SAMUEL SPRIGG, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 89.

An act authorising Walker K. Armstead to remove a certain negro
into the State of Maryland.
Whereas, It is represented to this general assembly, by Wal-
ker K. Armstead, that he is a Colonel in the army of the United
States, and that the house provided by the government for him to
live in, is not within the limits of Fort Washington, at which post
he is stationed, but within the limits of Prince-George's county,
immediately adjoining the fort works, and that he the said Walker
K. Armstead is desirous of bringing into this state a negro ser-
vant named John, and to retain the said servant, so long as he re-
mains a resident of this state—Therefore,

Dec. Ses. 1821.

Passed Jan. 26,

1822.
' Preamble.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Walker K. Armstead, be, and he is hereby authorised and em-
powered, at any time after the passage of this act, to remove and
bring into this state the negro slave John, and that the removal of
said slave, and bringing him into the state of Maryland, shall not
be deemed or taken, or in any manner be construed or operate, to

May import
his slave John.

entitle him to freedom—Provided, That the said negro, when re-
moved agreeably to the provisions of this act, shall be recorded in
the records of Prince-George's county court, within three months
after his arrival in said county.

' Proviso.

2. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act contained
shall be construed to authorise a disposition of said slave, except
in cases of disposition by last will and testament, and dispositions
by law for bona fide debts, or consequent upon intestacy, in less
than three years after the passage of this act.

Not to be dis-
posed of.

CHAPTER 90.

An act to repeal part of the act of assembly therein mentioned and
for other purposes.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland,
That all, such parts of the act entitled, An act for changing the
name of Charles-Town in Charles county to that of Port Tobacco;
for securing the titles of proprietors of lots and houses therein, and
for the regulation and improvement of the said town, passed at
December session eighteen hundred and twenty, chapter one hun-
dred and fifty-nine, as relates to the appointment of commissioners
and a bailiff for said town, and prescribing their duties, be, and the
same is hereby repealed.

Passed Jan. 26,

1822.

Repeal.

2. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the
constable of Port Tobacco, to seize and impound any geese or
swine he shall find going at large therein; and it shall be the duty of
the said constable so seizing and impounding, immediately to set
up notices thereof at the most public places of said town, for at
least two days, and to insert the marks and descriptions of such
geese or swine in said notices; and if the same are not reclaimed
within two days after seizing and impounding, and the expenses of
impounding and keeping to be allowed by a justice of the peace be
paid, together with the sum of seventy-five cents for every
nog and twenty five cents for every goose, that the same shall be
publicly sold by the said constable, giving one day's notice in writ-
ing of the time and place of such sale; and the proceeds of such
sale shall first be applied to the expense of impounding and keep-

May impound
geese & swine
—notice—sale.