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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1809.

tenant in dower, the assignment of which shall be made as
prescribed by law in other cases of dower, and she shall have
the like remedy for the recovery thereof; and she shall also, on
his conviction, be forthwith entitled to one-third part of his per-
sonal estate, in the same manner as if such husband had died
intestate and she had survived him, which third part shall be
divided and allotted to her in the same manner as distribution
is made of the personal estate of intestates ; and if the said
offender be a man, he shall, on conviction, forfeit his claim or
title as tenant by the curtesy, and also all his claim or title to any
estate, personal or mixed, which he may have in right of his
first wife ; and if the said offender be a woman, she shall, on
conviction, forfeit her claim to dower of the estate of her first
husband, and also her distributory share of his personal estate,
which she would be entitled to if he had died intestate, and she

3. Of Im-
porting
felons, con-
victs, or
slaves.

had survived him. * * * 3d. Every commanding officer, cap-
tain or master, of any vessel, who shall be duly convicted of
wilfully importing in the same into this state, from any foreign
country, and not any part of the United States, any felon, con-
vict, or any slave, knowing him or her to be such, and every
person duly convicted of bringing into this state, by land or
water, any negro or mulatto from any foreign country, not a
part of the United States, with intent to sell and dispose of such
negro or mulatto within this state as a slave, shall be sentenced
to undergo a confinement in the said penitentiary for a period of
time not less than one year nor more than five years, to be

4. Of rogues
and
vagabonds.

treated as herein after directed. 4th. If any person shall be
apprehended, having upon him or her any picklock, key, crow,
jack, bit or other implement, with an intent feloniously to break
and enter into any dwelling-house, warehouse, stable or out-
house, or shall have upon him or her any pistol, hanger, cutlass,
bludgeon or other offensive weapon, with intent feloniously to
assault any person, or shall be found in or upon any dwelling-
house, warehouse, stable or out-house, or in any enclosed yard
or garden, or area belonging to an house, with any intent to
steal any goods or chattels, every such person shall be deemed
a rogue and vagabond, and, on being duly convicted thereof, shall
be sentenced to undergo a confinement in the said penitentiary
for a period of time not less than three months nor more than

S. Of fugi-
tive felons,

two years, to be treated as the law prescribes. 5th. Any person
who has been convicted and condemned to serve and labour as
a criminal, and who may escape and be found in this state,
shall be deemed a fugitive felon, and being thereof convicted by
a duly authenticated record from the court of the state in which,
such conviction and condemnation took place, shall be sentenced
to undergo a confinement in the penitentiary of this state for
and during the residue of the term for which such person shall