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An Act for the benefit of the wife and children of Isaac Downes, a deceased colored man, of Caroline County. 1849 [621] (1849)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0202 and id is 1 raw text is: * PHILIP F. TIWOMAS,.ES- ,nRE, GOVERNOR. 1849. provided, thut, If any' peton or 1$ersons, or his, her or of.1P. 476. their. representativea, against wlhom any stich fees, taxes Provisoeis or-.evies, may have beeri rendered, will make oath or! affirmaiop i before a justice of the peace, that the same, lids iWed, ktisfled or paid, that this act shall not extend to- suh cses; provided also, that the powers conferred, by: this act,, shall not continue in force longer than the, first day of January, eighteedi hundred and fifty.twb. CHAPTER 475. An act for the benefit of the wife aihd children ofPassed10.Mar.; Isaac Downes, a dec-as;.d colored man, of Caroline County. WiIE W As, it is represented to this General Assembly, Preamble. That a certairi Isaac Downds, colored man, of Caroline n6tfntk, departed this life, sdiie years ago, leaving real property, namely: a house and lot, consisting of twa or three aces, and leaving a wile and children, who under the laws of this State, dre incompetent to inherit the same--Therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enaeted by the General Assembly May hold prop Maryland, That the wife and children of the said r Isaac Downes, be and the same are hereby made capa- ble of taking the said property, subject to the provisions of the act regulating descents, in this Stale. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing rxOPt'O in said act. regulating descents in this State, or any other acts which incapacitates free negroes from inheritants, shall apply the wife and children of the said Isaac Downes. CHAPTER 476. An act to increase the Levy Court of Calvert county, Passed lar. 9, 1850 fi'oi three members to six, to be elected by the peo. ple. Simc1ro-;. 1. Be it elacted by the General Assembl, Day of clection of Alaryland, 'That on the first Wednesday in Oato-

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