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An Act for the benefit of William West. 1821 119 (1821)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0073 and id is 1 raw text is: SAMUEL SPRIGG, ESQ.-GOVERNOR. tending members, and minutes of the proceedings, shall be recorded Dee.Ses.1821. in a book to be provided and kept for the purpose. 9. AND Bi Ir ENACTED, That the original subscribers in this Otignal sub- Company and their assignees, transferees and legal representatives, scribers, &c to forev.er1shall l~e taken and considered to all intents and purposes as be members. members of this company, and shall be entitled to and receive all the rights, benefits and advantages arising from the same by all ways and means whatever, in proportion to the amount of stock paid in, or held by them respectively: Provided ahrvays, that no transfer Proviso. shall be made, or deemed valid, unless it be to a citizen of the United States residing in the state of Maryland, and entered in the books of the company, in such manner as the president and direc- tors shall prescribe. 10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That this act shall be and remain in Duration. full force antl virtue until the year eighteenlhmdred and fifty, and thence until the end of the next session of the general assembly thereaftcr. 11. AND B. IT ENACTFD, That immediately on the expiration of Dhioluton. this act, or the dissolutio. of this company, effiectual measures shall be taken by the then president and directors, to close all concerns thereof, and for making a final dividend of the capital stock and pro- fits then remaining among the holders thereof, in proportion to their zespecctive interests. CHAPTER 173. An act for the benefit of' 1tlliam est. Passed Feb. 19 'Sic. 1. Bil IT ENAc-rniD Byj the General Assembly oi7ilartyland That 1822. of \orceter onat, h andlie s Alla~y excport, Nathan Gordev, oWocse ony eadleihrbyauthlor- c- ised and empowered, to give to his son-in-law William West, of 'til state of Delaware, his manumitted servant Keziah; and the said *Williani West, of the state of Delaware, is hereby authorised and empowered to export and carry into the state of Delaware, the said manumitted negro woman called Keziah, and her to retain as his servant for and during the time of her servitude, without they or either of them incurring the penalty of the act of assembly pas- sed at November session eighteen hundred and ten, entitled, An act relating to servants and slaves, and the act entitled, An act to prevent the unlawful exportation of negroes and mulattoes and to alter and amend the laws concerning run-aways, passed at Novem- ber session eighteen hundred and seventeen. 2. AND dE IT NACTEC, That this law shall have no effect or Evldence of operation unless the said William West shall file among the re- manuniqsiort cords of the county to which the said negro shall be removed as to be filled. aforesaid, the evidence of the manumission of the said negro, and file an atthenticated copy of such record from the said county court of Worcester, within twenty daysafter such removal. Anil if such records are not filed as aforesaid, the said William West shall be liable to all'the pains and penalties provided by the laws against those removing free negroes from this state. CiAIwrtiR 174. An act for the relhf of the Poor of Atune-.Arundel county, beinr Aod tb. 20, supplementary to the act entitled, An act Jbr the relief oj the 1822. poor of the several counties therein mentioned. Power; oftru3. SEC. 1. Bt IT HNACTtD Bj the GeneralAssembly of MarylandThat tees to cease. The quality of these images represent the quality of the microfiche that was digitized.

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