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An Act to provide and employ a special police force in Kent county, by the county commissioners, to guard the county, arrest and secure all absconding slaves and suspicious persons, or persons aiding, assisting or enticing slaves to abscond, to arrest persons committing felony or misdemeanor, or in possession of stolen property, to disperse disorderly or tumultuous meetings of negroes, to seize guns illegally held, and to provide a compensation; also, a reward to all persons who may arrest and secure a runaway slave, etc. 1856 296 (1856)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0249 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MARYLAND. land is hereby given to the purchase by the United States Government of a lot or parcel of ground and buildings in tile, city of Baltinore for the purposes of a United States post-office, and for the extension of the Custom house, and the purchase of a lot for a Court House for the United States Courts. Jurisdiction Sec. 2. nld be t enacted, That jurisdiction over ceded. the same parcels of ground after tie same shall have been lawfully conveyed to the said United States Gov- ernment, be and it is hereby ceded to ilhe United States Government, reserving, nevertheless, to the Slate of Maryland concurrent jurisdiction over the said lot or parcel of ground so far as may be neces- sary to authorise the service thereon of process is. sued to any court or officer of the said State, and the punishment by said State or' crimes thereon com- mitted. In forco. Sex. 3. ./1nd be it enacted, That this act shall, take effect from and after the date of its passage. CHAPTER 177. PassedlarcI AN ACT to provide and employ a special police 8, 1856, force in Kent county, by the county commission- ers, to guard the county, arrest and secure all ab- sconding slaves and suspicious persons, or persons aiding, assisting or enticing slaves to abscond, to arrest persons committing felony or mislein'anor, or ill possession of stolen property, to disperse dis- orderly or tumultuous neetings of negroes, to seize guns illegally held, and to provide a compensation; also, a reward to all per3ons who may arrest and secure a runawaly slave, &e. Preamble. WIEt RAS, the niu mrais instances duriu the last year, of' the absc.nding of slaves from lCent coun- ty, from the service of their owners to other States, where it has been found impracticable to discover and reclaim them, has prodhuced considerable sen- sation in the public Mind, and induced a large

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