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WHEREAS, it is represented to the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That Thomas Warfield, late
of Frederick county, Maryland, during his life
time, by bill of sale duly executed, acknowledged
and recorded in Liber H. 8. number seventeen,
folios fifteen, and so forth, one of the records of Fred-
erick county, did sell and convey unto Rezin
Simpson, late of said county a certain negro wo-
man therein mentioned with her issue for the term
of years in said bill of sale specified, and that the
said Rezin Simpson, afterwards departed this life;
and whereas, Richard Simpson, executor of said
Rezin Simpson, under the authority and direction
of the Orphans' court of Frederick county, did on
the twentieth day of August, eighteen hundred
and forty-seven, sell unto Charles S. Simmons, of
said county, for the term of years fixed by the
aforesaid bill of sale, the negro woman in said bill
of sale mentioned, and also two children of said
negro women, born between the period of the
execution of said bill of sale and the date of the
said sale by the said executors, being during the
period of the servitude of said negro woman; and
whereas, it is further represented, that the said
executor has departed this life without having
executed a good and sufficient bill of sale of the
negroes sold as aforesaid by him, and that two
other children have been born of said negro wo-
man since the sale as aforesaid to Charles S. Sim-
mons, and during the term of her servitude as
fixed by said bill of sale; and whereas, it further
appears that the said Charles S. Simmons held
the undisputed possession of said negro woman,
during her said term of servitude, which has since
expired, and now holds undisputed possession of
her said four children; Therefore,
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Preamble.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the sale made on the twenti-
eth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-
seven, of negro woman Kitty, and her two chil-
dren, by Richard Simpson, executor of Rezin Simp-
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Made valid.
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