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An Act to provide for the completion of certain records of the Orphans' court of Somerset county. 1823 50 (1823)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0113 and id is 1 raw text is: SAMUEL STEVENS, Jr. ES: U1IRE, GOVERNOR.

Dec.Ses. 1823  2. And be it enactcd, That the said William Ilarding shall, fron',
V_       the passage of this act, be, and he is herebv altogetiler deprived of all
Propertyn
legal capaci- and every interest, authority, power, and control in, over and to the
ty.         person of Elizabeth Harding, his wife, as fully as if she had never
been married; and that the said Elizabeth r arding be, and she is
bereby declared capable to have, hold, take, receive, sue for, and re-
cover by compromise, suit or swits in law or equity, all species of pro-
perty in as full and ample a manner as if she were a feme sole, and
had never been married, and to hold, use :and enjoy the lame for her
own use and benefit, and the same to dispose of according to her will
and pleasure, without molestation, interference, hindrance or consent
of her said husband,in the same manner she could or mighthave done
Proviso.    were she a feme sole: Provided, nothing in this act contained sh:ll he
so construed as to invalidate any act or acts which the s:iid William.
Harding may have lawfully done, respecting any property obtained
by virtue of his marriage with the said Elizabeth Iiai aing be'ore the
passage of this act.
CHAPT ER 105,
Passed Feb, An act to provide for the conlpittion of certain records of the Orphan,' court of
5, 1824.                             Sunierset c0t1utv.
Preamble.     AV1TF, P.I, AS, it is represented to this G;eicrai Assemhly by the peti-
tion of the Orlphans' court cf Somerset county, that sundry wills, in.
ventories, lists ofsperate and desparate debts, account. of sales, ad-
ministration accounts, distributions of estates, orders for and distri-
bution of negroes, mid returas of sales of negroes, guardian's bonds,
valuations of the real estates of orphans, accounts of guardians, relea-
ses or acquittances to executors, administrators and guardians, orders
of reference and indentures of apprenticeship were left unrecorded
by (;eorge Mandy, late register of wills of Somerset county aforesaid,
but which bw law wcre required to be recorded by him-Therefore,
Record in 6  Sec. , Be it enacted by the General Assemnbly of Alaryhlnd, That
months.     if the executor or executrix, administrator or administratrix, of the
s-id George Handy shall not within six months from and after the
passage of this act, record or cause to be recorded, in the manner pre-
scribed by law, all cf the aforesaid papers, that it shall and may be
lawful for the Register Of Wills of the county aforesaid to record
the same, or such part thureof as it was the duty of the said George
Handy to have recorded, and which shall remain un-recorded at the
termination of six month from and after the pa',sage of this act.
Compensa-   2. A nd be it enacted, That upon the coin pletion of the said records
tion aid 0pro- by the said lRegistr, it shall be the duty of the Orphans' court of the
ccdings.    county aforesaid to  iew and examine the said records, and to fix and
ascertain the amount to which the said Register shall be entitled, for
completing the said records, which shall he the amount that the said
George Handy would have blien entitled to claim fom recording the
said papers, bad they been diutly recorded during his life time, and to
certiif, the same under their official seal; and thereupon the said Re-
gister shall be entitled to ask, demand, sue for, have and receive of
and from the executor or executrix, administrator or administratrix.
as the case may be, of the said George Handy the amount so certified
to be due to biun, and that if the ptursonal estate of the said George
Handy be insutlicicnt to pay and discharge the said amount, then and
in that case, the said Register shall be, and lie is hereby authorised
and empowered to institute a suit or suits in the name of the state
against the security or securities of the said George Handy on the

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