1846.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 298.

and that it shall at all times from the organization of the
company, be liable to be amended or repealed at the
pleasure of the Legislature.

CHAPTER 298.

Passed March
6, 1847.

Preamble.

An act for the relief of Charles Lee and others, colored
persons.

WHEREAS, it is represented to this General Assembly,
by the petition of a number of the citizens of Cecil county,
that Charles Lee anil his wife and children, colored per-
sons, being ignorant of the laws of this State, removed
from Cecil county into the State of Pennsylvania, on the
twenty-sixth day of March, eighteen hundred aud forty-
six, for the purpose of seeking employment, and having
been greatly disappointed in their reasonable expectations,
they are anxious to return to their native county and
State, but are unable to do so without the relief sought
for by this act — Therefore,

Anthorised to

remove.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Charles Lee and Ann his wife, and
Samuel Lee, Henry Lee, Adam Lee, Savilla Lee, George
Lee and Vianna Lee, children of the said Charles and
Ann Lee, colored persons be, and they are hereby au-
thorised to remove from the State of Pennsylvania into
Cecil county, in this State, for the purpose of residing in
said county, any law to the contrary notwithstanding ;

Proviso.

provided, that each of the dee colored persons aforesaid,
shall give bond to the State of Maryland, in the penalty
of one hundred dollars, with a surety or sureties, to be ap-
proved by the orphans court of said county, conditioned
that the said colored persons shall not go beyond the
limits of the said county, and which bond shall be, after
its approval as aforesaid, left with the clerk of Cecil
counly court for record.

Penalty for
violation.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if any of the afore-
said colored persons shall violate any of the provisions of
this act, by going beyond the limits of said county, then
it shall be the duty of any justice of the peace for said
county, upon being informed of any such violation, to
proceed to collect the amount of any such bond, one-half
of the amount thereof to go to the informer, and the other
half thereof to be paid to the sheriff of said county, to be
by him accounted for as other forfeitures and fines.