PUBLIC GENERAL LAW.

2739

No person shall sell any servant or slave who may be entitled to free-

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dom after a term of years, &c. to any person who is not a bona fide

resident of this state, and who has nut resided therein at least one

year preceding such sale — 1810 ch. 16, sec. 3,

597

Notice directed in case of sales of negro slaves on execution by sheriffs

—1813, ch. 102, sec. 7, p. 618; 1816, ch. 129, . . . .

641

Penalty on persons permitting or authorizing a slave to go at large, or

hire within the state after the 1st of April, 1819, except twenty

days at harvest— 1817, ch. 104, sec. 1, .....

657

On persons hiring or contracting with such slave, except as before ex-

cepted— 1817, ch. 104, sec. 2, .......

657

Every person knowingly selling a servant or slave, entitled to freedom

after a term of years, &c. to any person not a resident for one year

next preceding, or to any person employed by him, shall on con-

viction be sentenced to the penitentiary for a term not exceeding

two years — 1817, ch. 112, sec. 1, ......

658

Same punishment, for selling such servant or slave for a longer lime

than he is bound to serve — 1817, ch. 112, sec. 1, ...

658

Such servant or slave to be sold, (for the time he has to serve) by

order of the court, for the benefit of the county, or for the mayor

and city council of Baltimore, if the conviction is in the city court

—1817, ch. 112, sec. 1, ........

658

Same punishment on persons knowingly purchasing such servant or

slave as described in the first section, principal or agent — 1817, ch.

112, sec. 2, ..... .....

659

Such servant or slave to be sold for the unexpircd time, &c. as in the

first section— 1817, ch. 112, sec. 2, ......

659

Such persons unknowingly purchasing, and after knowing thereof,

giving information on oath, &c. to a justice of the peace, not liable

to prosecution — 1817, ch. 112, sec. 2, . .....

659

No sale of any servant or slave entitled to freedom after a term of

years, &c. or where there is a title in the seller for a time, with

the reversion in some other person, to be valid, unless in writing,

under the hands and seals of both the seller or his agent, and the

purchaser, and acknowledged by them before a justice of the peace,

and recorded within twenty days — 1817, ch. 112, sec. 3,

660

The period and terms of servitude, &c. the interest of the seller, and

the residence of the purchaser, to be stated therein — 1817, ch. 112,

sec. 3, ...........

660

On omission thereof, such servant or slave to be free, unless the court

and jury, on trial of the petition, that no fraud was intended —

1817, ch. 112, sec, 3, .........

660

In case any other person is entitled to a reversion or remainder, the ser-

vant shall immediately become his property, unless the court shall

be of opinion that no fraud was intended — 1817, ch. 112, sec. 3, .

660

Every person purchasing a slave for the purpose of removing him from

the state, to take a bill of sale, stating the age, marks, name, &c.

to be acknowledged before a justice of the peace, and recorded

within twenty days — 1817, ch. 112, sec. 4, . ....

661