GEORGE HOWARD, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
|
1831.
|
color now free, and such as shall hereafter become so, to
|
CHAP. 281.
|
the colony of Liberia, in Africa, or such other place or
|
 
|
places, out of the limits of this state, as they may approve
|
 
|
of, and the person or persons so to be removed, shall con-
|
 
|
sent to go to, according to the provisions of this act, and to
|
 
|
provide for their establishment and support as far as neces-
|
 
|
sary, and to discharge the other duties requited of them by
|
 
|
this act; and before the said managers shall proceed to act,
|
 
|
they shall severally give bond to the state of Maryland, in
|
Bond required.
|
the penalty of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for their
|
 
|
faithful accounting for all monies that may come to their
|
 
|
hands; which bond shall be approved by one of the judges
|
 
|
of Baltimore county court, and sent to the treasurer of the
|
 
|
western shore of this state.
|
 
|
Sec. 2. And be it enacted. That it shall be the duty of the
|
Treasurer directed
|
treasurer of the western shore, to pay to the board of man-
|
to pay to their
orders.
|
agers, to be appointed as hereinafter directed, such sums as
|
 
|
they shall, from time to time, require, not exceeding in all,
|
 
|
the sum of twenty thousand dollars during the present year,
|
Not exceeding;
|
to be applied by them as they, in their discretion, shall think
|
$20,000 this year
to be applied td
|
best, in removing or causing to be removed, such slaves as
|
defray expenses of
removing &c.
|
may hereafter become free, and such people of color as are
|
 
|
now free, and may be willing to remove out of the state to
|
 
|
the colony of Liberia, on the coast of Africa, or to such
|
 
|
other place or places, out of the limits of the state, as they
|
 
|
may think best, and as the said persons to be removed, so
|
 
|
may consent to go to, in the manner hereinafter provided;
|
 
|
and the said board may, from time to time, make such pre-
|
 
|
parations at the said colony of Liberia, or elsewhere, as
|
Preparations for
reception at Libe-
|
they may think best, which shall seem to them expedient
|
ria.
|
for the reception and accommodation and support of the
|
 
|
said persons so to be removed, until they can be enabled to
|
 
|
support themselves, and shall also take such measures as
|
 
|
may seem to them necessary and expedient to obtain and
|
 
|
place before the people of color of the state of Maryland,
|
 
|
full and correct information of the condition and circum-
|
Diffuse informa-
|
stances of the colony of Liberia, or such other place or
|
tion respecting
Liberia.
|
places, to which they may recommend their removal, and
|
 
|
shall return a faithful account of all their expenditures of
|
 
|
the said sums, and make a full report of all their proceed-
|
 
|
ings to the next general assembly of this state.
|
 
|
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall hereafter be the
|
Clerks of courts
|
duty of every clerk of a county in this state, whenever a
|
and registers of
wills to furnish
|
deed of manumission shall be left in his office for record,
|
said board with
copies of all manu-
|
and of every register of wills, in every county of this
|
missions &c.
|
state, whenever a will, manumitting a slave or slaves, shall
|
 
|
be admitted to probate, to send within five days thereafter,
|
 
|