1839.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 38.

Amount of bid

to be paid ne-
gro, &c.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the purchaser of any
free negro or mulatto, by virtue of the provisions of the
third and fourth sections of this act, shall pay to the said
negro or mulatto at the end of the term for which he or
she shall be sold, the amount of money bid for said negro

Deduction to be

made.

or mulatto at the sale thereof, after deducting the necessa-
ry costs and charges, the sum of ten per centum as com-
missions to the officer, the sum of five dollars to the in-
former, if there shall be one, and the sum of one dollar to

Proviso.

each of the justices, as a fee for their services; provided,
that the purchase money aforesaid, after deducting costs,
charges and allowances as aforesaid, which shall be paid
in cash at the time of sale, shall be secured by bond, with
security to the sheriff, for the use of said negro or mu-
latto at the end of the term aforesaid; which bond shall
be then assigned to said negro or mulatto, and may be re-
covered as small debts now are recoverable by law.

Children of ne-
groes so sold,
to be bound out.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That, if any free negro or
negroes, mulatto or mulattoes, sold by virtue of the pro-
visions of the said third and fourth sections of this act, shall
be the father or mother of any child or children below the
age of twenty-one years, if male; or eighteen years, if fe-
male, then the justices of the said magistrates' courts or
orphans' court, as the case may be, shall have the in-
fant child or children brought before them, and bound out
as apprentices to good masters, to serve until the age of
twenty-one years, if male, and until the age of eighteen,
if female, in like manner as orphan children are now

Indenture to be
returned, &c.

bound out; and all indentures made by the justices of the
magistrates' courts shall be by them returned to the or-
phans' court of the county in which said magistrates'
court is situated, and shall be subject to all the provisions of
law regulating indentures of apprentices in this Stale;

Proviso.

provided, that the interest in said apprentices shall in all
respects be considered personal property, and shall be lia-
ble to be transferred to any person within this State, but
said apprentices shall in no case be removed out of this
State.

This act not to
interfere, &c.

Repealed.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, Provided this act shall not
be construed to interfere with the provisions of the several
acts of Assembly in favor of free people of color visiting
Liberia, Trinidad, British Guiana or other colonies.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed.