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Dec. Ses. 1817
Proviso
Wharfage.
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who shall on the second Monday of November, proceed to elect
their president, and the president and managers thus annually elect-
ed, shall have full power and authority to make, alter or repeal,
by-laws for their government; Provided always, that they are not
inconsistent with, or repugnant to this act, and the laws of this state.
7. And be it enacted, That the president and managers, so soon
as the said wharf shall be finished, shall have full power to impose
such reasonable tolls or wharfage for the use of the same, and to
adopt such regulations for the management of the said wharf, as
they may think right and just.
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Passed Feb 16
Preamble.
A register to
be appointed.
—his duty.
—further duty
No minor to
be indented ex-
cept by pa-
rents.
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CHAPTER 226.
An act relative to German and Swiss Redemptioners.
Whereas, it has been found that German and Swiss emigrants,
who for the discharge of the debt contracted for their passage to
this country, are often obliged to subject themselves to temporary
servitude, are frequently exposed to cruel and oppressive imposi-
tions by the masters of the vessels in which they arrive, and like-
wise by those to whom they become servants.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the governor and council be and they are hereby authorised, an-
nually to appoint, in every port of entry in this state, some trust-
worthy person, skilled in the German and English languages, as
register of all deeds for the. apprenticeship, or for the servitude of
German or Swiss emigrants, arriving from foreign parts at such
port or place.
2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of said register,
after he shall have taken an oath, to be administered by the clerk
of the county court of the county wherein he shall reside, that he
will faithfully execute the duties of his office, without prejudice,
or partiality, to open an office, to draw up. as from time to time
he may be required, and to see to the due and legal execution of
the instrument of writing regulating the apprenticeship of every
German or Swiss redemptioner, who shall after the passage of this
law arrive, within such port or place of this state, from beyond
sea; and no indenture or writing relating to such apprenticeship
shall be of any avail, unless the same be drawn up by said regis-
ter, or be by him approved of.
3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the further duty of said
register, immediately after the execution of any indenture relative
to the apprenticeship of any such emigrant, to transmit the same
to the clerk of the county court of the county where such emi-
grant shall arrive, there, to be recorded, for which recording the
said clerk shall be entitled to receive the fees usual for recording
such writings, to be paid by the persons to whom such indenture
shall be made; and the said register shall keep an accurate regis-
ter or account of the name or names of every person intended or
bound before him as aforesaid, their sex, age, time of apprentice-
ship or servitude, the country whence they came, to whom bound,
and transmitted by said register as aforesaid for record.
4. And be it enacted, That no minor under the age of twenty-one
years shall be indented before the said register, except by his or
her parents, or next of kin; and in default of relatives, then by
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