CHARLES GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

1818.

CHAPTER 68.

An act for the relief of Leah W. Hubbell, of Dorchester
county.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the said Leah W. Hubbell be, and she is hereby divorced from bed,
board, and mutual cohabitation, with her husband Josiah Hubbell.
2. And be it enacted, That all the right and title which the said
Josiah Hubbell, by virtue of his marriage with said Leah, had ac-
quired to any property which she now is or may become entitled
to, in any way or manner whatever, be and the same is hereby an-
nulled and made void; and that the said Leah be and she in hereby
declared capable to have, hold, take, receive, sue for, and recover,
by compromise,' suit or 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, hinderance
or consent, of her said husband, in the same manner as she could
or might have done were she. a feme sole.
3. And be it enacted, That the property, real and personal, of
the said Josiah Hubbell, is and shall be free, clear, and exonerated
from all and every claim upon, or right in the same, acquired by
or growing out of the marriage aforesaid, to the said Leah W.
Hubbell.

CHAP. 68.

Passed Jan. 27 1819
Divorce granted.

Josiah Hubbell's
right to property
required by mar-
riage, annulled.

Property of said
Hubbell exonerat-
ed from all claim
growing out of
marriage to the
said wife.

CHAPTER 69.

An act for the relief of Mary Ann Stern, of Anne-Arundel
county.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the said Mary Ann Stern be and she is hereby divorced from bed,
board, and mutual cohabitation, with her husband Thomas Stern.
2. And be it enacted, That all the right and title which the said
Thomas, by virtue of his marriage with the said Mary Ann, had
acquired to any property which she is or may become entitled to
in any way or manner whatsoever, be and the. same is hereby an-
nulled and made void, and that the said Mary Ann be, and she is
hereby declared to be, capable to have hold, take, receive, sue for
and recover, by compromise suit or 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, inter-
ference, hinderance or consent, of her said husband, in the same
manner as she could or might have done were she a feme sole.

Passed Jan. 27, 1819
Divorce granted.

Right to property
required by his

marriage made
null and void.

CHAPTER 70.

An act to authorise and empower Benjamin Laurence, and
Susan Ann, his wife, to sell and convey the property
therein mentioned.
Whereas Benjamin Laurence, and Susan Ann, his wife, have
by their application to this general assembly set forth, that they
have lately intermarried, and reside in the county of Jefferson, and
state of Kentucky; that the said Susan Ann is entitled by inheri-

Passed Jan. 27, 1819.
Preamble.