THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR
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1835.
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SEC. 2. And be if enacted, That the several courts
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of this state having jurisdiction over crimes, shall
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CHAP. 201.
Jurisdiction of
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within their respective jurisdiction have cognizance
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such crimes
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of the crimes hereinbefore declared and enacted as in
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other cases.
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SEC. 3, And be it enacted, That the judges cf the
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Free Negroes pre-viously senten-
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several courts in the state having criminal jurisdiction,
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ced to the Peni-tentiary and
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shall upon the conviction of any free negro or mulatto,
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found guilty of second offence.
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inquire into the fact whether such negro or mulatto
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&c. may be sold out of the State
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has been previously sentenced to undergo confinement
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jn the penitentiary, and if any court shall find to their
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satisfaction that any such convict has been previously
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sentenced at any former term of any court or courts
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of this state, to confinement therein, that then it shall
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be lawful for such court to order such negro or mulatto
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to be sold, at the discretion of the court, for a term of
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years, without the limits of the state, and the proceeds
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Proceeds applied
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thereof, after defraying the expenses of prosecution,
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shall be paid into the public treasury.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That one moiety of all
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Fines had forfeit-ures in Baltimore
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fines and forfeitures adjudged by or accruing in Balti-
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city court— hoe
disposed of
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more city court, when and as hereafter secured by the
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Sheriff of Baltimore county, shall be paid to the May-
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or and City Council of Baltimore, and that out of such
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funds the judges of said Court may order and direct to
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be paid to the Attorney General, or to any or either of
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his deputies, such additional fees, not exceeding thirty
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dollars in any one case, in cases of extraordinary du-
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ration or trouble, as they shall deem just and reason-
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able, and provided further, that this section shall not
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