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An Act for the relief of Thomas Warfield and his wife and children, free negroes of the District of Columbia. 1856 362 (1856)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0251 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MARYLAND. Commission- SECTION 1. Beit enacted by the GeneralAssembly ers authorised in their ie-of .faryland, That the County Commissioners of tion to levy. Cecil county be and they are hereby aulorised and empowered, if in their discretion they shall deem it expedient, to levy on the assessable property of said county, a sum of money sufficient for the construc- tion of a new bridge, over l3ack creek, in Cecil county, at or near the site of the old one, said bridge to be built on substantial piling, with stone abutments at each end, and to be at least twenty feet wide, including parapets, with a pivot opening at time chan- nel at least thirty feet wide, said pivot to be rested on a stone abutment. County com- SEc. 2. ./nd he it enacted, That the said County inissioners nu- thorjied to Commissioners, after having proceeded to levy a contract, sum of money, for the ronstruction of said bridge, as aforesaid, be and they are hcreby authorised and required, to let the building of said bridge out to the Proviso, lowest bidder ; Provided, That the person or per- sons to whom such contract may be given, shall, be- fore beginning the construction of said bridge, give bond and security, to be approved by the said Commissioners, that the work upon said bridge shall be performed and completed in a substantial and workmanlike manner. CHAPTER 229. Passed Mar. AN ACT for the relief of Thomas Warfield and hia 10, 1856. wife and hildren, free negroes of the District of Columbia. At liberty to SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly return to the of .aryland, ''lhat from and after the passage of this State. act, Thomas Warfield, his wife and children, free negroes of the District of Columbia, are hereby at liberty to return to the State of Maryland, and there- after be entitled to the same rights and privileges that the free colored population are now entitled to under the laws of this State.

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