1844.

THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 124.

ed in her above named trustees and the survivor of them,
in severalty, in trust for the several and same uses, men-
tioned and expressed in the last will and testament above
referred to; that the said Amelia Henrietta Keerl, after-
wards intermarried with the petitioner, Robert Fulton, and
has since departed this life, leaving two children surviving
her, namely Robert H. Fulton and Henry K. Fulton, both
of whom are minors, under the age of twenty-one years;
that the above named Charles Bohn hath also departed this
life, and that the trust aforesaid Hath survived to the said
George H. Keerl; that the greater part of the real estate
aforesaid is in an unimproved state, lying waste, and wholly
unproductive, although in a growing and improving part
of the city of Baltimore, and must continue so for a long
time, unless the petitioners be authorised to dispose of the
same—Therefore,

Trustee au-
thorised to ex-
ecute leases.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the said George H. Keerl, as trustee
aforesaid, be and he is hereby authorised and empowered,
by and with the advice and consent of the petitioner, Ro-
bert Fulton, to execute and deliver in due form of law, good
and sufficient leases for the term of ninety-nine years, re-
newable forever, of and for the whole or any part of the
real estate, of which the aforesaid Doctor Henry Keerl
died, seized or possessed, which now belongs to the minor
children, namely Robert H. Fulton and Henry K. Fulton,
of his said deceased daughter, Amelia Henrietta Fulton.

Leases to con-
tain the usual
covenants, &c.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all such leases shall
contain the usual covenants, clauses and conditions of dis-
tress and re-entry, in case of non payment of the rent now
customary in renewable leases of property in the city of
Baltimore.

Rents to be re-
served.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the rents to be reserv-
ed by such lease or leases, shall be the best and the most
that can be obtained at the time of making the same; and
all such rents shall be reserved to be paid, free and clear
of all deductions for taxes and assessments of every kind
and nature whatever, in equal semi-annual instalments.

Rents payable
to trustee.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the rent or rents so as
aforesaid to be reserved by such lease or leases, shall be
made payable to the said George H. Keerl, surviving trus-
tee as aforesaid, subject to the same uses, trusts and pur-
poses, as originally created in the last will and testament of
the said Dr. Henry Keerl, deceased, for the benefit of the
said minor children of the said Amelia Henrietta Fulton,
until they shall respectively attain the age of twenty-one
years; and when they shall have attained that age, then
to the said Robert H. Fulton and Henry K. Fulton, in

equal proportions, and to their heirs or assigns.