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CHAPTER 156.
An act for the relief of James Woods of Caroline County.
Sec 1. BE IT ENACTED By the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the justices of the levy court of Caroline
county shall, and they are hereby empowered, at their levy
court annually so long as they shall see cause, to assess and le-
vy on the assessable property of said county, a sum of money
not exceeding twenty dollars, for the support and maintenance
of the said James Woods, and that the same be collected an-
nually by the collector of Caroline county, and by him paid to
the said James Woods or his order.
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Dec. Sess.
1815.
Passed Jan.
25, 1816.
Sum may be
levied.
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CHAPTER 157.
An act annulling the marriage of Michael Adalid and Ro-
sella Adalid of the City of Baltimore.
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the marriage of the said Michael Adalid oth-
erwise called Michael Adalid Roderiguez, and Rosella Adalid
his wife of the city of Baltimore, heretofore solemnized be,
and the name is hereby declared to he absolutely to aid intents
and purposes null and void, and that the said Michael Adalid
and Rosella Adalid are declared to be divorced a vinculo mat-
rimunii; Provided nevertheless, that nothing in this act con-
tained shall be construed to illegitimate the children born of the
said Michael Adalid and Rosella Adalid, any law to the con-
trary notwithstanding.
CHAPTER 158.
An act for the benefit of Ann Higgins of Anne-Arundel
County.
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall be lawful for the chancellor to direct
Thomas H. Dorsey and Thomas W. Hall, the trustees, ap-
pointed to execute the trusts created by the last will and testa-
ment of Ann Maccauley, to sell and dispose of so many of
the negroes bequeathed by said will as he may be of opinion
cannot be employed to the advantage of Ann Higgins and her
children, the persons for whose benefit the said trust was creat-
ed, and may direct that the proceeds of such sale shall be ap-
plied by the trustees aforesaid to the purchase of the life estate
which George W. Higgins hath in the lands and premises on
which he now resides, or in any other manner which he shall
deem most for the benefit of the said Ann Higgins and her
children.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That after a sale of negroes
shall be made in virtue of this act and confirmed by the chan-
cellor, and the proceeds invested as the chancellor shall direct,
the land purchased or other property acquired by the said trus-
tees shall be held by them in trust for the benefit of the said
Ann Higgins and her children, subject to the provisions of the
last will and testament of the said Ann Maccauley, in the
same manner as the negroes would have been held by them in
case the said negroes had not been sold.
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Passed Jan.
25, 1816.
Divorced.
Passed Jan.
25, 1816.
May sell ne-
groes.
Property to
be held in
trust.
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