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Negroes
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SEC. 7. And, whereas negroes or other slaves may have been
or may hereafter be carried out of this state during the infancy,
or without the knowledge, authority or consent, of the real
owners or proprietors of the same, and it is just and reasonable
that the said owners or proprietors should be permitted to bring
them in again, Be it enacted, That if any negro, or other slave,
hath been or may hereafter be carried out of this state, by any
executor, administrator or guardian, or by any other person or
persons, during the infancy or without the consent or authority
of the real owner or proprietor of such negro or other slave, it
shall and may be lawful for such owner or proprietor, at any
time hereafter, to bring the said negro, or other slave, into this
state again, and to have and enjoy the said negro, or other
slave, as his or her property.
SEC. 8, 9, 10. These sections were consolidated in 1798, ch. 76, and the
masters were to file a list in the clerk's office, of the negroes thus removed ;
afterwards they were re-enacted in 1812, ch. 76, which permits a citizen of
this state to remove or work his slaves in an adjoining county of another
state, as often as he thinks proper, and return them again to the state
without the slave acquiring a right thereby to his freedom, without his
delivering a list to be recorded as was theretofore required; and the like
privilege is granted to citizens of an adjoining state, the slaves so removed
not to remain longer than twelve months at any one time,
By 1804, ch. 94, slaves may be hired to the Potomac company to work,
and be returned to Maryland without acquiring a right to freedom.
By 1813, ch. 56, a slave removed from Washington county, in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, to this state, not entitled to his freedom, provided that
the slave may have been carried out from this state, or be descended from
one carried to the said county from this state.
SEC. 11. Enlarged by subsequent acts.
By 1823, ch. 87, if any citizen in this state shall acquire property in any
slave, being a resident of any of the United States, by marriage, bequest,
or in course of distribution, or as guardian, or by gift, or in any other law-
ful manner t he may import such slave — Dot to sell for three years, nor
manumit him within the like time.
By 1833, ch. 87, any citizen who shall acquire property in any slave, by
distribution, bequest or marriage, may bring such slave into this state. See
the act for the terms and conditions upon which the importation is to be
made.
By 1835, ch. 61, reciting that the act of 1833, ch. 87, makes no provision
as to slaves, the title to which may be acquired by gift, extends the right
of importation to slaves so acquired.
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