SAMUEL SPRIGG, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

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Potter, John Rumbold, Andrew S. Green, John Matthews and

John Brown (of Solomon,) in as full and ample a manner as if
they had been appointed by the act to which this is a supplement.
3. And be it enacted, That all applications by, and on behalf
of any person or persons desirous of being maintained out of the
poor-house of said county, shall be made to one or more of the
trustees of the poor; and in case the said trustees or a majority of
them, at their next meeting after such application, shall be of opi-
nion that the circumstances of the applicant are such as to ren-
der a situation in the poor-house particularly unsuitable, the trus-
tees, or a majority of them, are hereby directed to recommend such
applicant to the levy court of said county, and the said levy court,
or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered, (if
they shall be of opinion that the circumstances of the applicant
are such as to render a situation in the poor-house particularly un-
suitable) to levy a sum of money for the support of said appli-
cant, out of the poor-house, not exceeding thirty dollars for any

Dec. Ses. 1821.

Out pension-
ers.

one applicant; Provided, That the number of the out pensioners
shall not exceed twenty in any one year; and the money so levied
shall be collected, as other monies are collected for the support and
maintenance of the poor of said county, and shall be paid to the
out pensioners, or any other person whom the levy court shall di-
rect, for the support of said applicant.

Proviso.

4. And be it enacted, That all those parts of the act to which
this is a supplement, that are repugnant to, or inconsistent with the
provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

Repugnant act
repealed.

CHAPTER 18.

An act for the benefit of James Smith, of Culvert county.
BE it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
Justices of the Levy Court of Calvert county, shall, and they are
hereby directed and empowered, at their levy court annually, to levy
on the. assessable property of said county, so long as they shall see
cause, for the support and maintenance of James Smith, of said
county, a sum of money not exceeding thirty dollars; and the same
when collected shall be paid by the collector of said county, to him
or his order, for the purpose aforesaid.

Passed Dec. 31,
1821.
$30 may be le-
vied annually.

CHAPTER 19.

An act to authorise William G. Pemberton, of Charles county, to bring
into this state certain negroes therein mentioned.
Be it enacted, By the General Assembly of Maryland, That
William G. Pemberton, of Charles county, be, and he is hereby au-
thorised and empowered to remove and bring into this state, the fol-
lowing negro slaves to wit: Negro Judah, aged twenty-six years,
and her three children, William, Eliza and Anthony, and to hold

Passed Jan. 1,

1822.

May import
certain negroes.

them as slaves, any law to the contrary notwithstanding; Provided,
The said William G. Pemberton, shall, within thirty days after the
removal of the said negro slaves into this state, have them register-
ed in the records of Charles county court; And Provided, That no-
thing herein contained shall be construed to authorise a sale of the
aforesaid negro slaves, or any of them, within five years from the
period of bringing in the same.

Proviso.