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CHAP. 79.
Any corporation
may subscribe for
stock in the company. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
31. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall and may
be lawful for
any corporation or body politic in the United States to become subscribers
for stock in said company, in the same manner as individuals
may become subscribers and stockholders therein, and transfers
of stock in said company may be made by corporations or
bodies politic of their stock in said company, in such manner as the
said company shall and may from time to time, by their laws, direct
and appoint. |
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Passed Jan. 25, 1806. |
CHAP. LXXX.
An Act to prevent Free Negroes from selling any Corn, Wheat or
Tobacco, without having a Licence for that purpose from
a Justice
of the Peace. Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 115.
See 1806, ch. 81. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS great inconvenience is felt in this state
in consequence
of free negroes receiving stolen corn, wheat and tobacco, from
slaves, and selling the same as the production of their own labour;
therefore, |
No free negro to
sell corn, &c.
without a certificate. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
from and after the first of May next, no free negro shall sell any
corn, wheat or tobacco, unless, at the time of his or her so selling
the said article or articles, he or she shall be possessed of a certificate,
under the hand and seal of a justice of the peace of said county,
that he or she is a peaceable and orderly person, and of good
character, which certificate shall be of force for one year and no
longer. |
Penalty on free
negroes so offending. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, that if any free negro
shall act contrary
to the provisions of this act, the person so offending shall incur
the penalty of five dollars for every such offence, one half to the
informer, the other half to be applied to the use of the county, and
to be recovered as other fines and forfeitures, before a justice of the
peace in the county where such offence shall be committed. |
Penalty on persons
buying of free
negroes contrary
to this act. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That any person who
shall purchase or
receive from any free negro any corn, wheat or tobacco, contrary
to the provisions of this act, shall forfeit and pay, for every offence,
the sum of ten dollars, one half to the informer, the other half to
be applied to the use of the county in which such offence was committed,
and to be recovered and applied in the same manner as
other fines and forfeitures are by this law directed to be recovered
and applied. |
Justices, &c. to
give information. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of every justice
of the peace, sheriff and constable, to give information of every
violation of this act that shall come to his knowledge. |
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Passed Jan. 25, 1806.
* Ch. 104. |
CHAP. LXXXI.
A Supplement to the act, entitled, An act for the relief of sundry
Insolvent
Debtors, passed at November session, eighteen hundred
and
three. * Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 116.
Respecting the petition of Winston
Smith. See the note under 1803, ch. 104. |
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Passed Jan. 25, 1806. |
CHAP. LXXXII.
An Act to restrain the evil practices of certain persons within
this
State. Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 117. |
Penalty on persons
mixing corn
meal with wheat
flour. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
if any person or persons, after the passage of this act, mix, |
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