1826.

LAWS OF MARYLAND,

CHAP. 57.

Passed Feb 6, 1827

Provision of an
act extended to
register

CHAP. LVII.
An Act relating to the Register of the Land Office for the Western and Eas-
tern Shores.

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, the provisions an
sct of assembly passed at December session eighteen hundred
and twenty-three, chapter one hundred and ninety-five, entitled,
An act relating to the treasurers of the state on the eastern and
Western shores, the clerks of the court of appeal the clerks of
the several county courts, the clerk of the city coart of Balti-
more, the register in chancery, and the registers of wills in the
seeral counties in- this state, shall be, and they are hereby ex-
tended to the registers of the land office on the western and
eastern shores.

Bond to be taken
and approved by
chancellor

2. And be it enacted, That from and after the passage of
this act it shall not be necessary that the bond given by the re-
gister of the land office of the western shore shall be approved
by two judges of the court of appeals, but the same shall be,
taken and approved by the chancellor; and the bond hereafter
to be given by the register of the land office for the eastern
shore, shall be taken by the chief judge, or one of the associate
judges of the second judicial district of this state.

Passed Feb 6, 1827

CHAP. LVIII
An Act to divorce Elizabeth Blakely, and her husband John Blakely, of Bal-
timore County.

Divorce granted

1. Be it enacted by the G'eneral Assembly of Maryland
That the said Elizabeth Blakely be, and she is hereby divorced
from bed, board and mutual cohabitation, with her husband,
John Blakely...

John Blakely not

authorised to
claim property of
said Elizabeth

2. And be it enacted, That the said John Blakely shall not
by virtue of his marriage with the said Elizabeth Blakely, be
authorised to have or claim any right or interest in the estate,
real, personal of mixed, of the said Elizabeth Blakely, to be by
her acquired after the passage of this act; nor shall Elizabeth
Blakely be authorised to have or claim any right or interest in
the estate, real, personal or mixed, of the said John Blakely, to

F. Blakely to
have priveleges of

a feme sole

be by him acquired after the passage of this act.
3. And be it enacted, That the said Elizabeth Blakely shall
have and exercise all the rights, privileges and immunities, and
be subject to all the legal responsibilities of a feme sole, in the
same manner she would have been, if she had never been mar-
ried.

And the guardi-
anship of her child

4. And be it enacted, That the aforesaid Elizabeth Blakely
be, and she is hereby declared to be, entitled to the custody and
guardianship of her child, by her present marriage, during its
minority.

John not liable for
any debt hereinafter
convicted by Eli-

zabeth.

5. And be it enacted, That the said John Blakely shall not
be liable for any debt to be hereafter contracted by the saad Eli-
zabeth Blakely.