FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 1841.
CHAPTER 40.                               chap. 41.

An act to authorize Martha F. Mason, of the District of Columbia, to hold and retain in this Stale, negro girl Jane.	Passed Jan 27, 1842.
Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall be lawful for Martha F. Mason, of the District of Columbia, to hold and retain in this State, as a slave for life, a negro girl named Jane, who is now within	May retain slave in this State.
this State; provided, that the said Martha F. Mason, shall within thirty days after the passage of this act, make affi- davit before some justice of the peace of Anne Arundel county, and have the same filed in the office of the clerk of Anne Arundel county, of her intention to become a resident of this State; and provided also, that the said Martha F. Mason, shall within the time aforesaid, file with the said clerk a list of said slave, with an affidavit thereto attached that the same is a true and faithful list of said slave, and that she, the said Martha F. Mason, has not brought or re- moved said slave into this State for sale, and that the said negro Jane is a slave for life; provided, that the said Martha F. Mason, pay the sum of fifteen dollars to the clerk of said county, at the time of giving said list, to be paid over to the Treasurer of the Western Shore, for the use and benefit of the Colonization Society.	Provisoes

CHAPTER 41.
An act for the relief of James Price, Register of Wills, for Talbot County.	Passed Jan 26, 1843.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for James Price, Register of Wills, of Talbot county, to renew his bond as register aforesaid, with sufficient sureties, on or before the first day of August next, and the orphans' court are hereby directed to approve or reject the same, in the same manner they might, or could have done if the said bond had been renew- ed and presented to them at the time fixed by law for the renewing of registers bonds, and the said bond so executed and approved, shall have the same effect in law as if the same had been renewed on or before the first day of Au- gust last past, and the said James Price, is hereby relieved from any penalties which may have been incurred by his	Further time to bond