1840.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 112.

proved of by said clerk, and conditioned in the penalty of one
thousand dollars, for the faithful and safe return of the said ne-
gro girl Miriam, to the State of Maryland, by the said Chris-
tian Tabler, his executors, administrators or assigns, at of
immediately after the termination of her term of service,
if she shall desire to return.

District attor-
ney directed to
institute suit, in
the event of her
not being re-
turned.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in case the said negro
girl Miriam, if living and desirous to return, shall not be
faithfully and safely returned to the State of Maryland by
the said Christian Tabler, his executors, administrators or
assigns, at or immediately after the expiration of her term
of service, it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney
of the county in which the said Christian Tabler, or his se-
curity, or either of them, or his or their, or either of their
heirs, executors or administrators shall or may reside, to
institute a suit upon the information of any person or per-
sons whatsoever, and a copy of said bond certified under
the seal of Frederick county, shall be evidence in said suit;
and the money due on said bond, when recovered, shall, by
the sheriff of the county in which the same shall be made,
be paid over to the clerk of the county court of the coun-
ty in which it shall be recovered, and by him paid to the
treasurer of the western shore of Maryland, for the use of
the colonization society.

Shall not return
in case she re-
sides in a free
state.

Proviso.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted; That nothing in this act con-
tained, shall be construed to authorise the said negro girl to
return to this State, if prior to such return, and lor twelve
months after the term of service shall have expired, she
shall have resided in any non-slaveholding State; and it is
also provided, that the authority by this act conferred upon
the said negro girl to return to this State, shall not extend
beyond twelve months from the time at which her term of
service shall expire.

Clerk's duty.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the clerk or register, where the said negro's right to free-
dom may be recorded, to furnish her, before her removal,
at the expense of her said master, with a certified copy of
the record under which she may hereafter be free.

CHAPTER 112.

Passed Feb. 23,
1841.

Time extended.

An act for the benefit of the Baltimore and Susquehanna
Rail Road Company.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the time limited by the act, entitled an act to authorise the