MURDER
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

MUSICIANS
 
 
 

MUSTER
 

MUTE
 
 
 
 

NANTICOKE RIVER
 

NATURALIZATION
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

NAVAL STORES
 

NAVIGATION
 

NEGROES & SLAVES

in the penitentiary not less than 5 nor more
than 18 years,
    Every person convicted of an assault, with intent to
murder, &c. to be sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary
not less than 2 nor more than 10 years,
    Every person, his aiders, &c. convicted of the crime
of breaking a dwelling house in the day time, with intent
to commit murder, &c. thereon, or of breaking a
store house, warehouse, or other out house, in the day,
with an intent to commit murder, &c. therein, to be
sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary not less
than 2 nor more than 10 years,

    In the militia; provisions concerning,
 
 

    See Militia.

    Of militia; directions concerning,
 

    Officers, &c. going to, at, and returning from muster,
privileged from arrest for civil matters,

    Where persons indicted of treason or felony shall
stand mute, or will not answer, the court shall proceed
to trial or judgment as if they had pleaded not guilty,

                                                       N.

    In Dorchester county; the navigation of the north
west branch to be preserved,
—A bridge to be built over, at the Rising Sun,

    Where a free white male female being an alien, intermarries
with a citizen of the United States, and resides
therein, such female to have all the privileges, &c. of a
native born citizen, so as to hold and acquire lands,
tenements, &c. and to transfer them as if born therein,
    All free white persons who emigrated or settled within
this state before the adoption of the constitution of
the United States, and had continued inhabitants,
deemed and declared to be entitled to all the immunities
of natural born citizens, so as to hold real estate,
and transfer the same, &c.
    See Citizens.
    Aliens having emigrated into this state since the adoption
of the constitution of the United States, and acquired
lands or title thereto, and having afterwards become
naturalized, to enjoy such lands, &c. as if naturalized
at the time of acquisition,
—But not to interfere with rights before acquired,

    Punishment for burning, or any magazine thereof.
See Arson.

    The discount or prizes in lotteries to be appropriated
to improving the navigation of the waters of the
state, &c.

    Slaves shall in all cases in which a free negro or mulatto,
or other person of colour, free or freed, is charged
with stealing goods, or with the receipt of stolen
goods, be admitted to give evidence for or against the
person accused,
    Citizens of this state owning slaves hired or employed
in the part of the District of Columbia east of the

  1809      138    4
 

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 ——        —    5

  1811      182  34
                        35
                        36
                        37
 

 ——        —    8
                          9
                        10
                        13

 ——        —  21
 
 

  1809      138  12
 
 

  1807      155
  1818      154
 
 
 
 

  1813      100
 
 

 ——      105
 
 
 
 

  1814        79
 ——        —
 

  1809      138    8
 

  1817      154  18
 
 
 

  1801      109