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WHEREAS, Luther J. Cox, and Maria his wife, of the
city of Baltimore, by their petition to this General Assem-
bly, have represented, that Christian Keener, the father of
said Maria, by his last will and testament in writing, duly
made and published, and recorded in the Register of Wills
office for Baltimore county, did order and direct his execu-
trix and executors to divide and lay off his real estate into
seven equal lots or shares, one of which he devised to said
Maria during life, and after her death to all her children,
their heirs or assigns in equal proportions: that in conform-
ity to the said will, the executrix and executors did divide
and lay off said estate (making two divisions of the same)
into seven equal shares; that the said Maria, under the will,
being entitled to the fourth choice, obtained share number six
in the first division, which included a two story frame house
and lot of ground in the said city, on the east side of Paca
street, fronting thereon thirty four feet more or less, extend-
ing back eighty -five feet to a ten feet alley, estimated at the
price of three thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dol-
lars: and also, share number five in second division, which
included a shed roofed brick house and lot of ground (on
Short alley, or a twenty feet alley between Paca and Eutaw
streets) immediately in the rear of the first named lot, and
fronting said twenty feet alley, thirty- four feet more or less,
extending back forty- five feet to the said ten feet alley, es-
timated at the price of fifteen hundred dollars; that the said
lots of ground and premises, although valuable in them-
selves, yield in their present situation a smaller income by
twenty to twenty-five per cent, than could be obtained for
them on permanent lease: that it would tend greatly to pro-
mote the interest of the petitioners and their children, if
they could be authorised by law to lease the said lots for
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