PHILIP F. THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1847.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That from and after the
passage of this act, the provisions of any law relating to
the criminal jurisdiction of the county courts of this
State, shall extend to Baltimore city court, although
said court be not named therein.

CHAPTER 67.

CHAP. 68.

Also given to
Baltimore city
court.

An act for the relief of Daniel Sprigg of the City of
Baltimore.

WHEREAS, it appears by an affidavit of Daniel
Sprigg of the city of Baltimore, recorded among the
records of Baltimore county court, that said Sprigg,
on the fifteenth of September, eighteen hundred and
forty-five, introduced into the State of Maryland, from
Fairfax county, in the State of Virginia, a negro
woman, a slave for life, named Maria; and whereas, said
affidavit should in conformity with the act of eighteen
hundred and thirty-nine, chapter fifteen, entitled, an act
entitled, a further supplement to an act relating to free
negroes and slaves, have been filed with the clerk of
Baltimore county court within thirty days after the re-
moval of said slave into this State; and whereas,
through inadvertence said affidavit was not in fact filed
with the said clerk until the first day of January eigh-
teen hundred and forty-six, after the expiration of said
thirty days from the removal of said slave into this
State — Therefore,

Passed
Feb. 11, 1848.

Preamble.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the said affidavit shall be taken and held to
have the same effect to all intents and purposes, as if
it had been filed within the time required by law; pro-
vided, all the other requisites of the said act of eighteen
hundred and thirty-nine, chapter fifteen, have been or
shall be complied with.

CHAPTER 68.

Made valid.

Proviso.

An act for the benefit of Lilly Meyers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That whereas, Simon Pinkson, a colored

Passed
Feb. 11, 1848.

Preamble.