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An Act to prevent slaves from gaining their freedom in certain cases. 1858 463 (1858)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0268 and id is 1 raw text is: THOMAS H. HICS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. CHAPTER 807. AN ACT to prevent slaves from gaining their 1assd xi freedom in certain cases. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General A8sem- Upon what bly of Maryland, That no slave who may be condition enti- hereafter manumitted by deed or will, upon con- tledtofreedom. dition that the said slave shall leave this State, or upon any other condition or contingency, shall be entitled to freedom, until the said condition shall have been performed, or the specified contin- gency shall have happened. SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That no slave shall To be manu. hereafter be manumitted by deed or will, unless mitted onlybae tween certain the said slave is, at the date of the manumission, ages. above the age of ten and under the age of forty- five years, and able to gain a livelihood and sup- port by labor. SEC. 3. And h e it enacted, That this act shall In force. take effect from the date of itf passage. CHAPTER 308. AN ACT to make valid certain deeds, and to Panied mareh and to regulate the recording of the same. 9 1858. SECTION 1. Be it enacted b the General AS- Madevalid. embly of Maryland, That any deed properly exe- cuted and acknowledged prior to or since the passage of the act of eighteen hundred and fifty- six, chapter one hundred and fifty-four, but re- corded since that act went into operation, or which may be recorded within six months after the passage of this act, be an'd the same is hereby declared to be as valid for all purposes as if it had been recorded prior to the passage of the act of the act of eighteen hundred and fifty-six, chap- ter one hundred and fifty-four; Provided, that ,rovi.. nothing in this act contained shall be construed to prejudice the rights or interests of bona fide

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