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An Act in favour of William Wright of Queen Ann's county. 1822 110 (1822)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0098 and id is 1 raw text is: 110 SAMUEL STEVENS, Jr. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. oe..Scs. 182~ CIIAPTErt 172. , An adifitionalsupplcment to the act, entitled, Aln act to reg'ulate the in- Passed Feb 13, 1823. Sheetion of tobacco. Fo'nier act Section 1. Be it enacted by the General'JIscnmibl of Mlaryland, That modified, nothing cont'ined in the act, entitled, A furth r supplenmcnt to the act, cntitle(c, An act to regulate the inspection of tobacco, passed at December session, eighteen hundred and twenty one, chapter one hundred and ninety four, shall be consrued to authorisc the inpec- tors of tobacco in dhis state, to retain in their posnession any samples they may draw under the provisions of said act, without the assent of the owners thereof or their agents. Former acts 2. .nd be it enacted, That all such parts of the act aforesaid, winch repealed. makes it the duty of the inspectors to attend once in each of thti mi-onthis of April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November in every Year o shewitig the said samples to dealers, oil such days as the respective levy courts shall appoint, and wlich di- rcots notice of such iecetings to be published in as many newspapers in the District of Columbia and Baltimore as may be deemed nece- sarv to give information of such mectings, be and the same are here- by repealed. Charles& St. .3. .1nd be it cnactcd, That all such parts of the act, entitled, A Mdry's coua- further supplement to the act entitled, An act to regulate the inspec- ties. tion of tobacco, passed at December session, 1821, chapter 194, as are not repealed by this act, be and the same arc hereby extended to Charles and St. Mary's counties, to be of full force and cffect in said counties. CIAPTEPR 173. Passed Feb An art in fcvour of Irilliam flf'iqlht of Queen Ann's county. 21, 182.;. Preamible. WiEriAs, Williamii Wright, of Queen Ann's cotinty, by his peti- tion hath set forth to this general assembly that he internia-ried With a lady of the state of Louisianna, by whom he b~camc entitled to a negro mai named Thornton, and a negro girl nined Esther, which cannot be removed firom the said state of Louisiana into the state of Maryland without a law for that purposc; therefre, Import slaves 11e it cnacted by the General Asscmbly of Maryland, That it ihall andi may be lawftl for the said William W'-ight, to ren ove the said negro nan named Thornton and negro girl Esther ihito ths state, and to have and to hold the said negroes as slaves as fully and amply as though they had never been removed, any law to the contrary not- Provisos withstanding; Providel, the said William Wright shall w*vlin six months after the passage of this act, make out and deliver to the clerk ,of Gucen Ann!s county court, a list of said slaves, stating their a;.s, names and sexes, which list the said clerk is hereby empowered and dirmcted to record; and provided also, that nothing herein con- taincd sh;all he construed to allow a disposition of said slaves, except in cases c-fdisposition by last will and testament, and dispositions by 'tv.- for ,ona tide debts, or consequent upon intestacy in' less than Irec yc:arf after the passage of this act. Passed FeC !), I t23. Preamble. CHAPTER 174. dIn act for the relief of Nathaniel Boggs. W rF.VLEAS, it has been represented to this general assembly by the petition of Nathaniel Boggs, a free mulatto, born in the state of Vir- ginia, that he has lived in this state for some time past, and that he has been usefully employed in the boating busincss, and whcreas, he The quality of these images represent the quality of the microfiche that was digitized.

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