FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1841.

CHAPTER 259.

CHAP. 260.

An act to quiet Possessions, confirm Titles and make valid
certain Proceedings, in Chancery.

Passed March
2, 1842.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That under any bill of review or other pro-
ceedings, to set aside or reverse any order or decree passed
in any case in the court of chancery, or any county court as
a court of equity within this State, in which any infant,
idiot or person non compos mentis have been interested, on
the ground that no testimony was taken to prove the allega-
tions in the bill or petition filed in such case, or that no re-
plication was put in, it shall and may be lawful for the per-
son or persons interested, to supply said proof and pleas in
the same manner as the same could have been furnished
under such original bill or petition.

May supply
proof etc.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That all sales and deeds for
any lands, tenements or hereditaments made in pursuance of
and agreeably to any order or decree heretofore passed in
such case, shall be held and considered good and sufficient
in law against all and every person and persons, except such
infant or infants, and those claiming under them, and shall
be good and valid against all persons whatsoever, unless
proceedings to reverse or set aside such order or decree,
shall be instituted within five years after the arrival of such
infant or infants at Full age, or the removal of the disability
of idiots or persons non compos mentis.

Order or de-
cree consider-
ed good.

CHAPTER 260.

An act to preserve the Ducks in Bush and Gunpowder
Rivers.

Passed March
10, 1842.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act, no
person shall at any place within the waters of Bush or Gun-
powder rivers, or any of the creeks or branches connected
with either of said rivers, shoot at or shoot any duck or
ducks, from any vessel, boat, canoe, skiff or other craft of
less than thirty tons burthen, any person so offending shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than fifty dollars, or imprisoned not
less than three months, at the discretion of the court.
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Fine and im-
prisonment.