, that the fee
should pass to all or any one of them in the discretion of their
father; creating this uncertainty of designation merely as a motive
to good conduct in them all.'

'I give and devise to my grandson, William Duckett Bowie, my
Quarter Plantation, with twenty acres of the land purchased of
Henry L. Hall, to be laid off at the south end. In case the said
William D. Bowie should die, leaving no lawful issue, then my
will is, that my Quarter Plantation, and the twenty acres afore-
said, should pass to the next eldest son of William Bowie, of Wal-
ter, by his present wife Kitty; and if said next eldest son should
die without lawful issue, in like manner to the next eldest son, as
often as the case shall happen; giving and devising to such eldest
son, in fee simple, as I hereby give and devise to my grandson,
William D. Bowie, in case he should die leaving no lawful issue;
and in case of failure of male issue, to pass in fee simple to
the daughters of William Bowie, of Walter, by his present wife
Kitty.'

'I give and bequeath to my son-in-law, William Bowie, of Wal-
ter, one-third of my negroes. The whole of my negroes to be
valued by two impartial men, not related to either side, and divided
into three classes, as equal in value, considering age and sex, as
can be, and then each class to be distributed by lot; the first num-
ber giving the first choice; the second number giving the second
choice; and the third number giving the third choice. But in
case William Bowie, of Walter, should set up a claim to any of
the negroes at either place, more than then at the Quarter, he
and his wife to be barred from any right or title to my real estate.
Also, one-third of my stock of all sorts, to be valued, classed, and
distributed as the negroes aforesaid; likewise, all my household
and kitchen furniture, except what I bequeath hereafter, I give to
my son-in-law, William Bowie, of Walter. I give and bequeath
to my grandson, William D. Bowie, one-third of my negroes,
and one-third of my stock of all sorts. All my plate, one eight-
day clock, two large looking-glasses, two feather beds, and their
furniture. I give and bequeath the other third of my negroes and
stock of all sorts, to the rest of the children of William Bowie, of
Walter, by his present wife Kitty, as they arrive at age, or marry,
share and share alike. I mean the age of sixteen, for girls. It