ART. 16.] PRINCE OEOBGE'S COUNTY. 727

80. The provisions of the preceding section shall not be con-
strued to extend to the case of a slave having a written order
from his master or overseer, or other person in whose employ-
ment he may actually be, with the consent of his owner, or to
negroes employed as wagoners or travellers putting up, or stop-
ping, while travelling through said county.

81. Any person who shall permit any negro to be in his house,
contrary to the provisions of the 79th section of this article,
shall forfeit and pay, for each offence, the sum of fifty dollars,
one-half to the informer and the other half to the county, in case
the negro was free; and one-half to the informer and the other
half to the master, in case such negro was a slave at the time
the offence was committed, to be adjudged and recovered on in-
dictment of the party accused in the Circuit Court.

82. If, on conviction for such offence, the person convicted
shall be unable to pay said fine, the court shall, in their discre-
tion,order such person to be confined in the jail of the county
for a term not exceeding three months.

83. In all prosecutions which may be had under the 81st sec-
tion of this article, if it shall be proven to the satisfaction of the
jury that a free negro or negro slave was in any store or other
house, described in section 79 of this article, within the time
therein prohibited, such evidence shall be sufficient to establish
the fact that such negro was permitted to be there by the pos-
sessor and occupier of such store-house or other house, unless he
shall be able to show by credible testimony that he, his agents
or clerks did not know that such negro was there, or, knowing
,the same, used all necessary means to remove him.

84. Any person who shall, in said county, receive from any
negro any goods, chattels or personal property, shall be con-
sidered as dealing with such negro or mulatto, and shall be sub-
ject to the pains and penalties prescribed by section 81 of this
article; but it shall be lawful to receive of a negro goods and
chattels under such circumstances as by the laws of this State
such property may be bought of a negro, and none other.

88. No negro, whether slave or free, shall assemble at any
house or other place in the fifth election district (commonly
called PiBcataway) of aaid county, under the pretext or for the
purpose of public worship, except from seven o'clock in the fore-