LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1813.

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to affect any case now depending in any court of law or equity
in this state.

CHAPTER 105.

AN ACT for the benefit of certain persons who emigrated into or settled in
this state before the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.
Other law, 1814, ch. 79.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That all free white persons, who emigrated into, or settled
within the limits of this state, before the adoption of the consti-
tution of the United States of America, and who have continued
and remained inhabitants of this state, shall be deemed, con-
strued, and taken to have been, and they hereby are declared
to have been, and to be respectively entitled, to all and sin-
gular the immunities, privileges, rights and advantages, of
natural born citizens, so far as to enable such persons to
acquire right, title and interest in, and to hold, possess and
enjoy, lands, tenements and real estate, within this state, and to
transmit and transfer the same in the same manner as natural
born citizens of this state ; and all property, real, personal and
mixed, acquired and transferred by, from, through, or under the
said persons, or any of them, or their or any of their descen-
dants, shall be held, possessed, enjoyed or transferred, in like
manner as if the said persons had respectively been and were at
the several times of acquiring and transferring such property
natural born citizens of this state ; and all and every person or
persons whatsoever, being citizens of this or some one of the
United States, claiming any real estate by, from or under, the
said persons first herein before described, or their or any of their
descendants, by gift, grant, purchase, descent or otherwise, shall
hold, possess and enjoy the same, in like manner as if the said
persons had respectively been and were, at the several times of
acquiring and transferring such real estate, natural born citi-

Emigrants
before the
adoption of
the consti-
tution of
the U. S.
to be enti-
tled to the
privileges,
kc. of
t citizens.

zens of this state ; Provided, that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to interfere with or affect the rights of any
person or persons acquired before the passage of this act.

Proviso.

CHAPTER 135.

AN ACT to exempt Spinning Wheels and Looms from Execution and
Distress.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful to
seize or take by distress, or on execution, any spinning wheel
or loom which may be loaned or hired out to any person or
persons, for any house rent or debt due by such person or
persons.

Exemption
from
distress.