SAMUEL SPRIGG, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1819.

riage with Susanna Teas, of Washington county, to any property
which she may become entitled to in any way or manner whatever,
be and the same is hereby annulled and made void, and that the said

Susanna Teas be and she in hereby declared capable to have, hold,
take, receive, sue for and recover, by compromise, suit or suits in
law or equity, all such property, in as full and ample a manner as
if she were a feme sole, and had never been married, 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 mo-
lestation, interference, hindrance or consent, of her husband, in
the same manner she could or might have done were she a feme sole.

CHAP. 130.

marriage made
null and void

CHAP. CXXXI.

An Act, entitled, An act providing for the Valuation of the Real and Personal
property in Charles and Dorchester Counties,

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the pre-
sent commissioners of the tax in and tor Charles and Dorchester
counties, be and they are hereby authorised and directed, to cause
the real and personal property in the said counties to be assessed
and valued, in the same manner and according to the directions as
are prescribed and directed the by act, entitled, An act for the va-
luation of the real and personal property in the several counties in
this state, passed at December session eighteen hundred and twelve.

Passed Feb 7 1820

Property to be as-
sessed and valued

CHAP. CXXXII.

An Act to punish the offence of Kidnapping White Children.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That every
person, his or her counsellors, aiders or abettors, who shall be duly
convicted of kidnapping, and forcibly or fraudulently stealing, tak-
king or carrying away, any white child or children under the age
of sixteen years, shall be sentenced to undergo a confinement in
the penitentiary for a period of time not less than five years, nor
more than twelve years, there to be treated as the law directs.

CHAP. CXXXIII.

A Supplement to the act, entitled, An act for the benefit of Wilson Carey Seldon,
of the State of Virginia.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
provisions of the act passed at the present session, entitled, An
act for the benefit of Wilson Carey Seldon, of the state of Virginia,
be and the same are. hereby extended to Wilson Carey Seldon, ju-
nior, in as full and ample a manner as if the said Wilson Carey
Seldon, junior, had been also named in the said act.

Passed Feb 7 1820

Punishment pre-
scribed

Passed Feb 5, 1820

Act extended to
Wm. C. Seldon,
jun.

CHAP. CXXXIV.

An Act relating to voting by Proxies in the Banks of this State.
1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That from
and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any stock-
holder or stockholders of any bank in this state, who shall reside
within ten miles of such bank, respectively to vote by proxy or
power of attorney, at any election of directors to be held for any
such bank, except females and persons rendered unable to attend by
sickness, or bodily infirmity, to be proved by the depositions of
such persons respectively, on oath or affirmation, before a notary,
judge or justice of the peace, and to accompany and be annexed to
their proxies respectively, and that no person shall be entitled to

Passed Feb 4, 1820

Stockholders with-
in ten miles of
bank not to vote
by proxy, except
females,' &c