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CHAPTER 178.
An act for the relief of Charles Delinotte, of the City of Baltimore.
Whereas, Charles Delinotte, of the City of Baltimore, by his pe-
tition to this General Assembly, has represented, that Solomon Et-
ting, being heretofore seized in fee of three lots of ground situate in
Baltimore county, and now comprehended within the bounds of the
aforesaid city, being parts of a tract called Chatsworth, and distin-
guished by the numbers 114, 115 and 116, did by indenture, dated
the 16th day of November, 1812, for a valuable consideration con-
vey the said lots to a certain John B. Esmenard, who was for many
years a resident of this state, and of the city of Baltimore, to hold to
him, his heirs and assigns forever; that a certain Joseph Patterson,
being in like manner seized of a lot or parcel of ground, situate on
M'Clellan's-street, or alley, in the said city of Baltimore, conveyed
the same for a valuable consideration to the said John B. Esmenard,
his heirs and assigns for ever; that the said John B. Esmenard, by
indenture, dated the twentieth day of March, 1819, conveyed or in-
tended to convey to a certain John Milhan, the whole of the grounds
and premises aforesaid in fee, and on the twenty second day of the
last mentioned month received from the said John Milhan, a lease of
all said premises for the term of ninety-nine years renewable forever,
at an annual rent of four cents for the whole, or one cent for each
parcel of ground aforesaid; that the said John B. Esmenard, had
subsequently removed to Pelisanne, in France, and on the 17th day
of October last, past, executed a deed or indenture of that date, pur-
porting to be an assignment in trust to said petitioner for all the
grounds and premises aforesaid, to sell the same for his the said Es-
menard's benefit, all of which said deeds or indentures had been duly
executed and acknowledged, and within the time prescribed by law
recorded among the land records of Baltimore county; that the peti-
tioner had contracted for a sale of a part of said property upon terms
advantageous as he conceived for his constituent, and had actually
remitted out of his own funds, to the said Esmenard, a large portion
of the money agreed upon as the price of said property; the petitioner
also stated that he had been informed by the said Esmenard, that said
Esmenard had been duly naturalised a citizen of the United States,
which the petitioner believed, and still believes to be the fact, al-
though no record thereof could upon enquiry made by the purchaser
from him, be found in any of the courts in Baltimore—the petitioner
further stated that a considerable time would necessarily elapse before
satisfactory evidence could be obtained of the said Esmenard's natu-
ralization, and that in the mean time the petitioner would be much
inconvenienced by the deprivation of his funds which he had so con-
fidently looked to the reimbursement of, from the sale of said proper-
ty, and moreover that it was seriously apprehended a sale so advan-
tageous might not hereafter be speedily effected, wherefore he prayed
that a law might pass making valid the deed of trust so as aforesaid
executed by the said John B. Esmenard, to him, in the same manner
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Passed Feb.
24, 1824.
Preamble.
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