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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1817.

Lotteries
entitled to
draw in
succession
and con-
solidated,
how to be
drawn.

* SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That should the managers of two
lotteries entitled to draw in immediate succession, agreeably to
the provisions of this act, agree to consolidate either by them-
selves, or together, with the managers of one or more lotteries,
then and in that case such consolidated lottery shall be entitled
to the same length of time to propose their scheme, prepare to
draw, and draw said lottery, as the said two lotteries entitled to
draw in immediate succession would have been entitled to, had
they been drawn separately.

CHAPTER 222.

*1816, ch.
219.

Section
repealed.

AN ACT to repeal the third section of an Act,* entitled, an Act to suppress
Duelling.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
from and after, the passage of this act, that the third section of
an act, entitled, an act to suppress duelling, be and the same is
hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 226.

AN ACT relative to German and Swiss Redemptioners.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, it has been found that German and Swiss emi-
grants, who for the discharge of the debt contracted for their
passage to this country, are often obliged to subject themselves
to temporary servitude, are frequently exposed to cruel and
oppressive impositions by the masters of the vessels in which
they arrive, and likewise by those to whom they become
servants,

A register
to be
appointed.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the governor and council be and they are hereby autho-
rized, annually to appoint, in every port of entry in this state,
some trustworthy person, skilled in the German and English
languages, as register of all deeds for the apprenticeship, or for
the servitude of German or Swiss emigrants, arriving from
foreign parts at such port or place.

His duty.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of said
register, after he shall have taken an oath, to be administered by
the clerk of the county court of the county wherein he shall
reside, that he will faithfully execute the duties of his office,
without prejudice, or partiality, to open an office, to draw up, as
from time to time he may be required, and to see to the due and
legal execution of the instrument, of writing regulating the
apprenticeship of every German or Swiss redemptioner, who
shall after the passage of this law arrive within such port or
place of this state, from beyond sea; and no indenture or
writing relating to such apprenticeship shall be of any avail,
unless the same be drawn up by said register, or be by him
approved of.