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him and provided also, that the said Joseph Nattali shall in all other
respects conform to the requisitions of the insolvent laws of this state.

Dec. Ses. 1823

CHAPTER 91.

A further supplement to the act entitled, an act for the erection of a new court
house in Washington county.

Sec. 1 Be it enacted by the Central Assembly of Maryland, That
the levy court of Washington county be, and they are hereby autho-
rised and required to levy and assess on the assessable property of
said county a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars, in two equal
annual instalments which shall be paid to the commissioners of the new
court house to be by them applied to the extinguishment of the debts
created in and about the erection of the said court-house.

Passed Feb.
2, 1824.
Levy $4000.

2. And be it enacted, That any part of the money aforesaid which
may remain unexpended in the hands of the commissioners aforesaid
upon a final settlement, shall be by them transferred and paid over by
them to the said levy court to and for the use of the county aforesaid.

Ballance.

CHAPTER 92.

An act to repeal an act entitled, an act concerning Public Worship, passed at
December session, 1816, chapter 152.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the act
concerning public worship, passed at December session, 1816, be, and
the same is hereby repealed.

Passed Feb.

2, 1824.
Repeal.

CHAPTER 93.

An act for the relief of Robert Oliver, of the City of Baltimore.
WHEREAS, Robert Oliver, of the City of Baltimore, hath by his
petition to the General Assembly set forth, that a certain William
Knight died, seized of certain land lying in Prince George's county,
called the Rope Walk Pasture, and three lots in the town of Bladens-
burg, distinguished by lots numbered forty-six; fifty-two, and fifty-
three, and that the said Knight by his last will and testament with
the exception of certain legacies devised all his estate both real and
personal in trust to Robert Oliver, for the use of the children of the
said Robert Oliver, and that although by the expressions of said last
will and testament, it evidently appears to have been the intention of
the said Knight to devise the said property to the children of the said
Oliver, yet inasmuch as the said Knight was not seized of said pro-
perty at the time of the date of his last will, the same is supposed by
strict construction not to pass by the said devise, but contrary to the
intention of the testator has escheated to the state, the said Knight
having died without heirs--wherefore the said Robert Oliver hath
prayed this General Assembly to release to him the states' demand
upon the escheated property--Therefore.

Passed Feb.
2, 1824.
Preamble.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the state
of Maryland doth hereby release to the said Robert Oliver, his heirs,
executors and administrators all claim to the said escheated proper-
ty, and that the said Robert Oliver, his heirs and assigns, hold the
same free, clear and discharged of all demands on the part of the
state; --Provided, that nothing herein contained shall have effect to
invalidate or impair the right of any person or persons in the said
property, or any part thereof acquired previous to the passage of this
act.

State right
released.