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1812.

virtue of this act, shall be good and valid until the
same be approved of by the orphans' court aforesaid;
and in case such sale shall be rejected by the said
court, the said trustee shall proceed to sell again, and
so from time, to time until such sale shall be approved
of by the said orphans' court

Widow's por-
tion.

3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the, said or-
phans' court be, and they are hereby authorised and
empowered to ascertain the proportion of the proceeds
of the sale of the said real estate, which Sally Flem-
ing, widow of the said Joshua, shall have for her
thirds in the same, not more than the sixth or less than
the eighth thereof and the said orphans' court are
further authorised, empowered and directed to have
the balance of the proceeds of said sate, after deduct-
ing the widow's thirds and expenses, invested in some
safe and productive fund, for the benefit of the heirs
of the said Joshua Fleming respectively.

Trustee's
compensation.

4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said trus-
tee shall be entitled to such sum or sums of money for
his expenses and trouble that he may necessarily be
put to, in performance of the duties required by him
to be done under this act, as the orphans' court
of Worcester county shall think proper to allow
him.

CHAPTER 116.

Passed Dec.
23, 1812.
Chap. 195

laws Nov. Sess
1811 repealed.

An act to repeal an act therein mentioned.
BE IT ENACTED by the, General Assembly of
Maryland, That an act entitled, a supplement to
An act entitled, An act to ascertain and provide for
the payment of certain damages sustained by Logs-
don and others of Frederick county, passed Novem-
ber session eighteen hundred and eleven, chapter one
hundred and ninety -five, be, and the same is hereby
repealed.

Passed Dec.
23, 1812.

CHAPTER 117.

An act annulling the marriage of Robert Offley and
Sarah his wife, of Queen Ann's county.

Marriage an-
nulled.

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the marriage of the said Robert
Offley and his wife, heretofore solemnized, be, and
the same is hereby declared to be absolutely and to all
intents and purposes null and void; and the said Ro-
bert Offley and Sarah his wile, are hereby declared

Proviso.

to be divorced a vinculo matrimonii: Provided al-
ways, That nothing in this act contained shall be