| 1787.
CHAP.
XVI.
Justices to levy
money, &c. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
XXIII. And be
it enacted, That the justices of the said counties respectively,
until the end of the year seventeen hundred and ninety, shall and they
are hereby empowered
and directed to levy annually, in the usual manner, in their respective
county,
exclusive of the money to be levied for the building and providing for
the poor-houses,
such sums of money as shall, to the trustees of the poor in said counties
respectively, appear proper and necessary for the subsistence and accommodation
of their poor, not exceeding three shillings and nine-pence in the hundred
pounds;
which said sums, when collected, shall be paid by the collector to
the order of
such trustees, or the major part of them, under their common seal, who
are
hereby authorised and required to receive and apply the same to the use
and purposes
as is directed to be done in the ninth clause of the above recited act. |
Passed December
16. |
CHAP. XVII.
An ACT concerning pardons. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it hath been doubted whether conditions
contained in pardons
of offenders capitally convicted are effectual, nor is any provision
made by law to reconcile the interest of the owner of a convicted
slave with a conditional pardon on departing the state: |
Governor
may pardon
on condition,
&c. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, and it is hereby
declared, That the governor of this state may, in his discretion, grant
to any
offender capitally convicted a pardon, on condition contained therein,
and that
such condition is and shall be effectual as a condition, according to the
intent
thereof. |
Slaves being
pardoned on
condition,
sheriff to take
security, &c. |
III. And be
it enacted, That if such offender shall be a slave, and the condition
of such pardon shall be on leaving this state, or on transportation, the
governor may direct the sheriff, in whose custody such offender shall be,
to contract
and take proper security for the transportation of such slave, agreeably
to
the condition of his pardon; and the sheriff my either sell such slave
subject to
such condition, or empower some other person to sell him in the place to
which
he shall be transported, for the benefit of the state, and the owner of
such slave
shall be paid as if the same slave had been executed. |
Persons pardoned
may be
arrested on
returning,
&c. |
IV. And be it
enacted, That if any person, pardoned on condition of leaving
this state, shall return contrary thereto, such person may be arrested
by warrant
from any judge or justice of the peace, and if, on examination, it shall
appear
to such judge or justice, that there is reasonable ground to believe that
the person
arrested is the same person who was convicted and pardoned, and that
he returned
contrary to the terms of such pardon, he shall be committed to close custody
in the prison of the county where arrested, and the sheriff shall bring
him
before the general court, or the county court, which shall first happen
after such
commitment, and if, on appearing, such person shall acknowledge himself
to be
the same person convicted and pardoned on condition of leaving the state,
and
that he returned contrary thereto, the court shall record such confession,
and proceed
to pass such judgment as the law requires for the crime committed, and
if
the person shall deny that he is the same person convicted and pardoned
on condition,
or that he returned contrary thereto, the court shall direct the fact to
be
tried by a jury with all convenient speed, and if they find against the
person,
the court shall pass such judgment as the law required for the crime committed. |
Passed December
16. |
CHAP. XVIII.
An ACT for the relief of the poor of Cæcil county. |
An alms-house
to be
erected, &c. |
BE it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That an alms and
work-house shall be erected in Cæcil county, at such place as the
trustees
hereafter named, or a major part of them, may direct; and, until money
can be procured for erecting the necessary buildings, the said trustees,
or a major
part of them, may rent convenient buildings in said county for the purpose
aforesaid. |
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