26                     TITLES OF THE LAWS.

297.  An act to exempt certain property of the Protestant
Episcopal church, situated in St. Michael's, Talbot county,
from taxation.

298.  An act to confirm and make valid a deed from Clem-
ent St. Jones and Josiah Massey, and wife, to Thomas H.
Copper.

299.   An act for the benefit of Elizabeth Mills, the legal
representative of Henry Gassaway, late of Anne Arundel
county, deceased.

300.  An act relating to the vestry of St. Peter's church, in
the city of Baltimore.

301.   An act to regulate the inspection of tobacco, in the
city of Baltimore, and to prescribe the duties of the inspec-
tors, and for other purposes.

302.  An act to amend an act passed at December session,
1849, chapter 358, entitled, an act to incorporate the Union
Plank Road and Turnpike Company.

303.  An act appropriating a sum of money to pay Thomas
J. Wilson, for legal services rendered the State, at the in-
stance and request of the Comptroller, in the trial of the case
of Schley vs. the Comptroller of the Treasury, in the Circuit
Court for Anne Arundel county.

304.   An act to authorise James H. Thomas, of St. Mary's
county, a free negro, to dispose of his real and personal estate
by last will and testament, or alienate the same by deed or
other conveyance.

305.  An act for the relief of the heirs and personal repre-
sentatives of Joshua M. Turner, late of Baltimore city, de-
ceased.

306.  An act authorising the appointment of an inspector
of lumber, at Bell's ferry, in the second election district, of
Harford county.

307. An act to prevent slaves from gaining their freedom
in certain cases.

308. An act to make valid certain deeds, and to regulate
the recording of the same.

309. An act for the relief of Thomas Pierpoint, and the
legal representatives of Jacob Sedley and Francis Freebur-
ger.