1831.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 23.

property of said county, for the use and compensation of
the bailiffs of Harford county court, at the same time, and
cause it to be collected and made payable to the said bailiffs,
in the same manner as they are required to levy, and cause
to be collected and paid, the dues to the jurymen of said
county, by the original act, to which this is a supplement.

Certificate of clerk
sufficient author-
ity.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That a certificate signed by
the clerk of the county court, expressing the number of
days which any bailiff may have attended said court, and
the sum due to him, shall be a sufficient authority to the
collectors of said county, to pay the amount so specified in
the said certificate.

CHAPTER 23.

Passed Jan. 21, 1832.

An act for the relief of Sarah Fonstn, of Frederick county.

Preamble,

WHEREAS, it is represented in the petition of Sarah
Fonstn, of Frederick county, Maryland, widow of John
Fonstn, late of said county, that her said husband died in
the year eighteen hundred and thirty one, seized and pos-
sessed of several tracts of land in Frederick county, and
it is further represented in said petition, that the said John
Fonstn, died intestate, without heirs of the whole or half
blood. In consequence whereof, the said tracts of land,
containing in the aggregate, one hundred and forty-eight
acres, one rood, and twenty perches, is supposed by some to
have become escheated to the state of Maryland; And,
whereas, it is further represented, that an escheat warrant
was granted on the thirteenth day of May, eighteen hundred
and thirty-one, to the said petitioner, and the land so es-
cheated, were duly resurveyed by the surveyor of Frederick
county, and the certificate thereof returned to the land of-
fice, which certificate estimates the value of the lands, de-
ducting one third for discovery, as a balance due to the
state of Maryland, at eleven hundred and eighty seven
dollars. And, whereas, it is further represented, in said
petition, that the said Sarah Fonstn and John Fonstn,
lived many years in a state of matrimony, and that by the
care and economy of the said petitioner, the said John Fon-
stn, was much aided in the acquisition and improvement
of said property, and that it was the intention of the said
John Fonstn, to execute a will, and leave the whole of
his said tracts of land, lying in Frederick county, to the
said Sarah Fonstn, but was prevented by sudden illness