THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1835.

CHAPTER 330.

CHAP. 331

An act to authorise John Mactavish to act as trustee in

Passed April 2,1836

the case therein mentioned, and to hold land as tenant

by the courtesy.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Authority to act

Maryland, John Mactavish, an alien resident, be, and

he is hereby made capable at law, to exercise and ful-

fill in all particulars, the trust reposed in him as trus-

tee, under the last will and testament of Charles Car-

roll, of Carrollton, as fully to all intents and purpos-

es, as if he were a native citizen of the United States.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said John

Authority to act as

Mactavish, be, and he is in like manner, made capable

expcutot to his wife

at law, to act as the executor of his wife Emily Mac-

tavish, should he be appointed her executor by her last

will and testament, and to exercise and fulfill in all

particulars, such trusts as may be reposed in him, un-

der the last will and testament of said Emily.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said

To be tenant by

John Mactavish, he, and he is hereby made capable at

curtesey

law, to take and hold as tenant by the courtesy, any

real estate now held, or to be hereafter held by the

said Emily Mactavish, his wife, as fully to all intents

and purposes, as if the said John Mactavish were a na-

tive citizen of the United States; Provided, however,

Proviso

that the provisions of this section shall have effect only

so long as said Mactavish shall continue to reside in

the United States.

CHAPTER 331.

An act to authorise the recording of a deed of manu-

Passed April 2,1836

mission from Francis Hollingsworth, of Frederick

county

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

Authority to record

That the deed of manumission from Francis Hollings-

worth, in favour of Negroes Katy and Lloyd her child,

dated in the second day of January, in the year eigh-

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