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WILLIAM SMALLWOOD, Esq; Governor.
died intestate in the life-time of the said Thomas Whittenhall Rozer,
leaving issue now living, who are minors; and the petitioners conceiving
that the
deed of bargain and sale, so executed by the said Henry Rozer the father,
and
Eleanor his wife, to the said Edward Neale, is insufficient in law for
settling the
lands according to the purposes therein mentioned, have prayed that an
act may
pass for vesting an estate in fee-simple in the said moiety of the land
called Bennett's
Lowe in the said Eleanor, the daughter of the said Thomas Whittenhall
Rozer, subject to an estate for life in the same in the said Henry Rozer
the father,
and after his death to the dower of the said Eleanor Rozer the younger,
the mother of the said infant daughter; and also for vesting an estate
in fee-simple
in the said tracts of land called Aquonsick and Aquonsick Enlarged in
the heirs of the said Notley Rozer, deceased, the eldest son of the petitioner
Henry Rozer, and Eleanor his wife; and this assembly thinking it just and
reasonable that the settlement intended to be made by the said Henry Rozer
the father, and Eleanor his wife, as a provision for their children, should
take
effect, any information in the said deed notwithstanding; therefore, |
1787.
CHAP.
XIX. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the general assembly of Maryland, That an estate in fee-simple
be, and is hereby vested in Eleanor Rozer, the daughter of the said
Thomas
Whittenhall Rozer, deceased, of and in all the said moiety of the aforesaid
tract of land called Bennett's Lowe; and also that an estate in fee-simple
be, and
is hereby vested in the heirs at law of the said Notley Rozer, deceased,
the eldest
son of the said Henry Rozer the father, and Eleanor his wife, of and in
the
aforesaid tracts of land called Bennett's Lowe, being nevertheless subject,
and
it is hereby declared to be subject, to an estate for life of and in the
same to and
for the said Henry Rozer the father; and from and after his decease, the
said
Eleanor Rozer, the widow of the said Thomas Whittenhall Rozer, shall have,
and she is hereby declared to be entitled to have, a right of dower of
and in the
same, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. |
Estate vested
in E. Rozer,
&c. |
III. Provided
nevertheless, That the estate herein before limited of the moiety
of the tract of land called Bennett's Lowe, shall not take effect till
the said
Henry Rozer shall, under the direction of the chancellor, settle lands
of equal
value with the moiety of the said tract of land called Bennett's Lowe on
the
heirs of Notley Rozer, deceased, in the same manner and with the same limitations
that the heirs of the said Notley Rozer, deceased, now hold the aforesaid
moiety of the said tract of land called Bennett's Lowe. |
Proviso. |
CHAP. XX.
An ACT to incorporate a company for the insurance of dwelling,
houses and other buildings from
loss or damage by fire. |
Passed May
21. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
that the establishment
of an office in Baltimore-town for the insurance of dwelling
houses and other buildings from loss or damage by fire would greatly
alleviate the distresses of, and afford immediate relief to, sufferers
thereby; |
Preamble. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the general assembly of Maryland, That any person or persons
in this or any of the United States, or foreigners, may subscribe any sum
of
money, not less than ten thousand pounds current money, (rating Spanish
milled
dollars at seven shillings and six-pence current money each) in shares
of one hundred
pounds current money each share; an the subscribers of shares to the amount
of ten thousand pounds current money, shall be and hereby are incorporated
and
constituted a body corporate and politic by the name of " The Baltimore
insurance
fire company," and by the same name shall have perpetual succession; and
the said subscribers, and their successors, by the name aforesaid, may
sue and be
sued, answer and be answered, in any court of record or equity in this
state, or
elsewhere, and may do and execute every other matter and thing, by the
name
aforesaid, that they are authorised to do in virtue of this act. |
Persons may
subscribe, &c. |
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