THOMAS H. HICKS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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and directed to pay to William W. Johnson, of
Somerset county, the sum of one hundred and
thirty-eight dollars and nineteen cents, the same
being an amount of so much money erroneously
paid by him into the Treasury of the State.

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

CHAPTER 146.

In force.

AN ACT for the relief of Joshua Brown, of Anne
Arundel county.

Passed March
1, 1858.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That Joshua Brown, of Anne
Arundel county, he and he is hereby authorised,
entitled and empowered, to have, hold, own and
keep, in the State of Maryland, a certain negro
man, named Tom Boteler, as his slave for life,
sold under the act of eighteen hundred and forty-
nine, chapter one hundred and twenty-four, entit-
tled "a supplement to an act respecting the pun-
ishment of slaves," and purchased by the said
Joshua Brown, as a slave for life, as aforesaid.

Authorised to
hold slave.

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

In force.