142 Assembly Proceedings, July 7-29, 1740.

Session
Laws
An Act
Reviv'd for
3 Years and
to the end
of a Session
afterwards.

the said Offences, made at a Session of Assembly, begun and held
at the City of Annapolis, the Eleventh Day of July, Anno Domini
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Two, be, and is hereby
Revived and Continued to be and remain in full Force for and during
the term of three Years next ensuing, and unto the end of the next
Session of Assembly which shall happen after the end of the said
three Years.

Chapter VI
[Continues
1737 Ch. 2]

An Act Continuing an Act of Assembly of this Province, entituled,
An Act for the more effectual Punishment of certain Offenders
and for taking from them the Benefit of Clergy.

Be it 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

Act
continu'd

same, That the above mentioned Act, entituled, An Act for the
more effectual Punishment of certain Offenders, and for taking from
them the Benefit of Clergy, made at a Session of Assembly, begun
and held at the City of Annapolis, the Twenty Sixth Day of April
Seventeen Hundred and Thirty Seven, be and is hereby continued in
full Force, for and during the Term of three Years next ensuing,
and unto the end of the next Session of Assembly, which shall hap-
pen after the end of the said three Years.

Chapter VII
[Continues
1737 Ch. 7]

An Act Continuing an Act of Assembly of this Province, entituled,
A supplementary Act to the Act, entituled, An Act for the more
effectual Punishment of Negroes and other Slaves and for taking
away the Benefit of Clergy from certain Offenders, and to an Act
entituled, An Act to prevent the Tumultuous Meeting and other
Irregularities of Negroes and other Slaves, and directing the
Manner of Trying Slaves.

Be it 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 the above mentioned Act, entituled, An Act continu-
ing an Act of Assembly of this Province, entituled, A supplementary
Act to the Act entituled An Act for the more effectual Punishment
of Negroes and other Slaves, and for taking away the Benefit of
Clergy from certain Offenders, and to an Act entituled An Act to
prevent the tumultuous meeting and other irregularities of Negroes

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and other Slaves, and directing the manner of trying of Slaves,
made at a Session of Assembly, begun and held at the City of An-

Act
continu'd
3 Years, &c.

napolis, the Twenty Sixth Day of April Seventeen Hundred and
Thirty Seven, be and is hereby continued in full Force, for and
during the term of three Years next ensuing, and unto the end of
the next Session of Assembly that shall happen after the end of the
said three Years.