LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1823.

793

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That :
the fourth and fifth sections of the above recited act, be, and the
same are hereby repealed, as far as the same relates to the sale
or disposition of foreign gold or silver coin.
The 4th and 5th sections of the act of 1818, eh. 191, ante page 699, are
noted as repealed. They ought to have been noted as modified by this act,
which does not repeal the 4th and 5th sections of 1818, ch. 191 entirely,
but only so far as they restrict the sale or disposition of foreign gold or
silver coin. These sections are therefore restored to this compilation.

DECEMBER, 1818.— CHAPTER 191.

Repeal.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any
of the banks of this state, nor of any of the officers thereof,
either directly or indirectly, to sell or dispose of any gold or
silver coined, for a price or sum more than the standard value
thereof, and any bank, or any officer thereof, so offending, shall
forfeit and pay a sum of money equal to double the amount of
the gold or silver so sold or disposed of.

Banks not
to dispose
of any gold
or stiver
coined for a
price more
than the
standard
value
thereof.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any
person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, to ask, demand or
receive, from any of the several incorporated banks of this state,
any gold or silver with the intent or design to make sale thereof,
or to obtain a premium therefor; and any person or persons, or
officer or officers of any body politic or corporate, who shall be
duly convicted of receiving from any of the banks of this state,
any gold or silver, contrary to the provisions of this section,
such person or persons, officer or officers, shall forfeit and pay a
sum of money equal to double the amount of the gold or silver
so received as aforesaid.

CHAPTER 151.

AN ACT to exempt from distress for rent, Negro Slaves or Servants which
are not bona fide the property of the person liable to such rent.

Penalty on
persons re-
ceiving
from any
bank any
gold or
silver with
intent to
sell the
same, or to
obtain a
premium
therefor.

WHEREAS, it is manifestly unjust that any persons property
should be taken to pay rent that he does not owe ; yet from
the difficulty of discrimination and the liability to abuses in
other species and descriptions of property, it is deemed proper
to only exempt negro slaves and servants, and inasmuch as
very many widows and orphans are exposed to this injustice,
who derive their support from the wages of slaves whom they
hire out ; for remedy thereof,

Preamble.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
from and after the passage of this act, no negro slave or servant
shall be liable to be distrained, or shall at any time be distrained
for house rent, or any other rent unless such slave shall bona
fide belong to such person or persons, as may be lawfully liable
to, or chargeable with such rent.
100

Exemption
of slaves.