1819.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 158.

Appointments of
civil officers to be
made in third week
of November
Constitution re-
pealed.

This act, if con-
firmed, to be a part
of constitution.

3. And be it enacted, That all annual appointments of civil of-
ficers in this state shall be made in the third week of November in
every year, in the same manner as the constitution and form of
government now directs.
4. And be it enacted, That all and every part of the constitution
and form of government, that is repugnant to, or inconsistent with,
the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby repealed,
abrogated and annulled, upon the confirmation hereof.
5. And be it enacted, That if this act shall be confirmed by the
general assembly after the next election of delegates, in the first
session after such new election, us the constitution and form of go-
vernment directs, that in such case this act, and the alterations
and amendments therein contained, shall be taken and considered,
and shall constitute and be valid, us a part of the said constitution
and form of government, to all intents and purposes, any thing in
the said constitution and form of government to the contrary not-
withstanding.

Passed Feb 3, 1820
Preamble

May be sentenced
to be hanged or
banished the state

CHAP. CLIX.

A Supplement to an act, entitled, An act to repeal all such parts of the Laws of
this State as authorise the Courts of Law to sentence Negro or Mulatto Slaves
or Free Negroes or Mulattoes, to undergo a confinement in the Penitentiary.
Whereas doubts have arisen on the true construction of the act,
entitled, An act to repeal all such parts of the laws of this state as
authorise the courts of law to sentence negro or mulatto slaves to
undergo a confinement in the penitentiary; therefore,
1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in
all cases where the several courts of law in this state, before the
passage of the act to which this is a supplement, were authorised
and empowered to sentence a negro or mulatto slave to be hung by
the neck, or undergo a confinement in the penitentiary, the court
shall have power and authority, in their discretion, to sentence
such negro or mulatto slave to be hung by the neck, or to be trans-
ported to some foreign country, or to some one of the. United States,
or territory thereof, other than the district of Columbia, to be
sold for the use and benefit of the said county where such convic-
tion shall be had, or if convicted in the city court of Baltimore, for
the use and benefit of the city and county of Baltimore.

Passed Feb 12,1820

Salaries of com-
missioners and
clerk, how to be
paid

CHAP. CLX.

An Act to repeal so much of the act to regulate Lotteries as provides for the ap-
pointment of Lottery Commissioners and their Clerks.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
salaries of the commissioners of lotteries, and their clerk, shall
be paid by the treasurer of the western shore out of the per centum
deduction which goes to the state from prizes in the lotteries di-
rected by law to be drawn under their care, and which shall have
been actually so drawn, and out of no other funds; and in case the
funds arising from the lotteries aforesaid, paid into the treasury
in any year, shall be insufficient for the purpose above mentioned,
then the said commissioners and clerk shall be entitled to such
salaries only, and no more, for such year, as the funds aforesaid
shall be sufficient to pay. and to be equally apportioned among
them; and in rase no fund shall be paid into the treasury in any
one year from the lotteries aforesaid, then the said commissioners
and clerk shall be entitled to no salaries or compensation whatever
for such year.