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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

aforesaid servant or slave, who shall have a written or-

der or license for that purpose from his master, mis-
tress, overseer or other person in whose employment he
may actually be, with the content of his owner.

Forfeiture.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if any person
shall suffer any negro or mulatto to be in his or her
house, out house or shed, contrary to the provisions of
this act; the persons so offending shall on conviction
thereof forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum
of fifty dollars, the one-half to the informer, and the
other half to the county, in case such negro or mulatto
was free, and the one-half to informer and the other
half to the master or owner in case such negro or mu-
lutto was a servant or slave at the time the offence was
committed, to he adjudged and recovered by indictment
in the county court of the county wherein the offence
may have been commuted.

Evidence.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in any prosecu-
tion to be had under the foregoing provisions of this act,
if it shall he proved to the satisfaction of the jury before
whom the indictment may be tried, that a free negro or
mulatto, or a negro or mulatto servant or slave was in
any house, out house or shed, as aforesaid, within the
time prohibited by this act, such evidence shall be
prima facia evidence that such negro or mulatto was
suffered to be there by the possessor or occupier of such
house, out house or shed, and sufficient to establish
such fact unless the party accused shall show by credit-
able testimony that such negro or mulatto was there
without his or her knowledge, or that knowing the same,
he or she used all proper means forthwith to remove
such negro or mulatto.

Prohibited to
sell negroes li-
quor.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall not be
lawful at any time for any retailer, ordinary keeper,
trader or other person accustomed to make or sell spiri-
tuous or fermented liquors, in or about his store, or
other house or premises, to sell or deliver, or suffer to
be sold or delivered to any negro or mulatto servant or
slave any spirituous or fermented liquors, in any quan-
tity whatsoever, and that the possession of any spiri-
tuous or fermented liquor by any negro or mulatto ser-
vant or slave in, or about store or other house or premi-
ses of such person as aforesaid, shall be prima facie
evidence of a delivery thereof by such person as afore-
said, to such negro or mulatto servant or slave as afore-
said, and every such person offending against the pro-
visions of this section shall forfeit and pay for every