PHILIP F. THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1849.

CHAPTER 273.

CHAP. 274.

An act to make valid the Last Will and Testament of
Louisa Burns, feme covert, late of Dorchester
county.

Passed
March 5, 1850.

WHEREAS, Louisa Burns, feme covert, late of Dor-
chester county, did make and execute a last will and
testament, on the seventeenth day of September,
eighteen hundred and forty-nine, whereby she devised
and bequeathed to her husband, Samuel Burns, cer-
tain real and personal property, upon conditions there-
in mentioned-, and whereas, the said Louisa Burns is
now dead, but her said last will and testament cannot
take effect, because the same is not executed in strict
conformity to the act of Assembly, in such case made
and provided; and whereas, the said last will and tes-
tament was executed freely and voluntarily, without
undue influence from her said husband, or any other
person, and in strict conformity to her oft expressed
determination— Therefore,

Preamble.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That the said last will and testament of the said Louisa
Burns, be and the same is hereby made valid at law
and in equity, to all intents and purposes.

Made valid.

CHAPTER 274.

An act for the benefit of the heirs of John B. Rider,

Passed Mar. 5,
1850.

WHEREAS, It is represented to this Legislature, that
John B. Rider, late of Somerset county, deceased,
died seized of a house and lot in the village of Tony-
tank, in Somerset county, in which he resided at the
time of his death, leaving a widow and two children,
his heirs at law, namely, James Whaley Rider, of the
age of nine years, and Elizabeth Byrd Rider, of the
age of seven years; and whereas, it is represented that
said house and lot are going to decay, and that it would
be very much to the interest of said children that the
same should be sold, but that the expense of a chan-
cery suit for that purpose, the value of the property
being small, would be very onerous — Therefore,

Preamble.