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Passed Jan 11, 1820
Trustee appointed
Empowered to sell
&c.
To give bond, &c.
To give notice of
time of sale
Terms of sale
To reports a full
account of sale to
county court
Court may compel
trustee to appro-
priate one half
of money to dis-
charge of debts,
&c,
Authorised to give
a deed
His allowance.
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CHAP. XLI.
An act to appoint Gustavus W. T. Wright Trustee, to sell and dispose of the
Lands therein mentioned.
1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Gus-
tavus W. T. Wright be and he is hereby appointed trustee, to sell
all that tract or parcel of land called Vaughan's Discovery, or by
whatever other name or names the same may be known, lying and
being in Queen-Anne's county, of which Susannah Watson is sup-
posed to have died seized.
2. And be it enacted, That the said trustee be and he is hereby
authorised, empowered and directed, to sell and dispose of all the
right, title and interest, both at law and in equity, which the heirs
of Susannah Watson have in and to the said land.
3. And be it enacted, That the said trustee, before he proceeds to
sell and dispose of the said land, execute a bond to the state of Ma-
ryland, with two securities, in such a penalty or sum of money as
the judges of Queen-Anne's county court shall direct, to be filed
with the clerk of said court, conditioned for the faithful performance
of the duties of the said trustee, as are required by the provisions
of this act, and to be liable to be put in suit by any person damnified
by the non-performance of the condition thereof.
4. And be it enacted, That the said trustee publish in some one
or more of the gazettes on the Eastern Shore of this state, previous
to the said sale, three successive weeks notice of the time, place
and terms of sale, of the said land.
5. And be it enacted, That the terms of sale shall be, that the
purchaser or purchasers give his, her or their several bonds, with
sufficient security, to the trustee, for the payment of the purchase
money in three equal instalments, in six, twelve and eighteen months,
with legal interest thereon from the day of sale.
6. And be it enacted, That the said trustee shall report a full ac-
count of said sale, with an affidavit annexed thereto, of the fairness
and propriety of the sale, to the said county court, at the first ses-
sion thereof after the sale of the said land, and the said court are
hereby authorised and empowered to ratify or reject the same, as
equity and justice shall dictate.
7. And be it enacted, That the said court are hereby authorised
and required, to compel the said trustee to appropriate one half of
the money arising from the sale of the land, called Vaughan's Dis-
covery, that may be necessary, to the full discharge of the debts of
the said Susannah Watson, and to direct and compel the said trus-
tee to make such disposition of the balance of the money as the law
of the land directs.
8. And be it enacted, That the said trustee be and he is hereby
authorised and empowered to give a deed or deeds of conveyance
for the said lands, to the purchaser or purchasers, upon the rati-
fication of the sale of the said court, and payment of the whole of
the purchase money.
9. And be it enacted, That the said trustee be allowed such a per
cent, on the whole amount of the purchase money for said lands, as
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