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Lowe, until the said Enoch Lewis Lowe shall arrive to the age of
twenty-one years, and the said Adelaide V. Lowe shall have power
to appoint by deed or by last will and testament, a guardian or guar-
dians to the said Enoch L. Lowe, until he shall arrive at the age of
twenty-one years.

Dec. Ses. 1822

4. And be it enacted. That the said Bradley S. A. Lowe, shall not
be liable for any debts hereafter contracted by the said Adelaide V.
Lowe, or for the support or maintenance of the said Adelaide V.
Lowe or the said Enoch Lewis Lowe.

Husband ex-
onerated.

CHAPTER. 101.

An act to enable Emanuel Verier, of Caroline county, to purchase and
hold real property within this state.
WHEREAS Emanuel Vener, of Caroline county, a native of the
kingdom of Prussia, hath purchased and contracted for certain par-
cels of real estate within this state, and has since become a citizen of
the United States, according to the laws thereof; therefore,

Passed Dec.
13, 1823.

Preamble.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That, the said
Emanuel Vener shall be, and hereby is enabled to have, hold, take
and occupy, all such real property within this state, as the said Ema-
nuel Vener shall have purchased and contracted for before the pas-
sage of this act, and may sell and dispose of the same in like manner
as a natural born citizen of the United States may, and in case of the
death of the said Emanuel Vener, without any disposition of his said
real estate, by deed or will, the same shall descend to, and be vested
in his lawful issue or their legal representatives, according to the due
and ordinary course of descent: Provided, that nothing herein con-
tained shall in any manner interfere with, or affect the rights of indi-
viduals claiming the said lands or any part thereof.

Authorised.

CHAPTER 102.

A supplement to the act, entitled, ''An act relating to insolvent debtors
in the city and county of Baltimore. "
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
any applicant for the benefit of the insolvent laws of this state, who
have been or may hereafter be reported against by the commission-
ers of insolvent debtors for the city and county of Baltimore, on the
ground of his not having acted, in the opinion or said commissioners,
fairly and bona fide, be, and he is hereby authorised to prosecute at
any time, a second petition for the benefit of said laws, before the
said commissioners, upon all the other terms and conditions of said
laws, notwithstanding the unfavorable report made upon his first pe-

Passed Jan.
6, 1823.

Second peti-
tion.

tition: provided, that before the said commissioners shall act upon
the said second petition, they be satisfied that the applicant did not,
at his first application, retain any property or estate whatsoever then
belonging to him, with an intention to defraud his creditors, and
that he then acted fairly and bona fide; And provided also, that the
said commissioners shall not report favorably upon any application
under this law, unless they be satisfied that, on application, the appli-
cant does not fraudulently retain any property or estate whatsoever
then belonging to him, and that he then acts fairly and bona fide.

Provisos,

2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of said commission-
ers to require of every applicant under this law, to answer again, at
the usual time, on oath or affirmation, all the interrogatories filed
against him on his previous application, as well as any others that

Interrogato-
ries.