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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 183-2.

Appoint
guardian to
answer.
Mode of
evidence.

guardian to answer for such infant or infants, and take the
answer of such guardian ; and the chancellor or court of equity
may prescribe the mode and evidence of authenticating the exe-
cution of such commission ; and the answer of every infant so

Answer so
taken re-

cognized.

taken in any case, when returned to the court issuing the com-
mission, shall be as effectual as if taken under a commission
duly executed within the jurisdiction of such court.

Compensa-
tion to such
commis-
sioner.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That in all cases in the court of
chancery or a county court as a court of equity, the court shall
tax as part of the costs of the case, a reasonable compensation
and allowance to any commissioner or commissioners for taking
the answer or answers of any infant or infants in said cases.

CHAPTER 303.

AN ACT relating to the Importation of Passengers.
See 1833, eh. 177; 1834, ch. 84.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, the frequent arrivals of passengers at the port of
Baltimore, have introduced into that city a great number of
paupers, who have become charges upon the city and county,
and upon the several associations in said city, incorporated by
the state, for the relief of foreign emigrants to the United States;
And whereas, a large proportion of the passengers in the various
ships, are paupers, and are, as such paupers, embarked, it is be-
lieved, under the direction of public authorities of foreign coun-
tries; And whereas, it is right that the evil in question should
be remedied or alleviated as far as practicable ; therefore,

Every mas-
ter of vessel

SEC. I. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the first day of September next, every mas-
ter or commander of any vessel, arriving from a foreign country,

Entering at
custom
house.

Shall re-
port in
writing un-
der oath.

Name, &c.
of every
alien pas-
senger.

Penalty for
neglect.

or from any other of the United States, who shall enter said
vessel at the custom house, in the city of Baltimore, shall,
within twenty-four hours after such entry, make a report, in
writing, on oath, to the mayor or register of said city, of the
name, age, and occupation, of every alien who shall have been
brought or carried as passenger, in such vessel, on the voyage
whence said vessel shall have as aforesaid arrived, upon paia
of forfeiture, for every neglect or omission to make such report,
of the sum of twenty dollars for every such passenger neglected
or omitted to be so reported.

Shall pay
$1 50 for
each such
passenger.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said master or commander
shall, within forty-eight hours after the entry of said vessel, pay
in respect of each and every passenger aforesaid, who shall be
above the age of five years, the sum of one dollar and fifty
cents to the said mayor or register, or at the option of said mas-

Or become
bound, &c.
to in-
demnify.

ter or commander, he may in lieu of such payment, as to all or
any of said passengers, become bound by specialty to the mayor
and city council of Baltimore, with two sufficient sureties, to be