342 Assembly Proceedings, September 25-November 2, 1770.

Liber R. G.
1770

Consideration aforesaid and that the Petitioner Nehemiah Tilgh-
man is willing and desirous to pay and discharge the Remainder
unto the said Solomon Townsend Administrator of Major Town-
send and that the same may go in a Course of Administration to
discharge such debts as Still remain unpaid and due from the intes-
tate and the Remainder to be secured to the aforesaid James Town-
send an infant and Heir at Law to the aforesaid Major Townsend
on Condition that the said Nehemiah Tilghman can be secured in
the Title of the Lands aforesaid agreeable to the Original Contract
between the said Major Townsend and the aforesaid Stephen Revell
which cannot be effected the heir at Law of the said Major being
an Infant without the Aid of the Legislative Authority wherefore
they humbly pray that an Act may pass for that purpose

Be it therefore Enacted by the right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships
Governor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the same That the said Solomon Townsend be and is
hereby Entituled and impowered and directed to convey unto the
said Nehemiah Tilghman and his heirs in flee the aforesaid part of a
tract of Land called Majors Security Containing Two hundred and
three Acres and including the late Dwelling Plantation of the afore-
said Major Townsend upon payment of the said Sum of Two
hundred Pounds in Dollars at Seven Shillings and six pence Each
by the said Nehemiah Tilghman to him the said Solomon Townsend
and the said Solomon Townsend shall apply the same Money to
pay such Debts of the said Major Townsend as remain unpaid in
a Course of Administration and all the Residue or Remainder of the
said sum of Money shall pay to the said James Townsend his Execu-
tors Administrators or Assigns or to his Guardian Lawfully Author-
ized to receive the same saving to the Heir of the said Major Town-
send a Liberty of Showing Cause if any he hath or can Shew to the
Chancellor of this Province for the being at any time within Six
Months after he shall arrive at the age of twenty one Years why
the said Contract and Obligation by the aforesaid Major Townsend
entered into with the said Stephen Revell ought not to have been
Specifically Performed and upon such cause Shewn to the Satis-
faction of the said Chancellor that then this Act be Void any Clause
matter or thing herein to the Contrary in any wise notwithstanding

p. 70 By the Lower House of
Assembly 2.^nd Nov.^r 1770
Read & Assented to
Signed by Order
Jn^o Duckett Cl. Lo Ho

On behalf of the right
Honourable the Lord
Proprietary of this Prov-
ince I will this be a Law
Rob.^t Eden

By the Upper House of
Assembly Nov.^r 2d 1770
Read and Assented to
Signed by Order
U Scott Cl Up. Ho.

the great seal in
wax appendant