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SAMUEL STEVENS, Jr. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Dec. Ses. 1823
Repeal.

2. And be it enacted, That all such parts of the act of 1791 as
controvene the provisions of this act be and they are hereby repealed

Passed Feb.
21, 1824.
Constables
duty.

CHAPTER 161.

A supplement to the act, entitled, an act to prohibit the emigration of Free Ne-
groes into this state.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
from and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the she-
riffs, deputy sheriffs, and of the several justices of the peace in Wor-
cester, Somerset, Allegany, Montgomery, Prince George's, Calvert,
Anne-Arundel, Kent and Charles Counties, and it shall be the duty
of the several constables, of the several hundreds in those counties,
to carry into effect the several provisions of the act to which this is a
supplement.

Negroes of-
fending.

Neglect of
duty and pe-
nalty.

Charge to
jury.

2. And be it enacted, That no length of residence in this state
shall exempt persons emigrating into this state contrary to the pro-
visions of the act to which this is a supplement, from the penalties
imposed by the said act, and that if any free negro or mulatto shall
return to this state after having suffered the penalty imposed by the
act to which this is a supplement, or shall remain in any of the said
counties, after having suffered the said penalty, it shall and may be
lawful for any justice of the peace in any of the said counties, to pu-
nish such offender in the manner prescribed by the said act.
3. And be it enacted, That if any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or consta-
ble, shall refuse or neglect upon information, to carry into effect the
provisions of this act, or the act to which this is a supplement, such
sheriff, deputy sheriff, or constable, for every such refusal or neglect,
shall be subject to a fine of ten dollars, one half to the informer, and
the other for county purposes, to be recovered before any justice of
the peace, or before the county court, by presentment, by the grand
jury of the county in which the infraction shall occur.
4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the county court
in the several counties heretofore mentioned, to give this act, and the
act to which this is a supplement, in charge to the grand jury of such
county at each and every court, to be hereafter held in such counties

Passed Feb.
21, 1824.
Levy $1200.

CHAPTER 162.
An act to build or repair the Jail of Prince George's County.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
justices of the Levy Court of Prince George's County, be, and they
are hereby authorised and empowered at their discretion to assess
and levy on the assessable property of said county, a sum of money
not exceeding twelve hundred dollars, to build, repair, or add to the
jail of said county, at Upper Marlborough, and to enclose the same,
in such manner as in their judgment they may deem best.

Sheriff's duty.

2. And be it enacted, That the sheriff of Prince George's County,
hereafter, shall always keep his prisoners in said jail, under the guard
and safe custody of himself, or a discreet and suitable jailor.

Passed Feb.
21, 1824.

CHAPTER 163.

An act to repeal so much of the act, entitled, an act authorising the Commission-
ers to lay out a road in Montgomery and Anne-Arundel Counties, passed at
December session, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, as is therein men-
tioned.

Repeal.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
so much of the act, entitled, an act authorising the commissioners to