Maryland, now in force.
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Anchoring of the Vessel within this Province, any Law
or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
XVI. No Indenture made by any Servant
during the
time of his Service, shall any ways oblige such Servant
for longer time, than by his first Indenture, or determination
of the Court, shall be limited. Provided this
Act shall not give any benefit to any Negro or Slave.
XVII. For all Runaway Servants or Slaves
that shall
be taken up in Pensilvania or Virginia, and from thence
brought into this Province, and deliver'd to a Magistrate,
the person who brings them shall have paid him
by the Owner of such a Runaway 400 l. of Tobacco and
Cask, or 40 s. in Money; except Servants or Runaways
brought from Accomack into Somerset County, or from
the side of Virginia next the River Potomack; and for
such, only 200 l. of Tobacco, or 20 s. And such Runaway,
when free, shall make satisfaction by Service or
otherwise, more than 10 days for one, as the Court shall
adjudge, &c.
XVIII. If any Master, Mistress, or Overseer
of any
Servant, shall deny sufficient Meat and Drink, Lodging
and Cloathing, or unreasonably labour them beyond
their Strength, or debar them of necessary Rest and
Sleep, the same being sufficiently proved in the County
Court, the Justices may fine such Offender for the first
and second Offence as they please, not exceeding 1000 l.
of Tobacco to the King; and for the third offence, set
such Servant so wrong'd at Liberty, and free from Servitude.
XIX. All Negroes and other Slaves imported
into this
Province, and their Children, shall be Slaves during
their Natural Lives.
XX. Any White Woman, free or Servant,
that suffers
herself to be begot with Child, by a Negro, or other
Slave, or Free Negro; such Woman, if free, shall become
a Servant for 7 years; if a Servant, shall serve 7
years longer than her first term of Service: If the Negro
that begot the Child be free, he shall serve 7 years, to
be adjudged by the Justices of the County Court, and
the Issue of such Copulations shall be Servants till they
arrive at the Age of 31 years. And any White Man
that shall get a Negro Woman with Child (whether
free or Servant) shall undergo the same Penalties as
White Women. All which Servitudes by this Act imposed
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