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SAMUEL STEVENS, JR. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR;

Dec Ses. 1824

meaning and intention of the said twenty first section of the Vir-
ginia act.

Passed Feb.
4, 1825.
Preamble.

CHAPTER 80.
An act for the benefit of the devisees of George Poe, deceased.
Whereas, George Poe, late of Frederick county, deceased, by
his last will devised certain unproductive real estate with other
property, for the children of his son Jacob Poe, and to the chil-
dren of his daughter Harriot Clemm, deceased, which said chil-
dren are all minors; and it is represented by the said Jacob Poe,
on behalf of his children, and as guardian of the children of his
sister, the said Harriot Clemm, that it would greatly benefit them
if some person were authorised to lease for a long term of years,
the said real estate devised to the children of the said Harriot
Clemm, reserving an annual rent to their use, and also to dis-
pose of the real estate devised to the children of the said Jacob
Poe, in such manner as to release a lien upon other more produc-
tive property devised to them by the said George Poe, Therefore,

Deed autho-
rised.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the said Jacob Poe, shall be, and he is hereby authorised
and empowered in the name and on behalf of his children, the
devisees of the said George Poe, deceased, to make, execute, ac-
knowledge and cause to be recorded in due form of law, all such
deeds and conveyances as shall be necessary to convey, release,
or transfer in exchange all such part of the ground and real es-
tate within the city of Baltimore, devised to his said children, as
shall be adequate and sufficient to effect a release to operate to their
use and benefit of a lien upon a farm in Frederick county, a benefi-
cial interest in which is devised by the will of the said George Poe,
deceased, to the said children; and any deed or conveyance which the
said Jacob Poe shall make, acknowledge and cause to be recorded
in pursuance of this act, shall be as valid, effectual and operative
as if the same were executed by all the said children after attaining
to the full age of twenty one years.

Authorised
to lease.

2. And be it enacted, That the said Jacob Poe shall be, and he
is hereby authorised in the name and on behalf of the children of
his sister Harriott Clemm, of whom he is guardian, to demise and
lease for a term of ninety nine years, renewable forever, all or any
part of the real estate in the city of Baltimore, devised by the said
George Poe, deceased, to the said children, which has not been al-
ready leased out or improved, reserving an annual ground rent
thereon, payable to the said children and their heirs upon such
terms as any two of the justices of the orphans court of Balti-
more county shall approve, and every such devise or lease made
pursuant to this act when acknowledged and recorded, as such
leases are required to be by law, shall be as valid, binding and ef-
fectual, as if made and acknowledged by all the said children, af-
ter attaining to the full age of twenty one years.

Bond re-
quired.

3. And be it enacted, That before the said Jacob Poe proceeds
to execute the powers vested in him by this act, he shall first file
with the register of wills for Baltimore county, a bond to the state
of Maryland executed by himself, and a security or securities to
be approved of by the orphans court of said county, in the penal