|
JOHN FRANCIS MERCER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
CHAP. LXVII.
An Act to appoint Nicholas Carroll, of the City of Annapolis, and
Nicholas Brice, of the City of Baltimore, Trustees for
the Sale of
certain Lands lying in Cecil County, part of the Real
Estate of
James Brice, Esquire, late of the City of Annapolis,
deceased. Lib.
JG No. 4, fol. 272. A Private Act. |
1802.
CHAP. 67.
Passed Jan. 8, 1803. |
_____
|
|
CHAP. LXVIII.
An Act respecting the bringing of Slaves from the District of Columbia
into this State. Lib. JG. No. 4, fol. 275.
A Supplement, December 1813, ch. 56.
See 1804, ch. 89 and ch. 90. November
1812, ch. 76. |
Passed Jan. 8, 1803. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
that at the
time the congress of the United States assumed the jurisdiction over
the district of Columbia, a number of slaves belonging to the citizens
of this state were hired, and otherwise employed to labour,
within the said district, and doubts have arisen whether the owners
of the said slaves could with safety bring the same within the state
of Maryland; |
Preamble. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
it shall and may be lawful for any person, a citizen of this state,
owning any slave or slaves who was or were hired, or otherwise
employed, within that part of the district of Columbia lying east of
the Potomac river, called Washington county, before the congress
of the United States assumed the jurisdiction over the said district,
to bring any such slave or slaves, or their descendants, into the
state of Maryland, without any such slave or slaves, or their descendants,
being by means thereof in any manner entitled to freedom.
By December 1813, ch. 56, any slave removed,
carried or brought from this
state, into Washington county, into the district of Columbia, or into this
state from
the said county, shall not be entitled to freedom provided such slave shall
not
have been carried into the said district from any state or territory except
this state. |
Certain slaves
may be brought
into this state. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall and may
be lawful for
any such owner of any slave or slaves, hired or otherwise employed
in Washington county, of the district aforesaid, since the congress
of the United States assumed the jurisdiction over the same, to
bring into the state any such slave or slaves, and their descendants,
without entitling any of the said slaves, or their descendants, to
their freedom.
See note under section 2. |
Owners of such
slaves may bring
slaves into state. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall and may
be lawful for
any citizen of this state, or of the county of Washington, in the
district of Columbia, owning such slave or slaves, to remove to and
from the said part of the district of Columbia any such slave or
slaves, at the will and pleasure of such owner, without any such
slave or slaves, or any of their descendants, being thereby entitled
to their freedom, any law to the contrary notwithstanding; Provided
nevertheless, that nothing in this act contained shall give power
or authority to any citizen of this state, or of the county of Washington,
in the district of Columbia, to remove such slave or slaves,
or their descendants, from the said district, which shall have been
or may be brought into the said district from any of the United
States, except the state of Maryland.
See note under section 2. |
And remove them.
Proviso. |
|
 |
