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SAMUEL SPRIGG, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

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2. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners be and
they are hereby authorised, to make such order in the premises, as
shall in their judgment be most effectual to bring the case of the
said Amos Chapman and Joseph Chapman before them, and as
they shall deem most conducive to the design of this law.

Dec Ses 1821.

Commission-
ers may make
order.

CHAPTER 4.

An act to alter and change the name of Madison Smith Norris, of
Baltimore county, to that of Madison Smith Stansbury.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted, By the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the name of Madison Smith Norris, of Baltimore county, be,
and the same is hereby changed and altered, unto that of Madi-
son Smith Stansbury; and it shall and may be lawful for the said
Madison Smith Norris at all times hereafter, to be called and known
by, and hold and use the name of Madison Smith Stansbury, and
v by that name to sue and be sued, in any court of law or equity. And
it shall and may be lawful for the issue of the said Madison Smith
Stansbury hereafter to be born, to take upon themselves and each
of them, the sur-name of Stansbury, and the sur-name of the said
Madison Smith Norris, shall be, and is hereby changed and altered
to the sur-name of Stansbury; and the issue of the said Madison
Smith Stansbury, shall at all times hereafter be called by and
•hold and use the sur-name of Stansbury, and be from henceforth
called by the sur-name of Stansbury.
2. And be it enacted, That all securities, promises, contracts,
assurances, deeds and lawful acts whatsoever, made or done, or
hereafter to be made and done, by or to the said Madison Smith
Norris, by the name of Madison Smith Stansbury, shall be of the
same force and effect, and equally avail, to all intents and purposes,
as if the name of Madison Smith Stansbury had been the true
and proper name of the said Madison Smith Norris from his
birth; any law, statute or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.

Passed Dec. 11,
1821.

Name changed.

Securities, pro-
mises &c made
valid.

CHAPTER 5.

An act authorising Elizabeth Hoffman to remove her female negro
slave from the State of Virginia into this state.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted, By the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the said Elizabeth Hoffman, be, and she is hereby authorised
and empowered, at any time within twelve months after the pas-
sage of this act, to remove and bring into this state, her female ne-
gro slave, named Betty, in the same manner as she might or could
have done at the time of her own removal into this state; any law
to the contrary thereof, in any wise notwithstanding.

Passed Dec. 14,
1821.
May import
her slave Betty.

2. And be it enacted, That the said Elizabeth Hoffman, re-
gister the said negro in the clerk's office for Frederick county court,
in the same manner as she by law would have been compelled to
do, had she have brought the said negro into this state, within one
year, after her removal from Virginia as aforesaid.

To be regis-
tered.

3. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained, shall be
construed to enable the said Elizabeth Hoffman, to sell or dispose
of said female negro, within the term of three whole years after the
passage of this act.

Not to be
sold under 3
years.