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An Act to authorise the clerk of Queen Ann's county, to record a deed of Manumission. 1823 108 (1823)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0118 and id is 1 raw text is: SAMUEL STEVENS, Jr. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOIR, Dec.Ses. 1823 CIIAPT.U 1 70. , t An act to authorisc the clerk of Queen Ann's cotinty, to record a deted of PassedFcb Manumission. 23, 1824. WIIERrA S, it is represented to this general assembly, that W¥arren Preamble. L, Burk, of Warren county in the state of Ohio, did by his certain deed of Manunission hearing date, Queen A nn's county, the twenty fourth day of October, in the ),ear eighteen hundred and eighteen1 manumit a certain negro man named Jeffery, which said dced was not recorded within the time limited by law, and it appearing douht- fil whether under the existing laws it can be effectually recorded- Therefore, Directed to Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the re~prd. clerk of queen Ann's county aforesaid shall record said deed of Manumission, together with a copy of this law, and the said deed so recorded, shall have the same effect and validity to all intents and purposes as if the same had been duly recorded agreceably to the pro- visions of the twenty ninth scction of the act entitled, an act relating to negroes, and to repeal the acts of Assembly therein mentioned, passed at November session, seventeen hundred and ninety six; Providedahvayqs, that nothing herein contained shall lie so construed as to effect the rights of any persons having claims against the said Warren L. Burk, or to prejudice the rights of any purchaser of said negro under a bona fide sale, Passed Feb. C Hl':: T 171 23, 1824. An act relating to the Auditor Qenera. Restriction. Be it enacted by the General Assemblq oJ Mar*yland, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful fur the Exe- cutive to appropriate any sum of money as a compensation to any person for cleaning and making fires in the Auditor's Office. CITAPTIR 172. Passed Fcb. An additional supplement to the act, entitled, An act, for the speedy recovery 23, 1824. of small debts out of court, and to repeal the acts of Assembly therein Inch- tioned. Case of ap- Be it enacted by the General Asseinbh, of Maryland, That upon peals, from all appeals hereafter prosecuted to the several county courts of this magistates state, from the judgmen, of a justice of the peace, it shall be the duty of the judges of the several county courts, to give judgment according to the very right of the cause and the law of the land, without regarding any omission or defect in the proceedings of the said justice of the peace, and no judgment so as aforesaid appealed from shall be reversed or set aside for an), imperfection, omission, or defect in the proceedings of said justice of peace, in and relating to the judgment so as aforesaid appealed from. Passel Feb. CIlIA,'trt 173. 23, 1824. An act to incorporate the Maryland Agricultural Society. P'reamble. IVIIEI EAs, sundry persons, citizens of the state of .Mlarvland, have formed themselves into a society for the promotion of Agriculture, and of family domestic manufactures upon the terms and conditions and under the regulations and provisions set forth in the following articles of association, viz: Articlesof We the subscribers do hereby agree to associate ourselves under association, the style and title of the Maryland Agricultural society. )bject. ARTICLE. 1. The object of this association is the promotion of Agricultural and of family domestic Manufactures. The quality of these images represent the quality of the microfiche that was digitized.

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