CHAP 3. THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

applicable to said administrator for sales made as adminis-
trator before the passage of this act; provided, the Or-
phans court of Somerset county, shall ratify said sales.

CHAPTER 2.

Passed Jan. 4, 1845	An act for the benefit of Charles Parks, administrator of Thomas H. Parks, late of Somerset County.
Court may ra- tify.	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Orphans court of Somerset county, are hereby authorised to ratify and affirm the sales of the personal estate of Thomas H. Parks, as made by his ad- ministrator Charles Parks; provided, said sales shall ap- pear to said court, fair and bona fide.
Not applica- ble, &c.	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the act of Assembly passed at December session eighteen hundred and forty- three, chapter three hundred and four, shall not be deemed applicable to said administrator, for sales made as adminis-
Proviso.	trator before the passage of this act; provided, the Or- phans court of Somerset county shall ratify said sales.

CHAPTER 3.

Passed Jan. 4, 1845.	An act to allow Thomas Sutton, sheriff of Queen Anne's County, further time to execute his bond for the year eighteen hundred and forty-five.
Time allowed.	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Thomas Sutton, sheriff of Queen Anne's county, be and he is hereby allowed until the thirtieth day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-five, to execute his bond to the State, as sheriff of said county, for the year eigh- teen hundred and forty-five, and that said bond, if executed and approved on or before that day, shall be as binding on said sheriff and his sureties, as if executed within the time now limited by law.
Made valid.	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all official acts done or to be done and performed by said sheriff, after he shall have bonded as foresaid, shall be as valid and effectual in law, as if he had executed his bond within the time pre- scribed by existing laws.