LAWS OF MARYLAND.

1843

her identity and right to freedom under such deed of
manumission or last will and testament.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That in all cases where
extracts from wills or deeds of manumission shall be made,
as by this act, provided, the said extract shall be full and
entire, so far as any thing, in such will or deed of manu-
mission contained shall refer to, or affect, or limit the
rights of the party, for whose benefit such extract shall

CHAP. 150.

Extract to be
full.

be intended.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the clerk or register, as the case may be, of Howard
District, to record all such copies or extracts as aforesaid,
under which they shall respectively issue certificates of
freedom.

Clerk to re-
cord.

CHAPTER 149.

An act to authorise the Commissioners of the tax for Dor-
chester county, to appoint annually a Constable for the
town of Vienna in said county, and to legalize the offi -

Passed Feb.
21, 1844.

cial acts of Samuel Webb, of said county.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act,
the commissioners of the tax in and for Dorchester coun-
ty, be, and they are hereby authorized and directed, to
appoint annually a Constable for the town of Vienna, in.
said county, who shall reside in the said town, and who
shall be authorized to exercise all the functions of consta-
ble and to the same extent as constables resident of

Commission-
ers to appoint
Constable.

other towns or districts in said county.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That all and singular of the offi-
cial acts of Samuel Webb, informally appointed constable by
the commissioners of the tax for Dorchester county, be,
and they are hereby made as legal and to the same extent
in every respect, as are the acts of other constables who
were appointed at the same term by the said commissioners
of the tax in perfect conformity to law.

Made legal.

CHAPTER 150.

An act for the benefit of Evan L. Crawford of Carroll
County.
WHEREAS it has been represented to this general as-
sembly, that Evan L. Crawford, of Carroll county, did
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Passed Feb.
21, 1844.
Preamble.