THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1835.

gany county, dated the twenty-third day of Novem-

CHAP. 369.

ber, eighteen hundred and thirteen, to a certain George

Hebb that the said tract of land called Strife became

chargeable, and was charged with the payment of

county taxes in Allegany county, as the property of

one William Stiger, who had purchased the same from

said Thompson Fiddey, :ind the said tract of land cal-

led Strife, was regularly sold according to law by the

said Willliam McMalion, collector, to a certain George

Hebb, for the payment of the tax charged as appears

by said deed; and whereas, it appears that said George

Hebb, sold the land called Strife, on the twenty -fifth day

of November, eighteen hundred and thirteen, by deed

of that date, to a certain Henry Wright; and whereas,

it appears that the said Wright is since and, leaving

as his heirs at law, the following children, Thomas

Wright, John Wright, William Wright, James

Wright, Rachel Arnold, Jane Rover, Eleanor Ander-

son, Samuel Wright, and the following grand children,

Emily Totten, Rachel Totten, Henry Totten, Ann

Totten, Elizabeth Totten, Indiana Totten, Sarah

Totten, and Minerva Totten; and whereas from the

peculiar circumstances of the case, there will be un-

usual difficulty and inconvenience in procuring a pa-

tent from the land office, and the title is defective

without a patent, or some special legislation to confirm

the title, — Therefore;

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

Title vested

That all the right, title, interest and estate of this

State to said tract of land, called, Strife, as mentioned

in said certificate of resurvey returned to the land of-

fice, and as mentioned in said deeds, is forever relin-

quished and vested in said Thomas Wright, John.

Wright, William Wright, Rachael Arnold, Jane Rorer,

Eleanor Anderson, Samuel Wright, children of said

Henry Wright, and the following grand children of

said Henry Wright, Emily Totten, Rachael Totten,

Henry Totten, Rebecca Ann Totten, Elizabeth Totten,

Indiana Totten, Sarah Totten, Minerva Totten, ac-

cording to their respective interests as the proper heirs

at law of said Henry Wright, as fully and effectually

as it could be by patent from the land office.

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