1847.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 109.

of David Ridgley, deceased, and guardians of his in-
fant children, be and they are hereby authorised, under
the direction of the orphans court of Baltimore city
and county, to erect on the said land, a barn and dwell-
ing house, not to cost more than two thousand five hun-
dred dollars, and to pay for the same from the personal
estate of the said David Ridgley, or from the profits of
his real estate, as to them may appear best for the inter-
est of his said minor children.

CHAPTER 109.

Passed

Feb. 4, 1848.

An act to authorise William W., Mackall, a Captain in

the Army of the United States, now in Mexico, to exe-

cute and acknowledge certain papers therein men-

tioned.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, it is represented to the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, that Captain William W. Mackall, an
officer in the army of the United States, has recently
sold certain real estate in Cecil county and is desirous

to convey the same, but owing to his absence with the
army in Mexico, is unable to make any acknowledge-
ment of a conveyance thereof, according to the laws of
this State — Therefore,

To acknow-
ledge deeds,

&c.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That William W. Mackall, now a captain in
the regular army of the United States, and serving with
the same in the Republic of Mexico, be and he is hereby
authorised and empowered to execute and acknowledge,
any deed or deeds of conveyance, power or powers, of
attorney, to any person or persons, for, the purpose of
executing and acknowledging any deed or deeds
of conveyance of any lands, tenements or heredita-
ments, situate, lying and being in this State, in and to
which be may have, or claim to have any, right, title or
interest, before any regularly commissioned officer of the
army of the United States, of, or above the rank of cap-
tain, who shall certify in such acknowledgment that
the said William W. Mackall is personally known to
him, or proved by satisfactory testimony, to be the per-
son who is named and described as, and professing to
be party grantor, to such deed of conveyance or power
of attorney.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any deed of convey-