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Clement Dorsey. The general public statutory law and public local law of the state of Maryland : from the year 1692 to 1839 inclusive, with annotations thereto,and a copious index.
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PUBLIC GENERAL LAW.

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Page.

FREE NEGROES.

 

Penalty for importing them, &c.—1796, ch, 67, sec. 16,

337

On free negroes giving or selling their certificates of freedom — 1796,

 

ch. 67, sec. 18, ..........

339

If living idle, and without means of subsistence, they may be obliged

 

to give security, or be imprisoned --1796, ch, 67, sec. 20,

340

Slaves to be admitted to give evidence in all cases in which a free negro

 

or mulatto, or other person of colour, free or freed, is charged with

 

stealing goods or receiving stolen goods— 1801, ch. 109, . .

465

Not lawful for any person except county clerks, (or registers of wills

 

where the manumission is by will,) to grant certificates of freedom

 

to any free negro — 1805, ch. 66, sec. 2,

508

Such certificates to be given by the clerks or register of the county

 

where the deed or will or a copy of the will is recorded— 1807)

 

ch. 164, ...........

560

The clerks and registers enjoined to grant certificates when called upon,

 

describing the height, age,&c. the time of freedom, the place where

 

raised, marks, &c, — 1805, Ch. 66, sec. 2, .....

508

Certificates not to be granted a second time unless the negro applying

 

shall make oath, or prove otherwise the loss of the former certifi-

 

cate— 1805, ch. 66, sec. 4, ........

509

The second certificate to describe the person as prescribed in the first

 

section of this act-~1805$ ch. 66, sec. 4, .....

509

Negroes applying for certificates to prove by testimony satisfactory to

 

the clerk or register, that they are the same persons who were

 

manumitted — 1805, ch. 66, sec. 5, ......

610

Negroes born free, and wishing to leave the county, may apply to the

 

clerk for a certificate — 1805, ch. 66, sec. 6, .

510

The clerk directed, on sufficient evidence, to grant a certificate setting

 

forth the manner of their being entitled to freedom, and describing

 

them as herein before prescribed — 1805, ch. 66, sec. 6,

510

Compensation to the clerks and registers — 1895, ch. 66, sec. 7, .

510

Free negroes prohibited from selling corn, &c. without a certificate an-

 

nually from a justice of the peace of their being of good character

 

— 1805, ch. 80, sec. 2, ........

510

A fine of five dollars for every offence, to be recovered before a justice

 

of the peace— 1805, ch. 80, sec. 3, ......

510

Persons purchasing from free negroes contrary to this act to be fined

 

ten dollars — 1805, ch. 80, sec. 4, ......

510

Any free negro or mulatto permitted to keep one dog on annual license

 

from a justice of the peace — 1806, ch. 81, sec. 1, »

543

Free negroes or mulattoes found by constables at suspected places,

 

liable to be carried before a magistrate and committed or recog-

 

nized, &c.— 1806, ch. 81, sec. 3, .......

543

Allowance to constables — 1806, ch. 81, sec. 4, .

543

The children of lazy indolent free negroes may be brought before the

 

orphans courts, or in their recess, before the trustees of the poor,

 

331

 


 
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