INDEX TO THE LAWS

Chap.

Sec.

Baltimore city, to introduce into this

State, certain,

47

SLAVES,

To authorise Peter Gough of St. Ma-

ry's county, to bring into this State a

negro, &c.

48

To provide for the recapture of fugi-

tive.

63

Any slave that shall escape from this

State to the District of Columbia, or to

any State of this Union, shall be deem-

ed guilty of felony.

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1

On conviction on indictment &c. shall

be sold after ten days notice by the sheriff

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2

Proceeds of such sale, after deducting

expenses, shall be paid to the owner,

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"

Upon evidence of the fact of such es-

cape, on oath, or upon indictment by any

grand jury being furnished to the gov-

ernor, it shall be his duty to demand such

slave from the proper authority of the

State, or District into which said fuga-

tive may have escaped,

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3

The purchaser of such slave sold tin-

der the 2d sec. of this act, shall file his

bond with the clerk of the county or city

&c. to remove said slave from the State,

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4

In default of doing so, the slave shall

again be sold and shall not be delivered

until bond is filed.

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To authorise Romulus R. Griffith to

remove into this State a, for life,

111

To allow Ann Camden, to bring into

this State certain,

116

To authorise Samuel S. Cunningham,

to bring a certain, into this State,

119

To authorise Edward H. Pendleton to

remove three, into this State,

164

E. C. Estes of the city of Baltimore,

authorised to introduce two, into this

State,

182

Lorenzo Norvell of the city of Balti-

more, authorised to introduce certain,

183

To authorise James J. Fisher to bring

into the State of Maryland from Virginia,

a negro, for life.

193