1836.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 46.

obtaining the benefit of said insolvent, laws; provided
also, that the said Samuel Thompson be compelled to
file his petition for the benefit of the said insolvent laws
previous to his discharge from custody.

CHAPTER 46.

Passed Feb.6,
1837.

An act for the relief of the heirs and legal representa-
tives of Peter Orndorff.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, Rachel Mock, the illegitimate child of
Elizabeth Orndorff. late of Frederick county, deceas-
ed, hath departed this life intestate and without issue
of her own body, possessed of some personal estate,
and seized of an undivided interest in certain lands in
said county, as one of the devisees of Peter Orndorff,
the father of said Elizabeth Orndorff. and leaving bro-
thers and sisters, and the representatives of a sister of
her said mother her surviving, which said personal and,
real estate of the said Rachel Mork have vested in the
State of Maryland, through default of issue of her
own body, and it appearing reasonable and just that
the relations of her mother should, notwithstanding
her illegitimacy, succeed to the real and personal estate
of the said Rachel Mock;— Therefore,

Interest vested,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That all the interest which the State hath or may have
in the real and personal estate of the said Rachel
Mock, because of default, of heips of her own body
shall be vested in the brothers and sisters of the mo-
ther of the said Rachel Mock and the children of any
and such of the brothers and sisters of her said moth-
er, as may be dead, leaving issue, equally to be divided
between them, share and share alike, the child or chil-
dren of any such deceased brother or sister taking the
share that would have fallen to the parent, if living.