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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0069 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MARYLAND.
Dec Ses 1821. ty as comilssioners, whose duty it shall bc to ascertain and point out
- such schools in their respective districts as shall in their opinion be
cntitled to rcccivc a part of thc school fund of said county, except a.;
herein before provided; and in case of death, resignation, rcmoving
out of thc district, or refusal to serve, the said court shall app'oint ano-
ther or others in their place or places, so that the said number of
five commissioners in each district shall always he kcpt full.
Futnds to be 8. AND BiE ii INACTRD, That thc said 'ustices shall annuallv
ilivid-. equally divide all such funds as shall come into their hands in virtue of th'c
nmoni.%t dec-
tion di,ricts- provisions of this act and the act to which this is a further supple-
poor white ment, equally between the three election districts of said county;
chldren to be and shall place one third part thereof at the disposition of the com-
edue.,tcd-ac missioners of these respective districts, whose duty it shall be to ap-
colirn t o he
aettled annual- propriate and apply the same to the education of poor white cl.l-
ly. dren-that is to say, children who are poor orphans, or whose pa-
rents are unable to pay for their educations; and it shall be the duty
of the commissioners of each respective district, to settle an accounr
annually on the second Monday of April, with the orphans' court of
said county, shewing in what manner the monies which bath been in-
trl.-;ted to their care has been expended, what number of poor chil-
dren hath been thereny euaucated, and what length of time, and what
sum of money, if ai,. Rll remains on hand unappropriated.
To return an 9. Ami nD S vr R.NACT' I), 'hat the justices of the orphans' court
aCCut aIIIu of said county, shall atnually return an account to the general as-
aily t,, the legis. scmbly of this state, shewing the amount of the funds belonging to
lature, said county, the annual income thereof, and in what manner the same
has been appropriated.
Repeal. 10. Asi liE IT ENACTID, That all laws heretofore passed, ttt
are inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions of this act, be,
and the same are hereby repealed.
CIIAI'TE I 140.
Pasitpd Feb. 6, An act for the bcne/it of Mllarcel/us Keene, of the City of Baltnort':.
1822. BrI NACT. ly the General Assembl,] of Maryland, That
cery inapart at any time after the passage of this act, Marcellousl Keene, of the
city of Baltimore, be, anti he is hereby authorised to bring into
this state and them to retain as slaves, the following negroes, viz:
Benjamin, Lauretto and Maria, from the :tate of Kentucky, any
Proviso. law to the contrary notwithstanding; Provided nevertheless, That
nothing in this act' e construed to authorise a disposition of said
slaves, except in cases of disposition by last will and testament, ,I:d
dispositions by law for bona file debts, or consequent upon intes-
tacies, in less than three whole ycars after the passage of this act.
.Andprovided mcrerver, 'I hat the said Marcellus Keene shall cause
the said negroes to be registered in the records of Baltimore count
court within six months after they shall have been brought int
this state.
CJIAPT.g 141.
Passed Feb. , An act to authorise the establishment of an additional l'are-hoza
I(22. in the city of Balimnore for the inspection of 7bbacco.
r~1av erect a
ware.houst- SEC. 1. BE IT ENACTED By/ the General ,lssembly o ilJirylan
where. That Christopher Hughes, of the city of Baltimore, be, and he
hcreby authorised to build, at his own expense, upon certain groun
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