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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1831.

Plaintiffs
liable for
costs.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in all cases of such attach-
ment, the garnishee shall not be liable for any costs, but the
costs which would be chargeable to him, shall be charged to
and paid by the plaintiff or plaintiffs in such attachment.

Sec, 7, of
original act,
extended.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the provisions of the seventh
section of the act, to which this is a supplement, be, and the
same are hereby declared to extend to cases where the defen-
dant or defendants shall be residents of this state, at the time
of issuing the attachment in said section provided for, or at any
time afterwards.

CHAPTER 323.

AN ACT relating to Free Negroes and Slaves.
See 1796, ch. 67, and the laws there referred to, ante page 334.

Immigra-
tion of free
negroes
forbid.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That after the passage of this act, no free negro or mulatto shall
immigrate to, or settle in this state ; and no free negro or free
mulatto belonging to any other state, district or territory, shall

Or sojourn
longer than
10 days.
Penalty,

$50 per
week.

come into this state, and therein remain for the space of ten
successive days, whether such free negro or mulatto intends
settling in this state, or not, under the penalty of fifty dollars
for each and every week such person coming into, shall there-
after remain in this state ; the one-half to the informer, and the

How re-
coverable.

other half to the sheriff, for the use of the county, to be reco-
vered on complaint and conviction before a justice of the peace

On neglect
to pay.

of the county in which he shall be arrested : and any free negro
or mulatto refusing or neglecting to pay said fine or fines, shall

Committed
and sold
fur time.

be committed to the jail of the county, and shall be sold by the
sheriff at public sale, for such time as may be necessary to cover
the aforesaid penalty, first giving ten days previous notice of
such sale ; and the said sheriff, after deducting prison charges
and a commission of ten per centum, shall pay over one-half of

Disposition
of proceeds

the net proceeds to the informer, and the balance he shall pay
over to the levy court or commissioners, as the case may be, for
the use of the county.

Hiring or
employing
any forbid.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That no person in this state, shall
hereafter hire, employ or harbour any free negro or mulatto who
shall immigrate or settle in this state, after the first day of June
next, or any free negro or mulatto who shall come into this
state, from any other state, district or territory, and continue in
this state for the space of ten successive days as above, under

Penalty of
$20 for
every day.

the penalty of twenty dollars for every day after the expiration
of four days, any such free negro or mulatto so immigrating
and settling in this state, or so coming into, and so staying in
this state, shall be so employed, hired or harboured, and all
fines accrued under this act, may, before any justice of the
peace of the county in which the offence is committed, be reco-