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SAMUEL STEVENS, Jr. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR-

Dec. Ses. 1822

Passed Feb.
4, 1823.
Import slave.

CHAPTER 98.

An act to authorise William F. Rennoe, of Charles county, to bring into
this state a negro man therein mentioned.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Wil-
liam F. Rennoe, of Charles county, be, and he is hereby authorised
and empowered to bring into this state a negro boy named Weedon,
aged about twelve years, and to hold the said negro as a slave, any
law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, the said William F.
Rennoe shall, within thirty days after the removal of the said negro

Provisos

into this state, have him registered in the records of Charles county
court; And provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed
to authorise the sale of the aforesaid negro slave within five years
from the period of bringing in the same.

Passed Feb.
4, 1823.
Import slave.

CHAPTER 99.

An act for the relief of Hyland B. Penington, of Cecil county.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Hy-
land B. Penington, be, and he is hereby authorised and empowered
to bring into this state, from the state of Delaware, a negro man
named Jeremiah, and him to retain in his service during the term as
specified by the last will and testament of Ann Rothwell, late of New

Proviso.

Castle, state of Delaware, deceased: Provided, the said Hyland B.
Penington shall, within four months after the said negro shall have
been removed as aforesaid, cause him to be registered on the records
of Cecil county court.

Passed Feb.
4, 1B23.
Preamble.

CHAPTER 100.

An act for the relief of Adelaide V. Lowe, of Frederick county.
WHEREAS articles of separation have heretofore been agreed
upon between Bradley S. A. Lowe and Adelaide V. Lowe,
his wife, which have been sanctioned and approved of by the
family and friends of the said Adelaide; And whereas the said Brad-
ley and Adelaide are respectively desirous that a law shall pass, more
fully to carry into effect the agreement so as aforesaid entered into
by them; therefore,

Husband's
interest an-
nulled.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
Bradley S. A. Lowe, the husband of Adelaide V. Lowe, of Frederick
county, shall, from the passage of this act, be, and he is hereby al-
together deprived of all and every interest, authority, power and con-
troul, in, over, and to, the person or property of the said Adelaide
V. Lowe, as fully and entirely as if she had never been married, and
that all such interest, authority, power and controul shall from hence-
forth utterly cease and determine.

Legal capa-
bility.

2. And be it enacted, That the said Adelaide V. Lowe shall be, and
she is hereby declared capable to have, hold, take, receive, sue for and
recover by compromise, suit or suits in law or equity, property of any
kind whether real, personal, or mixed, in as full and ample a man-
ner as if she was feme sole, and to hold, use and enjoy the same for
her own use and benefit, and the same to dispose of according to her
will and pleasure, without the let, hindrance, molestation interference
or consent of her said husband, in as full and ample a manner as if
she were feme sole, and may, in her own name, sue and be sued at
law and inequity, in the same manner as if she were a feme sole.

Guardian-
ship.

3. And be it enacted, That the said Adelaide V. Lowe shall have
the care, custody, guardianship and controul of Enoch Lewis Lowe,
the infant son of the said Bradley S. A. Lowe and Adelaide V.