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ROBERT BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
and plot to be made of the said land, or so much thereof as shall
be deemed necessary to be laid off, and all the lots, streets, lanes
and alleys, which shall be laid out in virtue of this act, and the
said plot shall be recorded amongst the records of the said county
as soon as conveniently may be thereafter, there to remain as evidence
of the boundaries, situation and location, of the said lots, and
of the streets, lanes and alleys, which said streets, lanes and alleys,
hereafter to be laid out in pursuance of this act, shall be highways,
and be so deemed and taken, to all intents and purposes
whatsoever, and when the same shall be done, the said land so surveyed
laid out, shall be and is hereby declared to be part of the
town of Rockville, as fully and amply as if originally included
therein, and shall have the same immunities and privileges as the
rest of the said town now hath, or by any former laws ought to
have, saving to the state of Maryland, and all bodies politic and
corporate, and all persons not mentioned in this act, (except the
heirs of the late Jeremiah Crabb,) their several and respective
rights. |
1805.
CHAP. 47. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That when and so soon
as the land
aforesaid shall have been laid off into lots, as authorised by this act,
that then and in that case the aforesaid Elizabeth Crabb be and
she is hereby empowered to sell, convey and transfer, to any purchaser
or purchasers, any lot or lots, or part thereof, so as aforesaid
laid out, which conveyance, when made, executed, and recorded
amongst the records of the county court of Montgomery county,
shall be deemed and taken to be a good and valid conveyance
to pass an estate in fee-simple to such purchaser or purchasers, of
any lot or lots to be laid out in virtue of this act, any law, usage or
custom, to the contrary notwithstanding; Provided nevertheless, that
the said Elizabeth Crabb, before she proceeds to sell and convey
any lot or lots as aforesaid to be laid out, shall enter into bond to
the state of Maryland, in such penalty, and with two good and sufficient
sureties, such as the orphans court of Montgomery county
shall think proper to direct and approve of, for the faithfully accounting
for, and settling up with the orphans court of Montgomery county
shall think proper to direct and approve of, for the faithfully accounting
for, and settling up with the orphans court of said county,
to the full amount of the lots sold under and in virtue of this act,
the amount of which sales shall be considered as assets in her hands,
and liable for the payment of the debts of the late Jeremiah Crabb,
deceased. |
Elizabeth Crabb
empowered to
sell and convey
lots.
Provisos. |
7. AND, whereas by the sale of the lots aforesaid,
personal property
to the amount thereof will be saved, to which the said Elizabeth
Crabb would be entitled to one third part; therefore, BE IT
ENACTED, That personal property to the full amount of the lots
sold in virtue of this act, be deducted from the amount of the personal
estate of the late Jeremiah Crabb, and remain subject to distribution
only among the heirs of Jeremiah Crabb, deceased, and
that the orphans court of Montgomery county be and they are hereby
authorised to make an allowance to the said Elizabeth Crabb, in
the settlement of the estate of the late Jeremiah Crabb, deceased, to
the full amount of what they believe would have been her proportion
in right of dower to the lots sold under and in virtue of this
act. |
Personal property
to amount of lots
sold to be deducted
from personal
estate of Jeremiah
Crabb, &c. |
8. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all expenses incurred
in the execution
of this act shall be paid by the aforesaid Elizabeth Crabb, |
Expenses incurred
to be paid by
Elizabeth Crabb. |
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