SAMUEL SPRIGG ESQ. GOVERNOR.

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from this state to Indiana, a parcel of land situated in Calvert

county, and obtained a deed therefor, and afterwards gave a mort-
gage of said land for the purpose of securing the payment of the
purchase money. And whereas, It appears from a release of said
mortgage executed by the said Thomas Jenkins to the said James
Dossey (of John,) and hearing date on the twelfth day of Decem-
ber, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty, before two justices
of the peace of Munroe county, in the state of Indiana, from
which it appears that the purchase money aforesaid, hath been fully
satisfied and paid; and which said release hath been recorded in
the clerk's office of Calvert county, as appears from a certificate of
the said clerk. And whereas, Doubts are entertained of the vali-
dity of the said release of mortgage so executed as aforesaid, and
it appearing just and reasonable that the prayer of the petitioner

should be granted; Therefore,

Dec. Ses. 1821.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the release of a mortgage from the said Thomas Jenkins, of Mun-
roe county and state of Indiana, to James Dossey (of John) of
Calvert county aforesaid, bearing date the twelfth day of De-
cember, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty, and recorded in
one of the land record books of Calvert county, shall be sufficient
and valid in law, as fully and completely, to all intents and purpo-
ses, as if the said release of mortgage had been executed, acknow-

ledged and recorded, according to the laws of this state.

Release con-
firmed.

2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerk .
of Calvert county, at the request and at the cost of the said"1
James Dossey (of John,) his heirs or assigns, to' make a note or
memorandum in the book of records, wherein the release aforesaid
from the said Thomas Jenkins to the said James Dossey (of John,)
is recorded, in such manner as upon the inspection of the said re-
cord of the said release of mortgage, the purpose of this act may
be known, and its object ascertained.

To be noted
record.

CHAPTER 41.

An act for the relief of Molly Bateman, of Charles county.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Levy Court of Charles county, be, and they are hereby
authorised and required, to levy on the assessable property of
Charles county, any sum not exceeding fifty dollars annually, for
the support and maintenance of Molly Bateman, of said count)-.
2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the collec-
tor of Charles county, to collect and pay over to her or her order,
such sum as may be annually levied for the said purpose.

Passed Jan 11,

1822.

$50 may be
levied annually.

To be paid
over.

CHAPTER 42.

A supplement to the act entitled, An act to establish a Bank, and in-
corporate a company to be styled "The Bank of Westminster."
Whereas, It is represented to this legislature, by the memorial
of the President and Directors of the Bank of Westminster, and
sundry stock-holders of said bank, that, as early as July eighteen
hundred and seventeen, the president and directors for the time be-
ing, established a branch of said bank, at Frederick-town, for the
more profitable investment of its capital, under the name of "the
office of pay and receipt of the Bank of Westminster," and have

Passed Jan. 12,

1822.