1819.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 144.

In certain cases
persons aggrieved
may pray an ap-
peal to court of

appeals.

extended to the chancery court and the court of appeals, and to the
conveyance and return of process issued therefrom.
4. And be it enacted, That in all cases where the chancellor, or
county courts of this state exercising equity jurisdiction, shall decree
or order or direct any sums of money to be paid out of any funds,
or the proceeds thereof, arising from any proceeding or decree in
the said courts, any person or persons who shall deem themselves
aggrieved, may within three months alter such decree or order, file
a petition to the chancellor, or judges of the county court, as the
case may be, praying an appeal from the decree or order of the
said court to the court of appeals, and the same shall be allowed,
and thereupon a copy of the proceedings, or such part thereof as
may be necessary to set forth and exhibit the true point in contro-
versy, shall be transmitted to the court of appeals of the western
shore, if the cause of claim or demand arose on the western shore,
or to the court of appeals of eastern shore if the claim or de-
mand arose on the eastern shore.

Passed Feb 11,1820

Any officer con-
victed of embez-
zlement of money
&c. to be confined
in penitentiary.

Punishment for
abuse of trust, &c

CHAP. CXLV.

An Act for the punishment of Offences committed against Banks by the Officers

thereof.

1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That if
any president, director, cashier, clerk, or other officer, of any
bank, established under a charter from the government of the state
of Man land, shall hereafter commit any embezzlement of the, mo-
ney, funds, or other property of said bank, he shall be guilty of
felony, and on conviction thereof shall be sentenced to a confine-
ment in the penitentiary tor a time not less than one year, and not
exceeding seven years.
2. And be it enacted, That if any president, director, cashier,
clerk, or other officer, of any bank as aforesaid, shall fraudulently
abuse the trust reposed in him as such, in relation to the money
credits, funds, or other property of said bank, he shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and fined a sum not less than one thousand dol-
lars, and may be imprisoned at the discretion of the court not less
than one year and not exceeding ten years.

Passed Feb 11, 1820
Divorce granted.

His title to pro-
perty acquired by
marriage, annul-
led.

Proviso.

chap. CXLVI.

An Act for the relief of Margaret Danskin, of the City of Baltimore.

1. And be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
said Margaret Danskin be and she is hereby divorced from bed,
board and mutual cohabitation, with her husband William Danskin.
2. And be it enacted, That all right and title which the said Wil-
liam Danskin, by virtue of his marriage with said Margaret, had
acquired to any property which she now is or may become entitled
to, in any way or manner whatever, be and the same is hereby
annulled and made void, and that the said Margaret be and she is
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 molestation, interference,
hindrance or consent, of her said husband, in the same manner she
could or might have done were she a feme sole; Provided, that no-