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SAMUEL STEVENS, Jr. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Dec. Ses. 1823
Repeal.

School tax.

! 5. And be it enacted, That such of the provisions of the anginal
act, to which this is a supplement, as are repugnant to, or inconsist-
ent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same is hereby re-
pealed.
6. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall exempt
the aforesaid bank from the payment of any part of the school tax
that they now pay, during the existence of the charter of said bank.

Passed Jan.
24, 1824.

Election of
commission-
ers.

CHAPTER 69.

A supplement to an act, entitled, An act relating to the village of Church Hill,
in Queen Ann's county, passed at December session, eighteen hundred and
seventeen.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That from
and after the passage of this act it shall and may be lawful for the ci-
tizens of Church Hill, in Queen Ann's county, to elect in the same
manner as prescribed by the act to which this is a supplement, three
instead of five commissioners as directed in said act, and that the
said commissioners when so elected shall have and exercise the se-
veral powers and authorities delegated to the commissioners by said
act, any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

Passed Jan.
26, 1824.
Preamble.

CHAPTER 70.

An act for the relief of Josias, Young, his wife Evelina Young, and their infant
children.
Whereas, it is represented to this General Assembly, that Doc-
tor Gerard Wood, of Charles county, died intestate in, the year eigh-
teen hundred and twenty-two, leaving a considerable real estate in
the said county, and leaving as his heirs at law four daughters, viz.
Evelina intermarried with Josias Young, of Prince George's county;
Juliet, relict of John B. Hungerford; Mary intermarried with Robert
Crane; and Ann Wood, all of Charles county, all of whom are above
the age of twenty-one years: AND WHEREAS, the said real estate not
being susceptible of division without loss and injury to all of the heirs
aforesaid, it has been agreed between the said Robert Crane of the
one part, and the said Josias Young, Juliet Hungerford and Ann
Wood of the other part, that the said Robert Crane shall and will take
the whole of the said real estate upon terms agreed on between the
parties aforesaid: and whereas, the said Evilina Young being by
the visitation of Almighty God incapable of making a contract, the
agreement aforesaid cannot be carried into effect without legislative
aid—Therefore,

Authority
granted with
directions.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
aforesaid Josias Young may by his individual deed convey to the
said Robert Crane and his heirs, all the right, interest and estate which
the said Josias Young and Evilina Young, his wife, have of, in and
unto the aforesaid real property, and such deed executed and acknow-
ledged by him, and duly recorded, shall be taken and held, to convey
to the said Robert Crane and his heirs, all the right, title, interest,
claim, and demand, which to the said Evilina from her father Gerard
Wood descended of, in and to the said real estate as fully and effec-
tually to all intents and purposes, as if the said Evilina labouring un-
der no disability had joined in the said deed, and made her acknow-
ledgment of the same in due form of law: Provided, that before the
execution of such deed, the said Josias Young shall give bond to the
state of Maryland, to be recorded in the office of the Register of Wills
of Charles county, with such penalty and securities as the Orphans'
court of Charles county may approve, to invest the money arising