INDEX TO THE PUBLIC LAWS.

Chap.

Sec.

CRIMES AND PUNISH

MENTS— County courts of

this State and city court of Baltimore, in

sentencing convicts, &c. in compliance

with the act of 1836, chapter 157, may, in

their discretion, sentence them to be con-

fined, &c. for a period not less than eighteen

months, &c.

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D.

DEAF AND DUMB

— If there be recommended to the

Governor, &c. more indigent blind children

then can be educated under the act of 1837,

ch. 173, any surplus annually remaining in

the treasury of $3, 500, &c. for the educa-
tion of the deaf and dumb, to be applied

to the education of such indigent blind

children, &c. in the manner pointed out in

1st section of said act; Governor to draw

for the same,

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DEEDS.

See Acknowledgments, &c. of Deeds, &c. in

Foreign Countries.

DISTRICT JUSTICES
DOMESTIC SLAVERY

— See Magistrates Courts.
— Negroes and mulattoes held

in slavery in this State as the property of

the owners from earliest settlement of the

State, and may be held as the property of

their owners; and every owner of such ne-

gro, &c. is entitled to the service of such ne-

gro for life, except such negro can show

that by grant or devise of the owner, &c. of

such negro, &c. a shorter period by him

provided,

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DIVORCE,

See Courts of Chancery.

E.

EXPIRING LAWS

—See Acts of Assembly.

F.

FEES,

See Officers Fees.

FEME COVERT

— See Courts of Chancery.