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1833.
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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CHAP. 224.
Compensation
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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for said
corder of fire wood, to charge and receive, six and one-
fourth cents, for each and every cord of fire wood, which
he may be called on to inspect and measure, to be paid by
the seller, and on neglect of the seller to pay the same,
the said corder is hereby authorised to collect the same as
other small debts are collected.
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Oath
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Sec.3. And be it enacted, That before the said corder
of fire-wood, shall proceed to inspect and measure any
fire wood, he shall take the following oath; I. A. B. do
swear on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that I will
inspect and measure fire wood, without favor or partiality;
to the best of my skill and judgment, so help me God.
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CHAPTER 224.
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Passed Mar. 14,1834
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An act relating to persons of Colour, who are to be free
after the expiration of a term of years.
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Courts empowered
to authorise sales
out of the state
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful, from and after
the passage of this act, for the several county courts in
this state to authorise the master or owner of any slave for
a term of years to sell the unexpired time of said slave
when his or her conduct is notoriously vicious and turtu-
lent to any person who will transport such servants beyond
the limits of the state.
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Exception
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See. 2. And be it enacted. That except as to cases of
slaves now imprisoned in consequence of alleged miscon-
duct, the county courts aforesaid, shall require and be sat-
isfied, with the testimony of disinterested witnesses that the
party applying for such grant has distinctly and particular-
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Notification requir-
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ly notified such servants of the existence and effect of this
law, and that this information has failed to correct his or
her habits before they proceed to issue any such grant of
authority.
AND WHEREAS, it is represented to this General Assem-
bly, that negroes and mulattoes held to labor for a term
of years, frequently abscond and thus deprive their own-
ers of the service and labor due them, and who, when by
great effort and expense are reclaimed, it is found by ex-
perience that such negroes or mulattoes have little diffi-
culty in continuing to abscond until the authority of the
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