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uikIct color yond »that CCCtrd• pnr-icipal equi-iMOIlis tllf nine, i mdh •y m. spec-*U. €• :oun-ninewas tin* day read ami assented to. Bv Order.GEO. G. BREWER, Clk.By the Senatet March 14th, 1832. This engrossed bill, the original of which passed the senate the 12th day of Jlarch, 1852 was this day read and assented to.By Order.JOS. H. NICHOLSON, Clk.Pn\ WL ? itgeo. Howard.March 51—3w.AN ACT.Relating to free negroes and slaves.Sec, 1. Re it enacted by the general assembly f Alary fund. That after the passage of this act, no free negro or mulatto shall emigrate •‘sllt;--r ,o, or settle in this state; and no fixe negro or enty free mulatto belonging to any otlu estate-, ilis-Oor- i nct or terr.torv shall come titto this state, ami and : herein remain for the space of ten successive .on lays, whether such free negro or mulatto in- ,, a tends settling in tins state, or not, under the »i «ly, I ,e,laity of fifty dollars fur each and every '1 j e I eeeksiich |n v.son coming iiK% shall thereaf-hue cr remain in this slate; the one half to the “ pol mtornirr suul the other half to the sheriff for tied the use of the county to bencoveico uri com-nt.v« 'hunt and conviction before u justice of the doi-1 peace of the county in wh.ch he shall be ar-hty, I rested: and a in free negro or mulatto refu-^ sing or neglecting to oa_v said fine or fim s, the f snail be committed to the jail of the countv,»r« J mu! shall be sold by the sheriff at public sale,‘tin- for such time as may be necessary to cover the . ' I nun . said penalty, first giving ten days pre-tn* vious notice of such sale: and the said'sheriff,«nd (after deducting prison charges and a com- ir * ol mission of ten per c. mum. shall pat over onehalf of the nett proceed* to the in firmer, and m wo rue balance he sliall pay over to the lew in i*v | court or com miss, oners as the case nviv be, ai :Mir f'*r tile use of til .• county. * I sisix S- c. 2. And be it enacted\ That no person ol m tins stale, shall hereafter hire, employ or !{* Mi f harbor any free negro or mulatto who shallIm*■- -■ ■ O' ~ WIIW M1HII tr«l emigrate or settle i.i h s state, after the first fm tty day of June next, or any free negro or mula:- sult;of I to who shall come into this state, from anv m it- other state, district or territory, and continue s,) «m it, his s'ate fur the space of ten successive clt;! ch I days as above, under the penalty of tw enty arMU’he dollars for every day after the expiration of i, or four days, any such free negro or mulatto so eri Kl. | emigrating and settling in this state, or so coming intoand so staying }»• this state, shall ahiseof he so employed, hired or harboured, a.id all cm rfi- 1 c -...... * « * - - -■ y - v*»j «r«Vl AHhues accrued under this act, may, before anv lin he justice of the peace of the comitv in which S,K ey the offence iscommilted, be received by ac- P, re tion of debt, each party to have the benefit of h«r appeal to the county court, and one half thcre-ic j of to be applied to the informer, and the oth-cr half to the use of the county; and if any nc- ^ N* I gro or mulatto shall remove from this stateore, and remain without the limits thereof for a lur 1C space longer than thirty consecutive days, un-g U ss before leaving the s'atc he deposits with ** w the clerk of the county «n which lie resides v ic a written statement ofhis object in doing so[ P'n uU!.h,f,\nXcni'?n ofre^uming again, or unless Z N be shall have been detained bv sickness or trlt; [f coercion, of which he shall bring a certificate,i He shall be reganled as a resident of another be h state, and be subject if he return, to the pen* d 1 allies imposed hy the foregoing proviri«ms e upon free nrgnus and mulattoes of another ji state, migrating to this state: provided that II nothing contained in this act sliall prevent any pe * free negro or mulatto from visitii g Liberia lai r and returning to the state whenever he may k- j choose to do so. J doI Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That nothing in Ithe two proceeding sections hereof, shall be construed to extend io any free nrgroor mulatto that may be engaged in navigating any ship, vessel or boat under a white commander, orer,andaim
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Frederick, Maryland, US
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