of lands contiguous to the line or lines of the said part of a tract
of land,
much to the interest of the petitioners and the infant children aforesaid,
and it
appeared doubtful whether such power could be vested in the said John
Mackall
Gantt by the petitioners to make such divisions for them and the infant
children
as aforesaid; they therefore prayed that an act might pass confirming
the division
with the commissioners, and subdivisions with proprietors of lands
contiguous,
as aforesaid, made by the said John Mackall Gantt; and that the said
John
Mackall Gantt be authorised and empowered to complete the divisions
of such
part of the said estate as may remain undivided; and the prayer of
the petitioners
being reasonable; therefore,
II. Be it enacted,
by
the General Assembly of Maryland, That the division of
the estate of John Davidson, late
of the city of Annapolis, deceased, lying
within the city of Washington, made
by John Mackall Gantt, for and on behalf
of the widow and co-heirs of the
said John Davidson, with the commissioners of
the said city of Washington, and
the subdivisions with proprietors of lands contiguous
to the line or lines of the said
estate, and all and every act or acts done
and performed by the said John Mackall
Gantt, in and about the said division
and subdivisions, be and the same
are hereby severally established and confirmed,
and shall be good and available
in law, to all intents and purposes, as if the
same had been divided under a judgment
of a court, according to the course of
proceedings at law; and the said
John Mackall Gantt is hereby authorised and
empowered to do and perform any
act or acts for the more effectual assigning and
transferring unto the said commissioners,
and to proprietors of lands contiguous,
as aforesaid, any square or squares,
lot or lots, which, upon the division
and subdivisions aforesaid, is or
are necessary to be assigned and transferred
to the said commissioners and proprietors
aforesaid, and that the same, when
done, shall be good and available
in law, to all intents and purposes whatever.
III. And
be it enacted, That the said
John Mackall Gantt be and he is hereby
authorised and empowered to complete
the division and subdivisions of such part
of the said estate as may yet remain
undivided, with the commissioners aforesaid,
and with any proprietor or proprietors
of lands contiguous as aforesaid, and to
do and perform all and every act
or acts for making the same effectual, for and
on behalf of the widow and co-heirs
of the said John Davidson; and the said
respective divisions when made,
and each of them, shall be good and available
in law, to all intents and purposes,
as if the same had been divided under a
judgment of a court, according to
the course of proceedings at law. |
CHAP.
XXVII.
Division established,
&c.
And to be
completed,
&c. |
WHEREAS Hannah Carter, of Montgomery county, by her petition
to this general assembly, hath set forth, that she is in her old age,
and hath procured an honest livelihood by her labour until she had
an attack of the palsey, which deprived her of the use of her limbs,
since which
she has been supported by the tender care of her daughter, now a widow
with
several small children, with whom she is anxious to remain during the
remainder
of her days, having an aversion to go to the poor-house, where she
would be
deprived of the comfort and tenderness of her sid daughter, and prays
an act
may pass to provide for her future maintenance; the facts stated in
said petition
appearing to be true; therefore,
II. Be it enacted,
by
the General Assembly of Maryland, That the justices of
Montgomery county shall be and they
are hereby directed and empowered, at
their levy court annually, so long
as they shall see cause, to assess and levy on
said county a sum of money, not
exceeding forty dollars, for the support and
maintenance of the said Hannah Carter,
and that the same be collected and paid |
Preamble.
Justices to levy
money,
&c. |
