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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1831

county court of the county where the offence shall be commit-
ted, and upon conviction thereof, the said court shall, by its

Negro to
be sold for
$5.

Condition-
ally.

order, direct said sheriff to sell any negro, mulatto, or other
slaves so seized and taken by him under this act, to the coloni-
zation society, for said five dollars, and the prison fees of any
negro, mulatto, or other slave, to be taken to Liberia ; and if the
said colonization society will not receive such negroes, mulat-
toes, or other slaves, for said five dollars each, and the prison
fees of each, upon refusing, said sheriff shall, after three weeks
public notice, given by public advertisements, sell any such ne-
gro, mulatto, or other slave, to some person or persons, with a,
condition that any such negro, mulatto, or other slave, shall be

Or told out
of the state.
Report of
sales
required.
Disposition
of proceeds.

removed and taken forthwith beyond the limits of this state, to
settle and reside ; and said sheriff shall report any sale or sales
made by him to the county court of the county in which ho
resides, and after deducting five dollars and prison fees for
each and every negro, mulatto, or other slave, sold as aforesaid,
which shall be settled by an account current, to be settled in
said court, said sheriff shall pay over the balance of said sales
to the treasurer of the shore where he may reside ; Provided,

Exception
in favour of
border land
holders, &c.

that this act shall not be so construed as to prevent any person
or persons residing in this or any adjoining state, and who hold
in their own right, or in right of any other persons, lands in
both states within ten miles of each other, from removing their
slaves to and from said lands, solely for the cultivation and im-
provement of the same ; And provided also, the names, ages,
and sex, of any slaves so removed, shall be recorded in the
office of the clerk of the county court of such county in this
state, into which the said negroes shall be so removed, within
thirty days after their removal.

On Infor-
tion of a
slave being
introduced.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of all
justices of the peace in the county, upon information being
given them, or any of them, that any negro, mulatto, or other
slaves, hath been brought into this state contrary to this act, to

Warrant
directed.

issue warrant for any person or persons so offending, iu the
name of the state of Maryland, and upon any person or persons
being brought before him on said warrant, chargeable with the
offence aforesaid, to cause any such person or persons to enter

Recogni-
zance re-
quired.

into recognizance for her, his, or their personal appearance
before the judges of the county court to plead and answer to
whatsoever may be there alleged in that behalf, with such
penalty in said recognizance as said justice of the peace shall
approve; and upon refusal to give such recognizance, such per-

Or com-
mittal.

son or persons so offending, shall be committed to the said jail
of the county by said justice of the peace, to be confined until
the next meeting of the county court of the county in which
said offence shall be committed.