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education thus secured to the several counties and the city of
Baltimore.

15*. After such notification, if any vacancy shall exist in con-
sequence of the Orphans' Court of any of the counties not
having any beneficiary to recommend, then the trustees of the
said college shall be entitled only to a pro rata amount of the
fifteen hundred dollars, according to the number of pupils actually
educated for the State as hereinbefore provided.

16*. The trustees of the Baltimore Female College shall send a
report of the condition of the said institution to the General
Assembly at each session of the legislature, and a report to the
Governor of the State each year in which the legislature is not
in session.

ARTICLE LXXXV.
Seaman.

SEC. 1. Any person, either on shipboard or on shore, who shall
harbor or secrete, or who shall in any way assist in harboring or
secreting, a seaman who shall have signed shipping articles to
proceed on a voyage, or who shall persuade, or in any manner
cause such seaman to desert or disregard the articles which he has
signed, shall on conviction be punished by a fine and imprison-
ment, at the discretion of the judge who tries the case; the fine
to be not less than fifty dollars nor more than three hundred
dollars, and the imprisonment to be not less than one month nor
more than six months.

2. Any justice of the peace may, on complaint on oath being
made by the master of a vessel, or some person in his behalf, that
a seaman or boy apprenticed has deserted from his vessel, and
that he is harbored, secreted or detained, issue a warrant under
his hand and seal to cause search to be made in any place wherein
the said seaman or apprentice is supposed to be harbored or se-
creted; and shall cause such seaman or apprentice when found to
be delivered to the master of the vessel to which he belonged, or
the person acting in his behalf.