1845.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 54.

he was duly naturalized in conformity to law, and that
prior to said naturalization he had acquired real estate
within the State of Maryland; and whereas, proper legal
evidence has been given in with said petition, to the ef-
fect that said Jacob Farst was so naturalized as in said
petition alleged — therefore,

Acts made
valid.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That all lands and tenements, in the State of
Maryland, acquired by Jacob Farst aforesaid by gift,
purchase, or in any other manner, prior to the said elev-
enth day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and
forty-five, be and the same are hereby vested in the said
Jacob Farst, his heirs and assigns, in the same manner
as if he had been duly naturalized at the acquisition
thereof, and that all deeds or other contracts for such
real estate made by or to said Jacob Farst, prior to his
being naturalized as aforesaid, shall be held, deemed,
and construed in all courts of law and equity in the State
of Maryland, as valid and binding as if the said Jacob
Farst had been duly naturalized at the execution thereof.

Relinquished.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all rights accruing to
the State in and to said lands and tenements by reason
of the alienage of said Jacob Farst. be and the same are
hereby relinquished and released to and for the benefit
of said Jacob Farst, his heirs and assigns forever.

CHAPTER 53.

Passed Jan.
31, 1846.

An act to divorce Margaret E. Gratz, of Baltimore City,
from her husband Hyman Gratz, junior.

Divorced.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the marriage heretofore solemnized between Mar-
garet E. Gratz, of Baltimore city, and her husband Hy-
man Gratz, junior, be and the same is hereby declared
null and void, and that the said Margaret E. Gratz and
Hyman Gratz, junior, be and they are hereby divorced
a vinculo matrimonii.

Passed Jan.
31, 1846.
Attachment
not to abate.

CHAPTER 54.

An act authorising amendments in writs of attachment.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this law, no writ of