1843.

FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 92.

cester county, in the following manner, that is to say, to the
Union Academy in Snow Hill, three hundred dollars, to the
Buckingham Academy, three hundred dollars, and to the
New Town Academy, two hundred dollars.

Trustees or
agent to re-
ceive.

Proviso.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the trustees of the
aforesaid academies or their agent or agents, are hereby
authorised to receive the above named sums as they may
become due, provided said trustees shall comply with the
requisitions of the several acts of assembly, prescribing cer-
tain duties to be performed by trustees of academies and
colleges receiving donations from the State, any law, usage
or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

CHAPTER 92.

Passed Feb
13, 1844.

An act for the relief Nicholas Goldsborough, of Talbot
County.

Preamble,

Whereas in an action of replevin now pending in Tal-
bot county court, in which Tench Tilghman, administrator
of Anna Maria Tilghman is plaintiff, and Nicholas- Golds-
borough is defendant, certain testimony has already been
taken, and there remains other competent and material evi-
dence, also to be perpetuated, since the taking of the evidence
aforesaid—tending to establish a gift of the negroes in the
said action referred to.

Testimony
taken may be
lead in evi-
dence.

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the testimony taken and recorded, or
which hereafter may be taken and recorded in the aforesaid
action of replevin, may be read in evidence by the said
Nicholas Goldsborough, or by any person or persons claim-
ing under him, in any action, suit or other proceeding, that
may be instituted, in any court of law or equity in this
State, effecting his title in or to the negroes named in said

Proviso.

replevin, or their descendants. Provided nevertheless, if any
witness whose testimony is or may be perpetuated, shall
be living and capable of attending the court, in which such
action suit or other proceeding may be instituted, at the trial
thereof, such witness shall be summoned to testify and shall
testify, in the same manner, as is now required by the exist-
ing laws of the State of Maryland, any thing in this act to
the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.