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At a Session of Assembly begun and held at the City of
Annapolis, in the County of Ann-Arundel, the 14th Day of
May, in the 4th Year of the Dominion of the Right Honourable
Charles, absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces of
Maryland and Avalon, Lord Baron of Baltimore, &c. and
ended the 8th Day of June following, in the 5th Year of his
Lordship's Dominion, Annoq; Domini 1719, were Enacted the
Laws following, viz.
John Hart, Esq; Governor.
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Bacon
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A Supplement to the Act relating to Servants and Slaves.
Whereas by the Act of Assembly relating to Servants and
Slaves, there is not any Provision made what shall be done
with such runaway Servants or Slaves that now are, or here-
after shall or may be taken up and committed to the Custody
of any Sheriff within this Province, where the Master or
Owner of such Servant or Slave, having due Notice of such
Servant's or Slave's being in the Custody of such Sheriff,
refuses or delays to redeem such Servant or Slave, by paying
their Imprisonment Fees, and such other Charge as has, or
may accrue, for taking up such Servant or Slave.
II. Be it therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the
Lord Proprietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his
Lordship's Governor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of
Assembly, and the Authority of the same, That from and after
the End of this present Session of Assembly, every Sheriff
that now hath, or hereafter shall have committed into his
Custody, any runaway Servants or Slaves, after One Month's
Notice given to the Master or Owner thereof, of their being
in his Custody, if living in this Province, or Two Months
Notice, if living in any of the neighbouring Provinces, if such
Master or Owner of such Servants or Slaves do not appear
within the Time limited as aforesaid, and pay, or secure to be
paid, all such Imprisonment Fees due to such Sheriff, from the
Time of the Commitment of such Servants or Slaves, and also
such other Charges as have accrued or become due to any
Person for taking up such runaway Servants or Slaves, such
1 The text of these Acts is from Bacon's Laws of Maryland, published in 1765
They comprise the public general laws passed at this Session that were in force
at the date of Bacon's compilation.
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