JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1832.

CHAPTER 190.

CHAP. 191.

An act to make valid certain Records therein named.

Passed Mar.12,1833

WHEREAS, a certain Elijah Moore, now of the State of
Ohio, died about the year eighteen hundred and twelve,
while residing in the Town of Alexandria, District of Co-
lumbia, convey to a certain Richard Rock, of said place, a
negro girl by the name of Milly Jinkins, a native of the
State of Maryland, by a regular bill of sale; which instru-
ment expressly stated that said negro was to serve said
Rock for the term of ten years, and then to be free; AND
WHEREAS, said Rock has furnished a certificate setting
forth the above facts, under oath, with the seal of the Cor-
poration of said Town affixed, the original instrument be-
ing lost; AND WHEREAS, the said Elijah Moore did execute,
on the sixth day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty,
in the State of Ohio, a deed of manumission, freeing said
negro, which instrument was signed in the presence of two
subscribing witnesses — Therefore,

Preamble

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the said deed of manumission and certificate be ad-
mitted to record as valid in the Court of Anne Arundel
county, and that the said Milly Jinkins shall enjoy all the
privileges of a free person of colour in this State; Provided,
that nothing herein contained shall be so construed or ta-
ken as to interfere with any right of said Moore to said ne-
gro, or the right of any person or persons lawfully claiming
under him.

Manumission con-

singed

CHAPTER 191.

An act for the benefit of William S. Jenkins, of the City of

Baltimore.

Passed Mar. 1, 1833

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Commissioners of Insolvent Debtors for the City
and County of Baltimore, be, and they are hereby author-
ized and empowered to grant to William S. Jenkins of the

Insolvent laws

extended to.

City of Baltimore, the benefit of the several acts of Assem-
bly passed for the relief of insolvent debtors; Provided, the
said William S. Jenkins shall, in all respects, (except that
of proving residence) comply with the requisitions of said
acts of Assembly, and that he satisfy said Commissioners

Proviso