1841.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

chap. 254.

tain John Hooper, Junior, devisees under the will of Sew-
ell Turpin, late of said county, deceased, be and the same
are hereby made and declared to be valid and legal, and the
lot number one, as designated in the return of said commis-
sioners and chosen by the said Sewell T. Jenkins to be the
right and property of the heirs and representatives of said
Sewell, and lot number two as designated in said return and
chosen by John Hooper, senior, to be the right and proper-
ty of the heirs and representatives of John Hooper, junior,
and the said Sewell T. Jenkins, shall be deemed to have
held in severalty, and died seized of lot number one, as de-
signated in said return, and John Hooper, Junior, shall be
deemed to have held in severalty and died seized of lot num-
ber two as designated in said return, in the same ample man-
ner, and for any and every purpose and intent as if the com-
missioners had allotted to each severally and respectively
the above named lots, and their return had been ratified and
confirmed by Worcester county court in the life time of the
said Sewell and the said John Hooper, Junior.

CHAPTER 254.

Passed Feb
38, 1842

An act for the relief of John Lester and others, in respect
of an appeal from a decree of the Court of Chancery.

Preamble.

Whereas, John Lester and Elizabeth his wife and An-
thony Groverman, have represented to the General Assem-
bly, that they heretofore appealed from a decree of the
court of chancery, in a cause wherein they are plaintiffs
and John J. Donaldson and others are defendants, and that
the transcript of the proceedings in said cause has been neg-
lected to be transmitted to the court of appeals within the
time prescribed by law, whereby said cause is excluded
from a hearing before said court of appeals—therefore,

Register to
make tran-
script out

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the register of the court of chancery, be and he is
hereby authorized and directed to make out and transmit to
the court of appeals a transcript of the proceedings in said
cause, and that thereupon the said court of appeals, be and
is hereby authorized and required to take cognizance of
and hear and determine the cause in manner and to every
effect as if such transcript had been in due time transmitted
on said appeal to said court of appeals, according to the acts
of Assembly in such cases heretofore made and provided;