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by the petition of Jesse Jarrett and Henry Scarff, that William
Norris late of Harford county deceased, died intestate leaving
a number of heirs, several of whom have left the State of Mary-
land, that their places of abode is unknown if they are living st-
all, that the said Norris loft several tracts of land, (to wit) one
called William's Trust, containing ninety four acres, and one
other called Norris's Venture, containing sixty four acres, both
of which are leasehold land, and one other called Norm's Neg-
lect, containing eighty acres, which is certificate land, all of
which lying and being in Harford county, and in the reserve
was purchased by the said deceased William Norris, at a sale
of the late intendant of the revenue, on the twenty-first of Sep-
tember seventeen hundred and eighty five, that the purchase
money has been fully paid up, that the said Norris neglected to
have the said land surveyed and a certificate thereof returned,
that a patent could or might issue, that the said petitioners are
assignees of several of the aforesaid heirs, and that they are
desirous of having the said lands divided or sold, that there is
no law in existence by which the same can be done, and prays
that a law may be passed authorising the chancellor to take
cognizance by the same; Therefore,
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED By the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for the Chancellor
of Maryland, upon the application in writing of any one or
more of the heirs of the said William Norris, or one or more of
the assignees of the said heirs, to issue his order, directing the
surveyor of Harford county to survey or cause the lands afore-
said of the late William Norris to be surveyed, and a certifi-
cate and plot thereof returned in the usual manner of returning
land certificates, and that upon satisfactory proof having been
made that the purchase was fair and bona fide made, and that
the state hath been fully paid for all the lands contained in such
certificate, that then and in that case the chancellor shall direct
a patent to issue to the heirs of the said William Norris or their
assignees, or both as the case may be, or justice dictate, that
then the chancellor upon application of any one or more of the
parties concerned, or of their assignee or assignees for a divi-
sion or sale of the said lands, the chancellor shall proceed as
directed by the act directing descents and the several supple-
ments thereto, in making division or sale of the same so as to
have the same divided or sold, as the case may be.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That no other notice of the
intention to divide or sell the lands aforesaid shall be necessary
when application may be made, than that of publishing the
same in such newspapers, and for such length of time as the
chancellor shall direct, and in case a sale shall actually take
place, the chancellor shall order the money that will be due
from said sale to the absent heirs if any there shall be, to be
vested in some productive fund for them, and such notice there-
of published as he may think proper to direct; and upon their
appearing or their heirs or assignees, the chancellor shall di-
rect the same to be paid over to them or either of them as they
shall apply, or to their order.
3. AND BEIT ENACTED, That in case any of the ab-
sent heirs aforesaid shall not appear or make application as
aforesaid for their portion of the money arising from the sales
of said lands within such time as the chancellor shall think pro-
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Dec. Sess.
1815.
Chancellor
may issue his
order.
Notice.
Absent heirs
act applying.
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