Acts. 179

that shall be found Guilty forty pounds of Tobacco to be paid by the
Publick and to Every Evidence against any person not found Guilty
forty pounds of tobacco to be paid by the party Accused and Ac-
quitted and for such Evidence in the Co^ty Court as af^d thirty pounds
of tobacco per Day to be paid by the County or person acquited in
manner as aforesaid this Act to Continue for three years and untill
the End of the first Session of Assembly that shall happen after
the end of the said three years

Liber LL, 4
Acts

An Act for the relief of Henry Acton of Prince Georges County in
making valid and Effectuall a Certaine Deed of Bargaine and Sale
from Gilbert Clark to John Bayne

Whereas Gilbert Clark of Charles County was seised in fee of a
Tract or parcell of Land Called Aberdeen lying in Charles County
Containing four hundred Twenty Eight acres which by Indenture
made the twenty ninth day of October one thousand Six hundred
ninety Six Between the said Gilbert Clark by the name of Gilbert
Clark of Charles County in the province of Maryland of the one parte
and the said John Bayne by the name of John Bayne of the said

Acts of
Oct. 1713,
ch. 12

County in the Province aforesaid Gent of the other parte for and in
Consideration of the full and Just sume of Ten Thousand pounds
of Good Sound Merchantable Leafe tobacco in Cask to him in hand
paid by said John Bayne before the Ensealing and Delivery of the
said Indenture the receipt whereof the said Gilbert did thereby
acknowledge Gave Granted bargained sold aliened Enfeoffed and
Confirmed all that Tract or parcell of Land Called Aberdeen lying
in Charles County on the South Side of the main fresh that faileth
into Mattawoman Creek Containing four hundred twenty Eight
acres more or Less with all and Singular its appurtenances unto the
said John Bayne his heirs and Assignes forever to be had and held
unto the only proper use and behoofe of him the said John Bayne his
heirs and assignes forever as by the said Indenture produced to this
Generall Assembly more fully and at Large appeares which said Deed
Indented tho duly acknowledged before Philip Briscoe and Henry
Hardy two of her Majestys Justices of Charles County on the tenth
day of November Anno Domini Sixteen hundred ninety Six accord-
ing to the then Laws of this province Yet by the Neglect or Ignor-
ance of the said John Bayne was not Inrolled in the records of
Charles County according to the Act of Assembly for quieting
possessions Inrolling Conveyances and secureing the Estates of pur-
chasers then in force which Land the said John Bayne by will
devised to his son Walter Bayne which said Walter Bayne by Deed
Indented duly acknowledged and Enrolled on or about September
Anno Domini Seventeen hundred and Eight conveyed the said Land
to Henry Acton of Prince Georges County for a valuable Considera-
tion therein Mentioned but for that the aforementioned deed from
Gilbert Clark to John Bayne is not Sufficient to pass the Estate therein

p. 95