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JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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1834.
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the provisions of this act, he or they shall forfeit and pay
to the Treasurer of the Western Shore of this State, a sum
not less than twenty, nor more than three hundred dollars,
according to the nature of the offence, and at the discretion
of the Court of Anne Arundel county which may be re
covered in any proper action before said Court.
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CHAP 266
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Sec 3 And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the Attorney General of this State, or his deputy , on the
complaint of any of the officers aforesaid, to prosecute for
all violations of this act
CHAPTER 266
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A supplement to an act, entitled, an act to prevent the unlaw-
ful exportation of Negroes and Mulatoes and to alter
and amend the Laws concerning Runaways, passed at De-
cember session, eighteen hundred and seventeen, chapter one
hundred and twelve
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Passed Mar 18 1835
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Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That the provisions of the second section of the
act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at De
cember session, in the year eighteen hundred and seventeen,
chapter one hundred and twelve, be, and they are hereby
extended to all cases where any person being a resident of
this State, shall purchase or receive, on any contract, any
servant or slave, who is, or may be entitled to freedom after
a term of years, or alter any particular time, or upon any
contingency, knowing that such servant or slave is so enti-
tied to Ireedom, with an intention to transport such servant
or slave out of the State, and to all cases where any person,
being a resident of this State, shall remove such servant or
slave out of this State, and shall sell the same, knowing the
said servant or slave to oe so entitled to fieedom, and all
the provisions of said act are heieby declared to apply to
the case of such person residing in this State, to every ef-
fect, as if such case were originally embraced in the terms
of said second section.
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Sec 2 And be it enacted, That nothing contained in
this act, shall be construed to repeal any part of the act,
passed at December session, eighteen hundred and thirty
three, chapter two hundred and twenty four
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Construed
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