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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Dec- Ses. 1816.

Vacancies.

Powers of

chancellor, &c.
where infants
are seized of a
reversion, &c.

. case it shall and may be lawful for the chancellor or the coun-
ty courts, as the case may be, to issue a commission, to five
commissioners, in the same manner as is directed by an act, enti-
tled, "An act to direct descents," and of the several supplements
thereto; and the said commissioners shall proceed in manner and
form as is directed by the said acts, to lay off and locate the wi-
dow's dower, in and to the said lands, tenements and heredita-
ments, and the said commissioners shall make return of the said
location to the chancellor, or county courts, as the case may be,
for rejection or confirmation, as in other cases under the said
act, and of the several supplements thereto.
12. And be it enacted, That if any trustee or trustees appoint-
ed in and under this law shall depart this life, then and in such
case it shall and may be lawful for the chancellor, or the county
courts, as the case may be, to appoint a trustee or trustees, in
the place of such trustee or trustees so dying, and the said trus-
tee or trustees shall execute a bond in the manner prescribed by
this law.
13, And be it enacted, That the chancellor, or the county
' courts of this state, shall and may exercise all and every the
. powers herein provided in all cases where an infant or infants are
seized of a reversion, dependant upon an estate for life, and up-
on the assent of the tenant for life, for the sale thereof, to order
and adjudge the annual interest, or such part thereof as they
may deem equitable, to be paid over to such tenant for life, du-
ring his life.

Passed Jan 29.
Divorce.

To hold and
dispose of pro-
perty as if she
were a feme
sole.

CHAPTER 155.

An act for the relief of Ann Neilson, of Baltimore County,
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the said Ann Neilson he and she is hereby divorced from
bed, board, and mutual cohabitation, with her husband Hugh
Neilson.
2. And be it enacted, That all the right anil title which the said
Hugh, by virtue of his marriage with said Ann, had acquired to
any property which she now is or may become entitled to, in any
way or manner whatever, be and the same is hereby annulled
and made void, and that the said Ann be, and she is hereby de-
clared, capable to have, hold, take, receive, sue for, and recover,
by compromise, suitor suits in law or equity, all such property,
in as full and ample, a manner as if she were a feme sole, and had
never been married; and to hold, use, and enjoy the same, for
her own use and benefit, and the same to dispose of according
to her will and pleasure, without the molestation, interference,
hindrance or consent, of her said husband, in the same manner
she could or might have done were she a feme sole.

Passed Jan. 29.
Incorporated.

CHAPTER 156.

An act to Incorporate the Maryland Hospital.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
Henry Payson, James Hindman, John Hillen, William Lorman,
James Mosher, William M'Donald, David Winchester, George
Warner, William Ross, James Wilson, Daniel Howland, and
James Carnighan, be and they, and the president and vice-pre-