1826,

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 171.

board; and to pass all such by-laws, and make all Such rules and
regulations, and the same from time to time to alter or annul, as
shall be necessary to the full exercise of the powers hereby
granted and mentioned, and all other powers vested in the said
directors, or in the president and directors of the Firemen's In-
surance Company of Baltimore, by the act to which this is a
Supplement

Repeal

2. And be if enacted, That all such parts of the act to
which this is a supplement, as are inconsistent with the provi-
sions herein contained, shall be and the same is hereby repealed.

Passed Mar 8 1827

CHAP. CLXXtl.
An Act making appropriations for the benefit of the American Colonizati-
on Society.

Preamble

WHEREAS the people and government of this state have wit-
nessed with deep interest the exertions of the American Coloni-
zation Society, to promote and carry into effect the great and
laudable objects of their association: And whereas this legisla-
ture do most highly approve of the scheme of African coloni-
zation, set on foot by said society, and believe it to be the only
one which can promise practical benefit to the country, or to that
class of the community which it is intended to relieve ; There-
fore,

Sum authorised to
be paid for use of
society

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland
That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby au-
thorised and directed, to pay to the order of the treasurer of the
American Colonization Society, for the use of said society, the
sum of one thousand dollars, out of any unappropriated monies
which shall be in the treasury at the time of the passage of this

Proviso

act; Provided, that the treasurer of the said shore shall be sa-
tisfied that the said sum will be expended for the benefit of free
people of colour who have been actual residents of this state for
twelve months previous to the time of their embarkation.

Annual payment

of 1000 dollars au-
thorised

2. And be it enacted. That the said treasurer is hereby au-
thorised to pay to the order of the treasurer of the societv a-
foresaid, the sum of one thousand dollars for the use of said so-
ciety, in the month of January in the year eighteen hundred
and twenty-eight, and the like sum at the same time in each

Proviso

successive year thereafter; Provided, that after the present year
no payment shall be made under the authority of this act, un-
less the officers of said society shall present satisfactory proof to
the said treasurer of the western shore, that the whole of the ap-
propriation of the preceding year, or such parts thereof as may
have been expended, has been applied towards the colonization,
on the coast of Africa, of free people of colour, who had been
actual residents of this state for twelve months preceding the
time of their embarkation; And provided further, that the
appropriation shall be extended to the applicants for colonizati-
on from each of the counties, and the city of Baltimore, in the
ratio of applications.