FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1844.

CHAPTER 4.

CHAP. 5.

An act to confirm and make valid a Deed of Conveyance from
Joseph L. Smallwood to Mary Hargraves.

Passed Jan. 10,
1842.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the deed executed on the twenty-fifth day of Septem-
ber, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five,
by Joseph L. Smallwood, of Charles county, in the State
of Maryland, of the one part, and Mary Hargraves, of the
same county and State, of the other part, conveying certain
real estate therein mentioned, to the said Mary Hargraves,
be and the same is hereby confirmed and made as valid and
effectual in law for all purposes whatsoever, as if the. said
deed duly recorded on the thirteenth day of January, eigh-
teen hundred and thirty-six, among the land records of
Charles county, in the State of Maryland, had been execu-
ted and acknowledged according to all the requirements of
the laws of this State.

Deed made va-
lid.

CHAPTER 5.

An act to remedy the defects of an Indenture of Apprentice-
ship, made by two Justices of the Peace for Dorchester
County, in favor of Samuel Sewall, of said County.

Passed Jan. 12,
1842.

Whereas, Nimrod Newton and Joseph K. Traverse, two
justices of the peace for Dorchester county, did, on the sixth
day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, bind as
an apprentice to Samuel Sewall, of said county, farmer, a
colored boy named Thomas Sephus, aged nine years; and
whereas, said justices did omit to have the consent of the
mother of said apprentice endorsed on said indenture, under
her hand and seal, whereby said indenture is voidable: to
remedy which defect,

Preamble.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the indenture of apprenticeship, binding Thomas Se-
phus, a coloured boy, to Samuel Sewall, of Dorchester
county, shall be as valid and effectual in law as if the mo-
ther's consent, under her hand and seal, had been endorsed
en said indenture, at the time of its execution, any law,
usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

Indenture made
valid.