26 LAWS OF MARYLAND.—1718.
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be, under the penalty of being taken for a runaway, and to suf-
fer such penalties as are hereafter provided against runaways. |
Penalty for
abseating
themselves. |
SEC. 3. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority,
advice and consent aforesaid, That any servant or servants
unlawfully absenting him, her or themselves, from his, her or
their said master, mistress, dame or overseer, shall make such
satisfaction by servitude or otherwise, at the discretion of the
justices of the county court, where such runaway servant did
dwell, not exceeding ten days' service for any one day's absence,
with such reasonable cost for his, her or their taking up, as the
court shall think fit, be it before or after the expiration of such
servant's first time of servitude by indenture or otherwise.
SEC. 4. By 1748, ch. 19, the prohibition is enlarged and the punishment
is increased. See 1818, ch. 157. |
And on free
negroes for
harbouring
them, &c. |
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted. That if any free negro or
mulatto shall harbour or entertain any such servant or slave as
aforesaid, in every such case, he or they so offending shall for-
feit and pay as aforesaid, for every such offence, the sum of one
thousand pounds of tobacco, the one-half to our sovereign lord
the king, his heirs and successors, for the use of the free schools,
the other half to the party grieved, to be recovered as aforesaid;
and if any such offending negro or mulatto hath not an estate
sufficient wherewith immediately to satisfy and pay such pe-
nalty as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for the justices
before whom such matter is tried to order satisfaction, by servi-
tude or otherwise, as they shall seem meet.
See 1727, ch. 15.
SEC. 6. Subjected any person travelling out of his county, without a
pass and not being able to give a good account of himself, to be taken up
and treated as a runaway.
This section is therefore omitted as being inapplicable to our present
advanced state of society. |
Allowance
for taking
up runa-
ways, &c. |
SEC. 7. And, for better encouragement of all persons to seize
and take up all such runaways, it is hereby further enacted, by
the authority, advice and consent aforesaid, That all and every
such person or persons as aforesaid, seizing or taking up such
runaways, travelling without passes as aforesaid, not being able
to give a sufficient account of themselves as aforesaid, shall
have and receive two hundred pounds of tobacco, to be paid by
the owner of such runaway servant, negro or slave, so appre-
hended and taken up; and if such suspected runaway or runa-
ways be not servants, and refuse to pay the same, he, she or
they, shall make satisfaction by servitude, or otherwise, as the
justices of the provincial and county courts where such person
shall be so apprehended and taken up shall think fit.
Modified by 1817, ch. 112, sec. 6. The allowance is changed by 1806,
ch. 81, sec. 5, to six dollars. See also, 1810, ch. 63—1833, ch. Ill—
1834, ch. 161.
SEC. 8. Held out rewards to friendly Indians to take up runaways. |
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