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sell or dispose of any servant or slave, who is or may be enti-
tled to freedom after a term of years, or after any particular
time, or upon any contingency, knowing the said servant or
slave to be entitled to freedom as aforesaid, to any person who
shall not be at the time of such sale a bona fide resident of
this state, and who has not been a resident therein for the space
of at least one year next preceding such sale, or to any person
whomsoever who shall be procured, engaged or employed, to
purchase servants or slaves for any other person not being resi-
dent as aforesaid ; and if any person claiming, possessing or
being entitled to such servant or slave, shall sell or dispose of
him or her to any person who is not a resident as aforesaid,
knowing that such person is not a resident as aforesaid, or to
any person who shall be procured, engaged or employed, to
purchase servants or slaves for any other person not being so
resident, knowing the person so buying or receiving such
servant or slave to be so procured, engaged or employed, or
who shall sell or dispose of such servant or slave for a longer
term of years, or for a longer time than he or she is bound to
serve, every such person making any such sale or disposition
contrary to the meaning and intention of this act, shall be liable
to indictment in the county court of the county where such
seller or sellers shall reside, or sale be made, and on conviction
shall be sentenced to undergo confinement iu the penitentiary
for a term not exceeding two years, according to the discretion
of the court ; and such servant or slave who may have been
sold contrary to the provisions of this act, to any person who is
not a resident as aforesaid, or to any person who shall be pro-
cured, engaged or employed, to purchase servants or slaves for
any other person not a resident as aforesaid, shall be sold by
the order of the court for the time he or she may have to serve,
for the benefit of the county where such conviction shall be
had, or for the use of the mayor and city council of Baltimore,
if the conviction shall be had in Baltimore city court.
By 1833, ch. 224, the county courts may authorize refractory servants,
held for a term of years, to be sold out of the state.
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Slaves enti-
tled to
freedom
after a term
of years not
to bo sold
out of the
state.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That if any person who is not a
bona fide resident of this state, and who has not resided therein
for the space of at least one year next preceding such purchase,
shall purchase or receive on any contract any such servant or
slave, who is or may be entitled to freedom as aforesaid, know-
ing that such servant or slave is entitled to freedom as aforesaid,
or if any person whomsoever, who shall be procured, engaged or
employed, to purchase servants or slaves, for any other person
not being resident as aforesaid, shall purchase or receive on any
contract any such servant or slave entitled to freedom an afore-
said, knowing that such servant or slave is entitled to freedom
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Persons not
residing in
the state
may be
punished
for purchas-
ing such.
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