1842

FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR,

CHAP. 32.

erset county, is the owner of sundry slaves, to which
he acquired title by virtue of his marriage with Sarah B.
Upshur of Northampton county, Virginia, and by virtue of
sundry deeds of gift from her father, John Upshur, senior,
of Northampton county aforesaid, as also by the last will and
testament of the said John Upshur, and whereas the said
John Upshur devised to his said daughter, certain real es-
tate in Accomac and Northampton counties, Virginia; and
whereas the said William W. Handy is also the owner of
certain real estate in Somerset county aforesaid, and is de-
sirous to employ the said slaves during some portions of the
year on his said wife's real estate in Accomac and North-
ampton counties aforesaid — therefore,

May employ
or remove said
slaves.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That it shall and may be lawful for the said William W.
Handy of Somerset county aforesaid, to employ any of the
said slaves so required as aforesaid, either in the said coun-
ties of Accomac, Northampton or Somerset, and to remove
them or any of them from one to the other of said counties

Proviso.

at his pleasure; provided nevertheless, that the said William
W. Handy shall first have complied with the provisions of
the act of Assembly, passed at December session eighteen hun-
dred and thirty three, chapter eighty seven, and the several
supplements thereto, requiring the payment of a tax for the
use. of the colonization society, and the filing of a list of said
slave or slaves, with the clerk of Somerset county court.

CHAPTER 32.

Passed Jan.
23, 1843.

An act to allow John M. Carlton, late sheriff and collector
of fees of Allegany county, further time to complete his
collections.

Time exten-
ded.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That John M. Carlton late sheriff and collector of
fees of Allegany county by himself or any person or persons
by him appointed for this purpose, be, and he is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to collect until the last day of De-
cember, eighteen hundred and forty-four, all sums and balan-
ces due him, as sheriff and collector of fees of Allegany
county, in the same manner which the said John M. Carlton
late sheriff and collector of fees of Allegany county could or
might have done within the time limited by law, anything to
the contrary notwithstanding.