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day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, the remaining com-
missioners or a majority of them, are hereby authorized and di-
rected to fill such vacancy or vacancies.
6. And be it enacted, That each commissioner shall be entitled
to receive at the rate of two dollars per day, for every day he shall
act in the discharge of the duties imposed on him by the provisions
of this act, to be assessed and levied by the levy court of Frederick
county, as other county charges are; which said sums, when levied
and collected, shall be paid over as other county charges are.

Dec. Ses. 1824

Compensa-
tion.

7. And be it enacted. That if this act shall be confirmed by the
General Assembly of Maryland, after the next election of delegates,
during the first session after such new election, as the constitution
and form of government directs, in such case this act and the al-
teration herein contained, shall constitute and be considered as a
part of the constitution and form of government to all intents and
purposes, any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. ———

Confirmato-
ry provision.

CHAPTER 85.

An act to prohibit the transportation of absconding slaves to Hayti, or else-
where.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
no master or officer of a vessel shall hereafter receive on board said
vessel, or transport from this state any negro or mulatto, until such
negro or mulatto shall produce a regularly authenticated certificate
of freedom from some clerk or register of the county courts of this
state, accompanied by a duly authenticated certificate by the clerk
of the county court, where such vessel may clear out, said certifi-
cate to have a description of said negro or mulatto, his or her
name, age, place of birth, height, colour and residence previous to
applying for the same.

Passed Feb.
4, 1825.
Certificate
and discrip-
tion required.

2. And be it enacted, That said clerk of court shall keep a regis-
ter with description list of all applicants receiving certificates, and
shall be entitled to receive one dollar for each person who may ap-
ply to inspect said register and list of applicants.

Register of
certificates—
Fee.

3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of every master or
officer of such vessel to keep a register and description list of each
and every negro or mulatto received on board, which he shall ex-
hibit to any person applying to see the same, and give every facility
of search, under a penalty of one hundred dollars for each refusal
or neglect to do the same, to be recovered by action of debt in the
county court, one half to the use of the state, the remainder to the
plaintiff.

Master of
vessel to keep
and shew re-
gister.

4. And be it enacted, That if any master or officer of vessels shall
transport from this state any negro or mulatto without having com-
plied with the requisites of this act, shall incur a penalty of one
thousand dollars to be recovered by action of debt in any county
court of this state; one half of the sum to the use of the state, the
other half to the owner or party who shall sue for the same,

Penalty for
neglect.

chapter 86.
An act to incorporate a company to make a turnpike road from the intersec-
tion of the Baltimore and Frederick Town turnpike road, sear the thud
mile stone on said road, to McVille in Baltimore county.
Whereas, it is represented to this General Assembly by petition
from sundry inhabitants of Baltimore county, that the public conve-

Passed Feb.

3, 1825.

Preamble.