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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

color, now in the State of New York, may and he is
hereby at liberty to return to this State, and have
and enjoy all and every right and privilege that free
persons of color are entitled to under the laws of
this State.

In force.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from its passage.

CHAPTER 38.

Passed Feb.
27, 1856.

AN ACT to change the name of Henry Schley, of
the city of Baltimore, to Benjamin Henry Schley.

Name changed.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That from and after the passage of this
act, the name of Henry Schley, of the city of Balti-
more, be and the same is hereby changed to Benja-
min Henry Schley.

CHAPTER 39.

Passed Feb.
27, 1856.

AN ACT to make valid a deed of manumission from
Thomas Lord to negress Caroline.

Made valid.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the deed of manumission from
Thomas Lord to negress Caroline, executed on the
ninth day of January, in the year eighteen hundred
and thirty-nine, and recorded among the land records
of Somerset county, in Liber G. H., No. 9, folios
five hundred and ninety one, and five hundred and
ninety-two, and tested by one witness, be as valid
and effectual in law, as if the same had been tested
by two witnesses.

In force.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the day of its passage.