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Passed Decem-
ber 23, 1810.
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An ACT to confirm an Act passed at November session, eighteen
hundred and nine, entitled, An Act to alter all such parts of the
Declaration of Rights, Constitution and Form of Government, as
make it lawful to lay an equal and a general tax for the support
of the Christian Religion.
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That an act passed at November session,
eighteen hundred and nine, entitled, An act to alter all such parts of the declaration of rights,
constitution and form of government, as make it lawful to lay an equal and a general tax for the
support of the Christian religion, shall be and the same is hereby confirmed.
CHAP. XXV.
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Passed Decem-
ber 23, 1810.
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An ACT to appoint Thomas Harris, junior, of the City of Annapo-
lis, Trustee for the sale of the Real Estate of John Gwinn, Esquire,
late of the said City, deceased,
WHEREAS Elizabeth Gwinn, of the city of Annapolis, widow of John Gwinn, Esquire, late
of the said city, deceased, and Thomas Harris, junior, of the said city, administrator of
the goods and chattels of the said deceased, by their petition to this general assembly have set forth,
that the said John Gwinn departed this life some time in the month of February, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, intestate, leaving a large but unproductive real estate,
lying in Anne-Arundel, Charles and Allegany counties of this state, which, since his death, hath
descended to his children, John Gwinn and Elizabeth Gwinn, both of whom are minors under the
age of twenty-one years; that the debts due from the said deceased exceed the amount of the per-
sonal property left by the said deceased; that the said personal property, except some few domestic
slaves and household furniture, hath been sold by the administrator under and in virtue of an order
of the orphans court; that the recovery of the debts due to the said deceased is wholly uncertain,
and that the annual rent of the said real estate will by no means yield a sum sufficient for the support
and maintenance of the widow and children of the said deceased, and for the education of the said
children, there being no fund except a precarious one arising from the rent of the said real estate,
from whence a support can be derived; that it will be more beneficial to the heirs of the said de-
ceased to preserve that part of the personal estate remaining unsold, and sell the whole, or a great
portion of the real estate, and the money arising therefrom, after paying the debts due, laid out in
the purchase of public stock, or other permanent funds; and they have prayed that an act may pass
appointing the said Thomas Harris, junior, trustee, with power to sell all or such parts of the said
real estate, as to the chancellor shall appear best calculated to promote the interests of the said
heirs, and to apply the proceeds thereof to the several objects in the said petition set forth; which
being thought reasonable, therefore,
II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Thomas Harris, junior, of the city
of Annapolis, be and he hereby is authorised and fully empowered, as trustee, to sell and dispose
of, at public sale, after such notice, and on such terms and conditions, as the chancellor may ap-
point and direct, all or such part or portions of the real estate of which John Gwinn, Esquire, late
of the city of Annapolis, deceased, died seized, or to which he had any right or title, either a law
or in equity, as to the chancellor shall appear best calculated to promote the interests of the heirs
of the said deceased, and the same, when sold, and on the payment of the whole purchase money,
and not before, to make over and convey, by good and sufficient deed or deeds, to the purchaser or
purchasers thereof, and the money arising therefrom, after defraying all legal and necessary ex-
penses attending the same, to apply as follow, to wit: To pay and discharge such sum of money as shall
be decreed by the chancellor to Elizabeth Gwinn, widow of the deceased, as a compensation for
her right of dower in the lands which may be sold; secondly, to purchase from the said Thomas
Harris, junior, administrator of the said John Gwinn, deceased, such of the slaves, household fur-
niture and personal estate, of the said deceased, as may be necessary for the convenience and ac-
commodation of the family of the said deceased; thirdly, to pay such part of the debts of the said
deceased as may remain unsatisfied, from the personal estate, and the balance of the proceeds of
such sales, together with the personal property directed to be purchased from the said administra-
tor, to pay over and deliver to the children of the said John Gwinn, if then of age, or to their
guardian or guardians, for their use, or in case of the death of either of them, to the person or
persons entitled by law to receive the same.
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