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The Maryland Code : Public General Laws and Public Local Laws, 1860
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228 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 30.

any free person, or any person entitled to freedom at or after a
certain age, period or contingency, knowing such person to be
free, or entitled to freedom as aforesaid, with intent to have such
person carried out of this State, shall be sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for not less than two nor more than ten years.

93. Every person, his counsellors, aiders or abettors, who shall
be convicted of kidnapping, and forcibly or fraudulently stealing,
taking, or carrying away, any white child under the age of sixteen
years, shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than five
years nor more than twelve years.

94. No person shall sell or dispose of any servant or slave, who
is or may be entitled 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 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 a
resident as aforesaid; and if any person claiming, possessing, or
being entitled to such servant or slave, shall sell or dispose of
him 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 ser-
vants or slaves for any other person not being so resident, know-
ing 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 is bound to serve, he shall, on conviction, be sentenced
to the penitentiary for not less than eighteen months nor more
than 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 section to any person who 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 a resident as aforesaid, shall be sold by order of the court for
the time he may have to serve, for the benefit of the county or
city where such conviction shall be had.

95. 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

 

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