LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That every
stockholder in said company shall be entitled to one vote for every
share he shall hold in the capital stock of said company, under eight
shares, and for every two shares he shall hold over eight, he shall
also be entitled to one vote.

Dec Ses. 1822
Votes.

CHAPTER 95.

An act to release the right of the state to a part of a tract of land there-
in mentioned.
Re it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That all the
right and title of this state to a part of a tract of land called Cub
Hill, in Baltimore county, containing three acres, be, and the same is
hereby relinquished, and vested in Margaret Cash, widow of Daniel
Cash, deceased, late of Baltimore county: Provided, that nothing
herein contained shall operate to the prejudice of any person or per-
sons, who shall heretofore have acquired a title to said property.

Passed Feb.
1, 1823.

Right relin-
quished.

CHAPTER 96.

An act for the benefit of William Workman, of Allegany county.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the register of the land office of the Western Shore, for the state of
Maryland, be, and he is hereby directed and empowered, to issue a
patent for a lot of ground, designated by lot number three thousand
six hundred and fifty-eight, lying and being in Allegany county, in
the state aforesaid, in the name of, and for the use and benefit of
William Workman, of said county.

Passed Jan.
27, 1823.
Patent.

2. And be it enacted, That the said patent, issued as aforesaid,
shall enure to the benefit of the said William Workman, in as full and
ample a manner as if it had been issued to Andrew Workman, his
lather, in the life time of the said Andrew, who purchased the same
of the state of Maryland aforesaid, made full and satisfactory pay-
ment for the same, and died before said patent was issued; any law to
the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, that nothing herein contain-
ed shall operate to impair or divest any right, title, or interest, which
the heirs at law of the said Andrew Workman, or any other person
or persons, may have or claim in and to the said lot of land.

Confirmed.

CHAPTER 97.

An act for the benefit of Alexander Keech, of Prince George's county.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly. of Maryland, That at any
time after the passage of this act, Alexander Keech, of Prince
George's county, in said state, be, and he is hereby authorised to bring
into this state, and to retain as a slave, a certain negro man named
Jim, by him purchased in the state of Virginia, any law to the con-

Passed Feb.
4, 1823.
Import slave.

trary notwithstanding; Provided nevertheless, that nothing in this act
contained, shall be construed to authorize a disposition of said slave,
except in case of disposition by last will and testament, and disposi-
tions by law for bona fide debts, or consequent upon intestacy, in less
than three whole years after the passage of this act; and provided more-
over, that the said Alexander Keech shall cause the said negro to be
registered in the records of Prince George's county within three
months after he shall have been brought into this state.

Provisos.