Acts. 127

And be it also Enacted that any Notice given or to be given by the
said Sheriff of Holding the said Election at the said Town of Balti-
more otherwise than as herein directed shall be Void and of no Effect

Liber R. G.
1769
[As by this
Act directed,

otherwise to
be void.]

By the Lower House of
Assembly Dec.^r 13.^th 1769.
Read & assented to
Signed by order.
T. Wright Cl. lo: ho:

On behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province,
I Will this be a Law
Rob.^t Eden

By the Upper House of
Assembly Dec.^r 13.^th 1769.
Read & assented to
Signed by order.
U Scott Ch Up: Ho:

Great Seal in
Wax Appendant

No. 11 An Act for the Relief of Mary Hindman of Talbot County.

Whereas Mary Hindman of Talbot County by her Humble Peti-
tions to this general Assembly hath set forth That a Negro Man
Slave belonging to the said Mary Hindman was Committed to the
Custody of the Sheriff of Talbot County on Suspicion of his being
guilty of a Burglary and that the said Slave before he could receive
his Tryal cut his Throat and Died in the Jail of the said County and
thereupon the said Petitioner hath prayed to be allowed from the
Public for the Value of the aforesaid Slave.

Be it Therefore Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships
Governor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the same That the Justices of Talbot County Court
shall at the next Court to be held for that County after the End
of this present Session of Assembly or at the Court next suc-
ceeding the said next Court settle and Determine what Value the
aforesaid Slave was of at the Time of his Death in Current Money
of this Province and shall cause an Entry or Minute of such
Value to be made in the Proceedings of their said Court And
That the Treasurer of the Eastern Shore of this Province for
the Time being upon producing a Certificate from the Clerk of
the said County Court under his Hand and the County Seal (which
Certificate the said Clerk is hereby required to make and give) of
the Value of the said Slave settled and Determined as aforesaid shall
pay to the said Mary Hindman her Executors Administrators or
Assigns so much Current Money as the said Slave shall be Valued at
as aforesaid out of the Public Stock of this Province in his Hands
without Fee or Reward.

p. 8

[A Private
Act.]

By the Lower House of
Assembly Dec.^r 14.^th 1769.
Read & assented to.
Signed by order.
T. Wright Cl. lo: ho:

On behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province
I Will this be a Law
Rob.^t Eden

By the Upper House of
Assembly Dec.^r 14.^th 1769.
Read & assented to.
Signed by order.
U Scott Cl. Up: Ho:

Great Seal in
Wax appendant