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An Act for the relief of William Seymore, a free negro in Talbot county. 1854 351 (1854)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0232 and id is 1 raw text is: T. WATIJQ SL N Q$UR~ OVERNOR. )' ' , sid compn a ari paypent o9,'snid! stock or floanp'he amott the~epf,to, be appropriated. by,:aid :om pany.i ucli s uc annnre'os t'h said mIyor i01i'd6, city lcouncil of the cily of Baltinore may irt, or inatead 'otsHhlc loan the saidiIanyo an dity corlc i arhere- byauthorised to ,niake .aSqo t1dispo tiiOn of (;lintock heretofore subscribe by;the, ororation of th city of' ,,Bihimore :in. the Batiinpre and .Sueq eanp~,Rail ,,Road company, and 60 of, the debt heret6foie con- hooqted by the said comrpany to, the city of Baltimore .us, thiesaid mayor and ity, council znay judge condu- civeto the public interest, add also to give their,'issent t any; proceedings that may be considered advisable for, making, said stock and debt or any part thereof 'available for the completion of theroad of the said consolidated company to Sunbury or to tide water. S' . Aid be it enacted, That this act'shall take In force. effect from the date of its passage. CHAPTER 261. AN ACT for the reliefof William Seymore, a free negro Passed in Talbot county. Mar. 10,1854, WHEnEAS, William Seymore a free nogro- came from Preamble, the Eastern shore of Virginia, in the year eighteen hundred and foriy-six, in the employment, of a cap. in of a vessel, o\ned then and commanded by said owner, engaged in running wood from Talbot county for some years ; and whereas, said free negro after the 'owner and commander of said vessel quit running her from that county, remained in Talbot county, and has been residing there ever since en- gaged in the constant service of residents of said county; and whereas, the good character of said free negro is certified to by number of respectable cit- -izens'of said county, and lately an effort is about to

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