WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1839.

CHAPTER 14.
An act in, furtherance of Justice.

CHAP. 15.

Passed Mar. 7,
1840.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a judgment recovered against one or more members
of a partnership, or one or more persons jointly liable on
any bill, bond, covenant, promissory note, bill of ex-
change, contract or agreement whatsoever, less than the
whole number of partners or persons so bound, shall not
work an extinguishment or merger of the cause of action
on which such judgment may have been rendered, as re-
spects the liability of the partners or persons not bound
by such judgment, and they shall remain liable to be sued
as if their original responsibility had been joint and seve-

Judgment not

to work extin-

guishment, &c.

ral; provided always, that but one satisfaction of the debt
or demand shall be made.

CHAPTER 15.

Proviso.

An act entitled, a further supplement to an act entitled, an
act relating to Free Negroes and Slaves.

Passed Mar. 5,
1840.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall be lawful for any citizen of this
State, or for any person or persons who reside or may
have resided out of this State, and who may remove, or

of becoming a citizen thereof, to introduce into this State
any negro slave or slaves for life, from any State, district,

Permission to

remove slaves

into this State.

or territory of the United States; provided, the person so
removing, shall within thirty days after the removal of
such slave or slaves into the State, make affidavit before
some justice of the peace of the county into which he or
she may remove, and have the same filed in the office of
the clerk of the county court of said county, of his or her

Proviso.

intention to become a citizen of the State; and provided
also, that the person so introducing such slave or slaves
shall within the time aforesaid, file with the said clerk a
list or lists of the said slave or slaves so removed, stating
their ages, with an affidavit thereto attached, that the
same is a true and faithful list or lists of said slaves so
removed; and that he or she hath not removed the same
into the Stale for the purpose of sale, and that they are

Further proviso.