1829.
LAWS
OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. 174.
Devise confirmed.
Proviso.
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the real estate of the said testatrix, the said bequeath
to take
effect from and after the deaths of a certain negro woman
called Elizabeth, and her daughter called Peggy, therein mentioned,
and the said devise to take effect from and after the
death of the said Elizabeth, as by reference to the same last
will and testament will appear, and whereas, it is doubtful
whether the said devise and bequest are good in law without
the leave of the Legislature, therefore, Be it enacted, That the
said last will and testament, so far as regards the devise
and bequest aforesaid, be, and the same is hereby ratified and
confirmed, and the said estate and premises is hereby vested
in the trustees of Christ's Roman Catholic church near Westminster,
aforesaid, for the uses, intents and purposes, in the
said last will and testament mentioned and set forth; Provided,
that no right of any person or party whatever, in and to said
property, which has actually accrued or attached prior to the
passage of this act, shall be impaired, lessened, or in any
manner affected by the provisions hereof, any thing herein
contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
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Passed Feb. 22, 1830.
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CHAPTER 175.
A supplement to the act entitled, an act to divorce Thomas Knock
and Margaret his wife, of Baltimore county; passed at December
session, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, chapter one
hundred and seventy-seven.
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Divorce a vinculo.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the divorce of Thomas Knock from his wife Margaret Knock,
directed by the act to which this is a supplement, shall be, and
is hereby made and declared to be a divorce a vinculo matrimonii,
as fully, and to all intents and purposes, as if the said
parties had been thus divorced by the said original act.
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Passed Feb. 27, 1830.
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CHAPTER 176.
An act for rebuilding a certain Bridge therein
mentioned.
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Preamble.
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WHEREAS, It is represented to this General
Assembly, that
the bridge over Patuxent River, known and distinguished as
the Priest's Bridge, is in a ruinous and highly dangerous state
from decay; and that it would greatly conduce to the convenience
of the inhabitants of said counties, and the public generally,
that a new bridge be erected at the place aforesaid;
Therefore,
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