1788.
Passed December
23. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
CHAP. XL.
An ACT for the relief of certain purchasers of confiscated property. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS sundry inhabitants of Cæcil county
have, by their humble
petition, set forth, that they were possessed of certain lands lying
within Cæcil county, and known by the name of the Nottingham
Lot Lands and the Welch Tract, by virtue of equitable titles acquired under
the
proprietors of Pennsylvania at time when the boundaries between the
provinces
were in controversy and unsettled, which titles were secured to them by
an agreement
made in the year one thousand seven hundred and thirty-two, between the
said proprietors; and not being able since to acquire legal titles, their
lands have
been sold by the intendant of the revenue as confiscated property, which
sales they
are desirous to be relieved from: And whereas the legislature are
of opinion,
that the sad petitioners, and all others similarly circumstanced, are
entitled to the
aid and assistance of the legislature: Therefore, |
Persons claiming
entitled to
a patent, &c. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That all persons claiming
the said lands in Cæcil county, known by the name of the Nottingham
Lands,
or the Welch Tract, by virtue of any grant, warrant, lease, patent, licence
or
agreement, from the proprietors of Pennsylvania, or their agents, at any
time
prior to the fifteenth day of May, seventeen hundred and twenty-four, and
all
persons claiming by, from or under, such settlers, or any of them,
shall be entitled
to a patent from the state of Maryland for such part of the said land as
they
now hold, or may be entitled to, by virtue of any such grant, patent, lease,
warrant,
licence or agreement, with the proprietors or proprietors of Pennsylvania,
or
their agents, upon making such title appear to the satisfaction of
the chancellor,
and upon paying for their lands at the rate of fifteen pounds per hundred
acres in
depreciation and other liquidated state certificates, and the fees of office,
and all
the fees chargeable to this state in making and returning surveys of the
said lands,
and all legal costs of suit incurred on their bonds, which have not been
remitted
by former resolves or acts of assembly. |
Chancellor to
direct the treasurer,
&c. |
III. And be
it enacted, That the chancellor is hereby authorised to direct the
treasurer of the western shore to deliver up such persons bonds as are
now in the
treasury, upon proving titles and making such payments as are above described,
provided that such proof and payment be made within one year from the end
of
this present session of assembly. |
Settlers having
paid, entitled
to a certificate,
&c. |
IV. And be it
enacted, That if any of the said settlers have paid all or any
part of their bonds, that upon proving title as aforesaid, and paying fees
of office,
and all fees attending the surveys as aforesaid, and all legal costs of
suit which
have accrued on their said bonds, and which have not been remitted
by former
resolves or acts of assembly, such settlers shall be entitled to receive
a certificate
from the treasurer of the western shore, for the surplus of their said
bond, after
deducting fifteen pounds per hundred for every hundred acres of land such
settlers
shall be entitled to; and that such certificate shall be receivable by
this state, in
the same payments as depreciation or other liquidated state certificates
are. |
No process
shall issue,
&c. |
V. And be it
enacted, That no further or other process shall hereafter issue
on
any such bonds, at any time within one year from the end of this present
session
of assembly. |
Not necessary
to make proof,
&c. |
VI. And be it
enacted, That it shall not be necessary for any person or persons,
claiming any part or parcel of the aforesaid lands, to make proof before
the
chancellor of any intermediate title derived from any other person or persons
originally
claiming under the said proprietor or proprietors of Pennsylvania, or their
agents as aforesaid, except a possession of such part or parcel of the
said lands
acquired immediately by descent or purchase, but proof of the original
grant,
patent, lease, warrant, licence or agreement, from the said proprietors,
or their
agents, together with the possession derived as aforesaid, shall be deemed
sufficient
evidence of title. |
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