LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1818.

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SEC. 13. And be it enacted. That in payment of any debt
due to, or judgment obtained by, a bank or banks in this state,
or by the commissioners which may be appointed under the
provisions of this act, the note or notes of the bank to whom the
debt is due, or by or for whom the judgment has been obtained,
shall be received in payment at the full value contained in the
promise made by said note or notes.

In payment
of debt due
the hank
the notes
thereof to
be received.

CHAPTER 188.
A further SUPPLEMENT to the ACT,* entitled, an Act to establish Pilots and
regulate their Fees.
Repealed by 1823, ch. 176.

CHAPTER 189.

AN ACT authorizing the Judges of the Orphans Court to bind out the
Children of free Negroes and Mulattoes.
See notes to the original Jaw, ante page 294.

*1803, ch-.
63,

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the judges of the orphans court of the several counties in
this state, are authorized in their discretion, on information
being given, or whenever it comes to their own knowledge, that
there are any child or children of free negroes or mulattoes not
at service or learning a trade, or employed in the service of
their parents, to bind and put out such child or children to some
useful trade or service, on the same terms and conditions that
orphan children are now subject to be bound out, only that the
term of service of a female may be extended to the age of
eighteen years; and that the judges aforesaid may require as a
condition in any indenture, that the said child or children
shall be taught to read or write, or in lieu thereof a sum not
exceeding thirty dollars shall be allowed in addition to the free-
dom dues required by law.

Orphans
court au-
thorized to
bind out
such
children.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That before the said judges shall
proceed to bind out any child or children of the description
aforesaid, they shall cause a summons to be issued, requiring
the parent or parents of such child or children to appear before
the said judges on the day when it is intended to bind out such
child or children, and that the said judges shall in all cases con-
sult and gratify the inclination of the parent or parents of such
child or children, in respect to their choice of a master or mis-
tress, so far as it may seem just and reasonable.

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Before
binding
them out to
summon
parents to
appear, &c.