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whereas the said Anthony Ivy in his life time afterwards Viz. the
twenty second day of September Seventeen hundred and thirteen
obtained the Letters patent of the Right Honourable the Lord Balte-
more lately Deceased for A Tract of Land Called Confusion for the
Considerations and Suggestions in the said Patent mentioned and
sett fourth which Letters patent, are recorded in the Secretary's
office in the province of Maryland in the Book p. Ll N^o. 3 f^o. 513 that
thereby he the said Anthony Ivy may be Enabled to Convey the same
pursuant to the Agreement made between the said Robert Smith in
his life time and the said Richard Moore and Edith his Wife to them
the said Richard Moore and Edith his Wife and their Heirs And
Forasmuch as it also Appeares to this present Generall Assembly that
the said Anthony Ivy is since deceased having never made any Con-
veyance of the said two hundred and Twenty Acres of land after his
Obtaining the said letters Patent to the said Richard Moore and
Edith his Wife and that Robert Ivy the son and heir of the said
Anthony Ivy is now under age and under the tuition and Guardian-
ship of Renatus Smith of Queen Anne's County Gent, his Uncle and
thereby Incapable to Convey the said Lands to the said Richard
Moore and Edith his wife pursuant to the true Intent and meaning of
his said Father Anthony Ivy. And whereas the said Renatus Smith
on his Behalfe Confessed the matters and things aforesaid to be true
before this Generall Assembly therefore the said Richard Moore and
Edith his Wife have humbly prayed that they and their heirs by An
act of this Assembly of this province to be made and by Vertue of the
said Deed so Executed by the said Anthony and Anne his Wife in
their Life times may have the said Land Confirmed to them and their
heirs according to the true Intent & meaning of the said Deed as
fully and Effectually in Law to all Intents and purposes as if the

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said Deed had been Executed by the said Anthony and Anne his
Wife after the said Letters patent were granted they paying to the
Right Hon^ble the present Lord Prop^ry the Alienation fine within the
Space of Six months after the End of this Session of Assembly
Be it therefore Enacted by the Right Hon^ble the Lord Prop^ry by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governour and the
upper and Lower Houses of this Present Generall Assembly and the
Authority of the same that the said Richard Moore and Edith his
wife their heirs and Assignes forever shall and may by Vertue of the
said Deed and this present Act have hold and forever Enjoy accord-
ing to the true Intent and meaning of the said recited Deed and the
aforesaid two hundred and twenty Acres of Land parte of the said
two Severall Tracts of Land Called Smiths Forrest and Confusion
as fully and Amply to all Intents and purposes whatsoever as if the
said Deed had been Executed Recorded and Acknowledged after the
said Letters Patent were granted to the said Anthony Ivy and accord-
ing to the Exigence of the Law any Law Statute or useage to the
Contrary Notwithstanding.

p. 295