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Dec. Sess.
1815.
Deed.
Proviso.
Report: of
sale--proceeds.
Trustee.
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the manner, and upon such terms as shall be directed by the
the orphan's court of Kent county, all such property devised in
trust by her father Richard Graves, to William Tilghman, for
the benefit of the said Sarah Clarkson and her children, as
lies within this state.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said trustee on the
ratification of the said sale by the orphan's court of said coun-
ty, and on the receipt of the purchase money shall by a good
and sufficient deed of bargain and sale, duly executed agreea-
ble to law, convey to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, and
to his, her and their heirs and assigns forever, all the right, ti-
tle, interest and estate of her the said Sarah Clarkson and her
children, and also all the right, title, interest and estate of the
said William Tilghman and his heirs, of in and to all such part
of the said property devised as aforesaid; Provided neverthe-
less, that the said Sarah Clarkson before she proceeds to such
sale shall give bond to the State of Maryland, in such penalty,
and with such security as may be approved by the orphan's
court aforesaid, which bond shall be lodged with and recorded,
by the register of wills of said county, conditioned for the
faithful performance of the trusts vested by this act, and for a
compliance with every part thereof.
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said trustee shall
immediately after such sale return a just and true account there-
of to the said orphan's court, and upon such return being made
the said court shall ascertain and direct what proportion of
the proceeds of the said sale shall be paid to the said Sarah
Clarkson in full for her interest in the same, and shall distri-
bute the remaining sum in equal proportions among the chil-
dren of the said Sarah Clarkson, and such part as may be due
to the infant children shall be put out on interest, and bonds
with security to be approved by said court, taken in the name
of such infants, to be made payable to them respectively, when,
they attain full age, or shall be vested in such other funds, or
in such other manner as the said court shall deem most, advan-
tageous for the said infant children.
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in case of the death or
refusal to act of the said trustee, before the completion of her
aforesaid trust, the orphan's court aforesaid shall appoint one
or more trustees, who are hereby invested with full power and
authority to carry into effect the object and provisions herein,
contained, on giving such security for the faithful performance
of this trust as herein before is directed to be given by the
trustees aforesaid.
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Passed Jan.
27, 1816.
May affirm.
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CHAPTER 182.
A supplement to the act entitled, an act to admit persons con-
scientiously scrupulous of taking an oath to serve us jurors.
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED the the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the people called Quakers, those called Nich-
olites or New-Quakers, those called Menonists, Tunkers, and
others holding it unlawful to take an oath on any occasion
shall be allowed to make their solemn affirmation, in the man-
ner that they have been heretofore allowed to affirm, which af-
firmation shall be of the same avail as an oath to all intents and
purposes whatsoever.
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before any of the per-
sons aforesaid shall be admitted as a juror in any court of jus-
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