FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1841.

by such university, college or institution upon trusts, and
subject to such conditions as may be prescribed and agreed
to as aforesaid.

CHAP. 315.

CHAPTER 314.

An act to make valid a certain Instrument of Writing
therein mentioned.

Passed March
10, 1842.

Whereas, it has been represented to the General As-
sembly of Maryland, that a certain Jane Copper, of Kent
county, on the tenth day of January, eighteen hundred and
thirty-seven, made and executed a certain lease for a tract
of land and premises therein mentioned, to a certain Isaiah
Ashley, for the full and [and] term of ten years; and where-
as, it has been shown that through the ignorance of the said
parties of the legal requisitions in such cases, the said lease
was not acknowledged and recorded according to law—
therefore,

Preamble

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the clerk of Kent county, be and he is hereby authorized
and required to record the said lease, and when so recorded
the said lease shall have the same validity and effect as if the
same had been duly executed and recorded within the time
allowed by law, any law to the contrary notwithstanding..

CHAPTER 31. 5.

Clerk requi-
red to record
lease.

An act relating to Courts of Chancery.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
in all suits now pending or hereafter to be instituted in any
court of equity in this State, where any of the parties are
under age, feme coverts, of unsound mind or non residents,
the proceedings may be amended by making new parties or
otherwise, and it shall not be necessary to have any new
pleadings or proofs in such cases of amendment, unless the
court shall deem such new pleadings or proofs necessary to
promote the ends of justice, except such new party desires
to plead or objects to the proof.

Passed March
10, 1842.

May amend
proceedings,