LEVIN WINDER, ESQ. GOVERNOR,

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CHAPTER. 98.

An act for the relief of John Messier and David
Rinehart, trustees of James Farquhar, of Freder-
ick county.

1812.

Passed Dec.
21, 1812.

WHEREAS, It has been represented to this Gen-
eral Assembly by the petition of David Rinehart and
John Messier, of Frederick county, that they were
appointed trustees by the last will and testament of
William Farquhar, late of Frederick county, de-
ceased, to have the sole management of the share of
said deceased's estate, divised to his son James Farqu-
har, who was insane and incapable of managing his
property, for the benefit of James Farquhar and his
family, with power to sell and convey such part
thereof as might be necessary to discharge the debts
of James Farquhar, which were contracted before
his insanity: And whereas, It would be highly inju-
rious to the interest of the said James Farquhar and
his family, to sell only a part of the said share of the
said estate and not the whole; but that it would be a
great advantage to the said James Farquhar and his
family that the whole of the real estate of the said
James Farquhar, committed by the will of his father
in trust to the said David Rinehart and John Messier,
should be sold together and the money arising there-
from, after paying the debts of the said James Farqu-
har, as mentioned in the will of his father, be applied
to. the support of the said James Farquhar and his
family; and this General Assembly being satisfied
that the prayer of said petitioners is reasonable and
ought to be granted: Therefore,

Preamble.

SEC. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That the said David Rinehart
and John Messier, trustees to the said James Farqu-
har, appointed by the last will and testament of Wil-
liam Farquhar, of Frederick county, deceased, be,
and they are hereby empowered to sell and convey
the whole of the real estate now vested in them as
trustees to the said James Farquhar, for the purpose
of paying the debts of James Farquhar, mentioned in
the will of William Farquhar, and for the benefit of
the said James Farquhar and his family, which sale
shall be made for cash or on credit, or in part for
cash, and the residue on credit, as the said trustees
shall think most for the advantage of the parties in-
terested; and the conveyance or conveyances made
by the trustees as aforesaid, after the payment of the
whole purchase money, in virtue of this act, shall
convey and assure to the purchaser or purchasers, all

Trustees may
sell real estate.