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lars in each case to the Mayor and City Council of Bal-
timore, to give a several bond to the State of Maryland,
in a penalty of three hundred dollars, for each or every
person, a passenger, included in the report of the master
or commander of such vessel, to be made as provided
in the first section of the act to which this is a supple-
ment, secured as hereinafter provided, and conditioned
to indemnify and save harmless each and every city,
town, and county in this State, from any cost which
such city, town, or county shall incur for the relief or
support of the person named in the bond, within five
years from the date of such bond, and also to indemnify
and refund any charge or expense such city, town, or
county may necessarily incur for the support or medical
care of the person named therein, if received into the
alms-house, or hospital, or any other institution under
their charge; each and every such bond shall be secured
by two or more sufficient sureties, being residents of
the State of Maryland, each of whom shall prove, by
oath or otherwise, that he is owner of a free-hold in the
said State, of the value of three hundred dollars, over
and above all or any claim or lien thereon, or against
him, including therein any contingent claim which may
accrue from or upon any former bond given under the
provisions of this act, or such bond may, at the option
of the party, be secured by mortgage of real estate, or
by the pledge and transfer of public stock of the United
States, or the State of Maryland, or the city of Balti-
more, or by deposit of the amount of the penally in
some bank, subject to the order of the mayor of said
city, such security, real or personal, having been first
approved by the said mayor.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be
lawful for any owner or consignee as aforesaid, at any
time, within three days after the landing of such per-
sons or passengers from any ship or vessel in the port of
Baltimore, to commute for the bond or bonds required
by the preceding section, by paying to the register of
the city of Baltimore, the sum of one dollar and fifty
cents for each and every passenger reported as by law
required, and the receipt of such sum by said register,
shall be deemed a full and sufficient discharge from the
requirements of giving bonds as aforesaid; and all such
commutation money and forfeiture, as hereinbefore pro-
vided for, shall be paid and distributed by said register
in the mode and proportions provided by the act to
which this is a supplement, and the preceding supple-
ments thereto, in regard to the assessments, penalties,
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