JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1832.

and it shall be lawful for them to receive therefor, from the
person or persons presenting the said list or other paper,
the same fees they would be entitled to in other like cases.

CHAP. 318.

Sec 8. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contain-

this is a supplement, nor of any other law, unless utterly in-
consistent with it.

Not construed to

repeal.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That in all cases where the wife
or the husband of, or the male or female united in wedlock
with any slave, held and owned in this State by any citizen
thereof, shall be a slave owned and possessed by an inhab-
itant of any adjoining state, district or territory, it shall
and may be lawful for the owner aforesaid of such wife or

Where wife or hus-

band of a slave in

this staes resides

in adjoining state,
&c

-husband,.o'r person united in wedlock, to purchase, import,
and bring into this state, from such adjoining state, dis-
trict or territory, the said wife, husband, or person: Provi-
ded, the solemnization of the marriage ceremony between
such slaves, according to the form of some one of the
churches or religious communities of this state, and by a
minister of such church or religious community be proved
by the affidavit in writing of the person so purchasing such
slave, or by the affidavit of some other creditable whiteper-
son, and left to be recorded with the clerk of the county
court, of the county into which such slave shall be introdu-
ced, within thirty days from the day on which such slave

The owner &c

may purchase and

bring in the wife

husband &c

If marriage regu-

larly colemnized

shall have been brought into this state; and provided also,
such marriage ceremony shall have been performed before
the passage of the act aforesaid, passed at December ses-
sion, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, chapter three hun-
dred and twenty-three.

Prior to passage of
act of 1831.

CHAPTER 318.

A further supplement to an act, entitled, an act to repeal an
act, entitled, an act to create a Board of Public Works,
passed at December session, eighteen hundred and twenty-
five, chapter one hundred and sixty six.

Passed Mar.23, 1833

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act,
the Governor, by and with the consent of the Council, be
and he is hereby authorised and required, to appoint three

Governor & coun-

cil to appoint three

persons to repre-

sent the State

suitable persons to represent the State of Maryland, at all
future meetings of the stockholders of any and all joint

In meeting of joint