THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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1835.
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ceeds thereof paid off all the debts of the said testator;
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CHAP. 182.
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Jlnd whereas, the mother of the said testator holding
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dower in sad lands has since departed this life, as also
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Peggy Hill one of the children and devisees of the said
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testator; And whereas, the said William B. Hill is now
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of full age, and the widow of the said testator is will-
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ing to take an annual allowance in lieu of her dower
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in said lands; And whereas, it is represented to this
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General Assembly by the petition of the widow and
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children of the said testator, that it will be greatly
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advantageous to all parties concerned, that a division
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of said real estate should take place at once: There-
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fore —
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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Commissioners named
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Maryland, That John Contee, Charles Hill, Samuel
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Sprigg, William D. Bowie, and William Wells, (of
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George, ) of Prince Georges county, be and they are
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hereby appointed commissioners with full power and
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authority to lay off to Will B. Hill, the eldest son and
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To lay off the portion
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devisee of William Hill, late of Prince George's coun-
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ty, deceased, his portion of the real estate of the said
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William Hill, adjoining to the dwelling house and lands
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attached thereto, which were specifically devised to
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him by the said William Hill, and the said commission-
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ers or a majority of them be, and they are hereby au-
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thorised and empowered to lay off the residue of the
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real estate of the said William Hill, equally between
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the other children and devisee of the said William Hill,
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who shall severally as they respectively arrive at the
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age of twenty-one years, be authorised and empower-
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ed to elect one of said allotments, which shall thereaf-
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ter be held by such child or devisee in security.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That the said commis-
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The widow's dower
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sioners or a majority of them be, and they are hereby
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authorised and empowered after dividing the real es-
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tate of the said William Hill, according to the provi-
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sions of the preceding section of this act, to estimate
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and determine what sum or sums of money shall be an-
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nually paid by each of the children or devisees afore-
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said, to Ann S. Hill, the widow of the said William
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Hill, as an equivalent for her right of dower in and to
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