398 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 5
Acts

Sarah his wife are Remediless but by the Legislative Power and
Councill haveing been heard on Each side and Depositions being
Read fully proveing the said agreem^t It is therefore prayed that it
may be Enacted And be It Enacted by the right honble the Lord
Prop^ry by and with the advice and Consent of his Lordships Gov^r
and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority
of the same That the said Sarah the Only Surviving Issue of the
said Sarah Revell and the now wife of the said William Bozman
and the Heirs of the Body of the said Sarah Bozman from hence-
forth have hold and freely Enjoy the said five hundred Acres of
Land as before intended to have been Granted to begin at a point
commonly called Racoon Point and to run up Monokin River and
Back Creek so far as to Include five hundred acres of Land to have
and Enjoy the same Together with all and Singular the premises to
her and The heirs of her body for Ever Provided always that This
Act nor any thing Contained therein shall prejudice nor Extend or
be Construed to Extend to prejudice the right of the King the Lord
Prop^ry or the right Title or Estate of Ann Toft or any person what-
soever that hath her Estate or that Lawfully Claims by from or

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under her nor that This Act shall prejudice the right of any person
or the Heirs of any which hath prior or better right in the said Land
than Randall Re'vell Sen^r or Katherine his wife had att The Time of
making the agreement aforesaid Notwithstanding any Thing herein
Contained to the Contrary

Acts of 1726,
ch. 4
p. 129

An Act makeing Good and Effectual in Law a deed of bargain and
Sale from Tho^s Dent of Charles County To Thomas Osburn of the
same County when Recorded.
Whereas Thomas Osburn of Charles County by his humble peti-
tion to This General Assembly hath sett forth That in the Year of
Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and nine he purchased from
a Certain Thomas Dent of the same County a Tract of Land Called
Wheelers Palme as by the Deed thereof appears which Deed The
said Osburn had Duly Acknowledged before two Justices at the Then
next County Court and paid the Alienation as usuall in such Cases
and Delivered The Same to John Rogers Gent then Clerk of Charles
County Court aforesaid but whether on his the said Petitioners
Request or by what Other means Occasioned the said Petitioner
Cannot Charge his Memory The Deed aforesaid was put into his
possession againe The same Day Tho Omitted by the said Clerk To
be recorded as on Enquiry is since found and Tho Thomas Dent
the vender of the aforesaid Tract of Land hath Declared his Willing-
ness to make the said Osburne a new Deed yet is Apprehensive it
might Render him Obnoxious and Lyable to be sued Or prosecuted
by his Creditors unless he receive the value Again & Distribute
Among them according to An Act Late made for his Relief which