WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1838.

hands for collection during the time be was in office,
and which have not been collected, in the same man-
ner as he could or might have done within the time
limited by law.

CHAP. 69.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Richard R.

Waters, be and he is hereby also authorised to take

assignments upon any claims which may Have been
placed in his hands as sheriff, for collection, and which
he has paid; and to proceed to recover upon such as-

signed claims in the same manner as he might or could

have done, whilst in the office of sheriff.

May take and reco-

ver assignments.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted. That the said Richard
R. Waters, before he proceeds to execute the body or
property of any person, by the authority of this act,
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such person or
persons chargeable with the same, at least thirty days
previous to serving or levying such execution, a spe-
cific account of tin sum demanded of him, her or them,
with an affidavit annexed thereto, that he hath not, nor
hath any person or persons acting under him, whilst
sheriff or since, received any part thereof, or satisfac-
tion for the same, to the best of his knowledge and
belief.

CHAPTER 69.

Accounts under

oath.

A supplement to an act entitled an act concerning Crimes

and Punishment, passed December session, eighteen
hundred and thirty-five, chapter two hundred.

Passed Feb. 6,
1839.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That in all cases wherein any free negro
or free mulatto convict, shall be ordered to be sold
without the limits of the State, pursuant to the pro-
visions of the third section of an act of Assembly,
passed, at December session, eighteen hundred and
thirty-five, chapter two hundred, to which this is a

Case of sale of con-

vict.

supplement, there shall be allowed and paid, by the
sheriff or other officer making said sale, out of the
proceeds thereof, after defraying the expenses of the
prosecution of the said free negroes or mulattoes, to
the officer or officers apprehending and prosecuting
said free negroes or mulattoes to conviction, one fourth

One fourth of pro-

ceeds as compen-

sation.