SAMUEL SPRIGG, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

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allowed in the county levy of said county, the sum of ten cents;
and the Justice of the Peace before whom such head or heads
shall be brought, is hereby required to give the person bringing the
same a certificate thereof, stating the number of heads; and the
said Justice shall immediately cause the said heads to be burnt.

Dec. Ses. 1821.

Provided nevertheless, And be it enacted, That no
person whatsoever shall be entitled to receive a certificate as afore"
said, or any allowance for any head, or heads, without first making
oath, (or affirmation,) that the crow or crows was or were killed in the
said county, between the first day of April and first day of July
next succeeding, and were not caught or taken alive; and that no
certificate hath been obtained from any other Justice of the Peace
for the same.

Proviso.

CHAPTER 164.

An act for the benefit of Ebenezer T. Massy and Emily Ann his
wife,
Whereas, It is represented to this General Assembly, That
Ebenezer T. Massy, of Kent county, married a certain Emily Ann
Massy, of Queen Ann's county, who was possessed of certain lands
in said county; and as the said lands could, but for the minority of
the said Emily, be advantageously exchanged for certain lands in
Kent county, where the said Ebenezer and Emily now reside—
Therefore.

Passed Feb. 15,
1822.

Preamble.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland,
That it shall and may be lawful for Ebenezer T. Massy and Emily
Ann his wife, within six months after the passage of this act, to
execute and acknowledge a deed of bargain and sale conveying to
Joshua Massy, his heirs and assigns, any part of the lands in
Queen Ann's county now held and owned by the said Ebenezer
and Emily Ann, in right of the said Emily Ann; and that the said
deed, when executed, acknowledged and recorded in the manner
directed by the laws of this state, shall have the same force and ef-
fect as if the said Emily Ann Massy had obtained the age of twen-

May execute

deed—shall be
valid.

ty-one years before the execution of the deed; Provided always,
That the said deed so to be executed by the said Ebenezer T. Mas-
sy and Emily Ann his wife, shall not pass any interest or estate in
the lands therein mentioned, until the said Joshua W. Massy shall
execute and acknowledge a deed conveying to the said Emily Ann
Massy, her heirs and assigns, so much land in Kent county as shall
be equal in value to the land to be conveyed as aforesaid by the
said Ebenezer T. Massy and Emily Ann his wife.

Proviso.

2. And to avoid controversy in future whether the lands con-
veyed by the said Joshua W. Massy be equal in value as aforesaid,
be it enacted, That James Parker, Samuel G. Osborn and
William Moffett, of Kent county, be, and they are hereby authoris-
ed to estimate and ascertain the value of the lands to be conveyed
to the said Joshua W. Massy. And it is hereby enacted and de-
clared, that the deed to be executed by the said Ebenezer T. Mas-
sy and Emily Ann his wife, shall not have any force or effect un-
less the said James Parker, Samuel G. Osborn and William Mof-
fett, shall, by a certificate under their hands, to be endorsed on the
deed to be executed by the said Joshua W. Massy to the said
Emily Ann Massy, express their opinion that the lands in the said

Estimate of va-
lue.