1826.

LAWS OF MARYLAND'

CHAP. 140.

ten agreement, that William Daine; Charles Wilson, and. Tho-
mas T. Wheeler, as commissioners, should make division and
allotment of the real estate of the said Alexander Whitaker;
and the said commissioners having, in conformity with the said
Agreement, made division and allotment of the same to the mu-
tual satisfaction of all the parties concerned: And whereas by
the death of two of the said parties since the said division was
made, and in consequence of one of the said deceased leaving a
minor, and thereby obstructing the confirmation of said division
by deed or othffr conveyance; Therefore,

Written agre-
ment and division
to be recorded

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly cf Maryland,
That the clerk of Montgomery county court be and he is here-
by authorised and required to receive, and record among the
land records of said county the aforesaid written agreement, ,
and plat and certificate, of to division and allotment ef the said
real estate of the said Alcxandef Whitaker.

Shall br availabe
ill law

2. And be it enacted. That when the said written agreement,
and plat, and certificate of division and allotment, shall have been
recorded, the same shall in every respect be as available in law,
end the right, title and estate, of all the parties interested there-
in, shall to all intents and purposes, be as fully confirmed in and
to the same, as if the said division and allotment had been made
under the authority of a commission from the county court of
said county under the act of assembly directing descents.

Transfer of heirs

ratified

3. And be it enfccted, That any transfer made by any of the
heirs of said Alexander Whitaker, or any right that may have
accrued by the death of any of the said heirs, since the divisi-
on and allotment aforesaid, shall have the same effect and ope-
ration, as if the same had taken place under a division and al-
lotment made by commissioners appointed by the judges of
Montgomery county court, and ratified by said court, under the
law of this state relating to descents,

Passed Mar 3, 1827

Preamble

CHAP. CXLI.
An Act for the relief of Jacob Getzendanner, of Frederick. County.

WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, by the
petition of sundry inhabitants of Frederick county, that Jacob
Getzendanner applied to Frederick county court for the benefit
of the insolvent laws; that several allegations were filed against
him by his creditors, and that upon the trial of the same he was
found guilty on the ninth allegation only, and not guilty on the
residue; and it is also represented by the said petition, and the
documents annexed thereto, that the claim stated in the said
ninth allegation was entrusted to Alexander Getzendanner, not
for the purpose of defrauding the creditors of the said Jacob, but
to enable him to cut his harvest, and that it was so appropriated
Therefore,

Benefit of insol-
vent laws extend-
ed to bun

1. Be it enacted by f he General Assembly of Maryland,
That the judges, or any judge of Frederick county court, or of
the orphans court, be and they, or any one of them, either in
open court, or in the recess of said court, are hereby autho-
rised and directed to extend to Jacob Getzendanner, the benefit
of the art of assembly passed at November session eighteen hun-
dred and five, entitled, An act for the relief of sundry insolvent