1835.

LAWS OF MARYLAND

which account shall contain the specific items charged,

CHAP. 173

with an affidavit annexed thereto that he hath not, nor

hath any other person or persons, acting under him

whilst Sheriff, nor since, recorded any part thereof or

satisfaction for the same to the best of his knowledge

Affidavits

and belief; Provided, that if any person against whom

the said Benjamin G. Cole shall have a claim as afore-

said, shall produce a receipt or make affidavit before

any justice of the peace of said county, that he or she

believes the same to be unjust, or that the same had

Accounts in bar

been paid at any previous time, it shall forever bar

such claim.

CHAPTER 172.

Passed Mar. 22,1836

An act to authorise George A. Diggs, to bring into this

State, a negro slave.

Permission granted

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That from and after the passage of this act it shall and

may he lawful for George A. Diggs, of Prince George's

county, in this State, to bring into the said State a ne-

gro woman, Kitty, a slave for life; Provided, the said

George A. Diggs shall in all respects comply with the

provisions of the fourth section of an act passed at

December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-one,

chapter three hundred and twenty-one, and also with

the provisions of an act passed at December session,

eighteen hundred and twenty-three, chapter eighty-

seven.

CHAPTER 173.

Passed Mar.22, 1836

An act to continue in force the acts of Assembly which

would expire with the present session of the General

Assembly.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

Expiring acts con-tinued

That all such acts or parts of acts, as would expire

with the present session of the General Assembly, be

and the same are hereby re-enacted and continued in