1838.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 64

Governor shall de-

mand such slave

from such State,

as a fugitive from

justice.

this State or by indicment by any grand jury of this

State, being furnished to the governor of this State,
by the master, mistress or owner, or any person duly
authorized by them to make such claim, it shall be the
duty of the governor to demand such slave from the
proper authority in the District of Columbia, or from
the governor of the State, into which such slave may
have escaped as a fugitive from justice.

Purchaser of such

slave shall bond to

remove him from

the State, &c.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the purchaser of
such slave, under the provisions of the second section

in the office of the clerk of the county or city in which
said slave shall be made, a bond to the State of. Mary-
land, in the penalty of the sum for which said slave
shall be sold, to remove him or her from the State of
Maryland, and in default of the execution of such
bond by the first purchaser, the said slave shall be
again exposed to sale, and shall not be delivered out of
the custody of the sheriff, until such bond shall have
been filed by the party purchasing.

CHAPTER 64.

Passed Feb. 15,
1839.

An act supplementary to an act. entitled, an act to regu-
late the Inspection of Tobacco in Prince George's
County, passed December session, eighteen hundred
and thirty-seven, chapter two hundred and forty-five.

Scales, weights, &c.

to be provided.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That there shall be provided and kept by
the Inspectors at each of the tobacco warehouses in
Prince George's County, proper and sufficient beams,.

also a set of small weights, such as are provided for
the standing weights of each county, and proper mark-
ing irons, seals and all other necessary articles which
may be required in the opening, uncasing, and inspec-
tion of tobacco, and the said inspectors are hereby

Kept in order.

Expenses thereof.

required constantly to keep the same in good repair,
under the penalty of one hundred dollars, and the
charges and expenses thereof shall be paid by the said
inspectors, out of the money accruing to the State from
their respective warehouses, and they shall be allowed