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first taking it to the market house of said town, as required by the
sixth and seventh sections of the act, to which this is an addition-
al supplement, provided nevertheless, that they shall be required
to take said marketing to the market house, on Wednesdays and
Saturdays, and not dispose of it elsewhere on said days, before the
hour of ten o'clock, A. M.
2. And he it enacted, That the twelfth and thirteenth sections of
said act, which requires the appointment of a wood corder, and
the cording of the wood sold in said town, be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
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Dec. Ses. 1824
Cording
wood repeal-
ed..
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CHAPTER 171.
A supplement to an act entitled, An Act to prevent the unlawful exporta-
tion of negroes and mulattoes, and to alter and amend the laws concern-
ing runaways.
Whereas, it has been represented to this General Assembly
that Baltimore county is subjected to great annual expense on ac-
count of negroes being committed to the jail of that county, on
suspicion of being runaway slaves; for remedy whereof,
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That in future all commitments of negroes as runaway slaves, to
the jail of Baltimore county, by justices of the peace, shall dis-
tinctly state the name or names of such negro or negroes, the name
and place of residence of the supposed owner or owners, and the
proof whether written or oral, upon which said commitment or
commitments are founded; and it shall be the duty of the sheriff
of said county, within forty-eight hours after the receipt of such
commitment or commitments to deliver a copy thereof to any one
of the judges of the said court, who shall thereupon immediately
order the sheriff of said county, to bring before him such negro or
negroes, with the commitment or commitments aforesaid; and to
examine fully into the propriety of such commitment or commit-
ments; and if in his opinion the testimony in support of the same
is insufficient, then to discharge such negro or negroes from impri-
sonment, or otherwise to recommit him, her or them to jail, to be
dealt with as the law directs, in regard to runaway negroes.
2. And be it enacted, That the said judge shall deliver the said
commitment or commitments to the clerk of the city court, to be
filed and preserved by him, amongst the proceedings of said court.
3. And be it enacted, That if the sheriff of said county shall
neglect or omit to deliver a copy of said commitment or commit-
ments to some one of the judges of Baltimore city court, within
the time before directed, he shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollars for
every such offence, to be recovered by action of debt, in the name
of the state in Baltimore city court, one half to go to the informer,
and the other to the state.
4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the sheriff afore-
said, to advertise said negroe or negroes only in the cases of re-
commitment aforesaid, which shall be published in forty-eight
hours thereafter, under the penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered
as herein before directed, with a full description of the said negroe
or negroes, and the name and residence of supposed owner or own-
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Passed Feb.
25, 1825.
Preamble.
Justice of the
peace and
sheriff direct-
ed.
Judges to ex-
amine.
Commitment
to be return-
ed and filed.
Penalty—
sheriff's neg-
lect.
Advertise-
ment, &c.
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