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CHAP. 79.
Not to prevent the
erection of bridges. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That this act, or any
thing herein contained,
shall not hinder, or be construed to hinder or prevent, the
erecting, or causing to be erected, any bridge or bridges over said
river Monocacy, with convenient arches for admitting of boats, and
other vessels of burthen, passing through the same, with the least
obstruction that may be. |
Act to be given
in charge to grand
jury. |
8. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of Frederick
county court, at every term, to give this act in charge to the grand
jury. |
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Passed Jan. 4, 1807. |
CHAP. LXXX.
An Act annulling the Marriage of Sally Lutig, of the City of Baltimore.
Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 275. |
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Passed Jan. 4, 1807. |
CHAP. LXXXI.
An Act to restrain the evil practices arising from Negroes keeping
Dogs, and to prohibit them from carrying Guns or offensive
weapons.
Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 275.
See 1805, ch. 80. |
Negroes prohibited
from keeping
dogs or guns, &c. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
after the first day of May next, it shall not be lawful for any negro
or mulatto within the state to keep any dog, bitch or gun, except
he be a free negro or mulatto, and in that case he may be permitted
to keep one dog, provided such free negro or mulatto shall obtain
a licence from a justice of the peace for that purpose, and that
the said licence shall be in force for one year, and no longer, and if
any dog or bitch owned by any negro, not possessed of such licence,
shall be seen going at large, it shall and may be lawful for any
person to kill the same, and in case of any suit instituted therefor, the
person or persons killing the said dog or bitch may plead the general
issue, and give this act in evidence. |
Free negroes prohibited
going a
large with a gun,
&c.
Proviso. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, That after the said first
day of May
next, it shall not be lawful for any free negro or mulatto to go at
large with any gun, or other offensive weapon; and in case any free
negro or mulatto shall be seen going at large carrying a gun, or
offensive weapon, he shall be liable to be carried before any
magistrate, in virtue of a warrant to be issued by any justice of the
peace, directed to a constable of the county, and on conviction of
having violated the provisions of this section of the act, such offender
shall thereupon forfeit, to the use of the informant, such gun,
or other offensive weapon, which shall thus have been found in his
or her possession, and be subject to the payment of the costs which
shall have accrued in such prosecution; Provided, that nothing in
this act shall extend to prevent any free negro or mulatto from carrying
a gun, or other offensive weapon, who shall, at the time of
his carrying the same, have a certificate from a justice of the peace,
that he is an orderly and peaceable person, which certificate shall
be in force for one year from the date thereof, and no longer. |
Constable to visit
suspected places,
&c. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of the constable
of every hundred to repair once a month, and oftener if information
be given him of tumultuous meetings of mulattoes, negroes
or slaves, to all suspected places within his hundred, and if he shall
find any mulatto or negro, not a slave, at any such meeting, it shall
be the duty of the constable forthwith to carry such mulatto or negro, |
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