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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 184.

Passed March
4, 1858.

AN ACT to allow George Davis, of Kent county,
Delaware, to work his slaves on his lands in
Cecil county, Maryland, from time to time.

Authorised to
bring slaves
into the State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That George Davis, of Kent
county, in the State of Delaware, be and he is
hereby authorised and empowered to bring into
this State, and work on his land in Cecil county,
and also in kitchen or house work on said lands,
his negro slaves, male and female, being in the
State of Delaware, and to remove them into the
State of Delaware, and to return them into the
State of Maryland, aforesaid, from time to time,
as circumstances may make it expedient, for the

Provisos.

purposes of labor, as aforesaid; Provided, such
slaves have not been convicted in the State of
Delaware, of crimes that would authorise expul-
sion or transportation from the State, and, Pro-
vided further, that before the first introduction of
such slaves into this State, the said George Davis,
shall make a list of such slaves, their names and
ages, and affix an affidavit to the same made be-
fore a Notary Public, in the State of Delaware,
or before a Justice of the Peace, in the State of
Maryland, that the said slaves are not to be intro-
duced into this State for the purpose of sale, but
with a bona fide intention of being worked in
said State, in Cecil county, aforesaid; and that
such list and affidavit shall be filed with the clerk
of the Circuit Court for Cecil county, to be re-
corded.