SAMUEL STEVENS, Jr. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Dec. Ses. 1823

for dower: And whereas, by reason of the sudden death of the said
David Taylor, his said widow was left destitute, the whole of his
means having been expended in the purchase of said land, and she,
the said widow being moreover advised that the said lands were liable
to be escheated: And whereas, for the purpose of securing said lands
for the benefit of said widow, the said Joseph Allender was induced
to take out warrants of escheat on the said lands, which said warrants
have from time to time been renewed: And whereas, the said Joseph
Allender having been induced to pay the funeral expenses and other
charges for the said David Taylor, deceased, was afterwards induced
to advance considerable sums for the support of said widow, and final-
ly on her wishing to return to Europe, the said Joseph Allender was
induced to make a very large advance for that purpose, all which said
advances were a sufficient and full consideration, and to the full value
of the lands which have escheated to the state, and thereupon took
from said widow an assignment or conveyance, of all her right, title,
estate, interest, claim and demand, in and to the property as aforesaid
of her deceased husband, as will appear by reference to the deed of
said Jane Taylor, bearing date the 26fh day of June, eighteen hundred
and eighteen, and recorded among the land records of Cecil county
in Liber J. S. No. 13, folio 442: And whereas, it appears to this Gen-
eral Assembly just and reasonable that the said Joseph Allender, in
consideration of his aforesaid advances, should be indemnified from
all loss arising therefrom—Therefore,

State right
relinquished.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That all the
right, title and interest of the state of Maryland, in and to the afore-
said tracts of land, above described, be, and the same is hereby re-
leased to the said Joseph Allender, his heirs and assigns: Provided
always, that nothing in this act contained shall be taken or construed
to extend to destroy, or alter, or in any wise impair the rights or
claims of any person or persons in and to the said property, prosecu-
ted or acquired before the passage of this act.

Passed Feb.
13, 1824.
Account of
fees received.

CHAPTER 146.

An act to tax certain Offices.
: Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That from
and after the first day of March next it shall be the duty of the clerk
of the Court of Appeals of the Western Shore, the clerk of the Court
of Appeals of the Eastern Shore, the clerks of the several County
Courts in this state, the clerk of the City Court of Baltimore, the Re-
gister in Chancery, and the Registers of Wills for the several coun-
ties in this state, to keep or cause to be kept, a fair and accurate ac-
count of all fees received by them, or by any person for them in their
respective offices; Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be
construed to include fee9 earned by the above named officers before
the passage of this act.

Semi-annu-
al returns on
oath.

2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the several offi-
cers herein before named, to make, on the first Monday of October
next, and on the first Mondays in April and October, in each and
every year thereafter, returns of such accounts by them kept, to the
Treasurer of the Western or Eastern Shore, on which each officer
may respectively reside, verified and attested in the manner herein af-
ter directed, that is to say, such clerk or register and each assistant em-
ployed in his office, shall make oath or affirmation, as the case may be,
before a justice of the peace, that the account annexed is a just and
full account of all fees received in such office by him, them, or either