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An Act to allow William Stafford of Caroline county, to bring into this State, a slave for a term of years, therein named. 1858 565 (1858)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0272 and id is 1 raw text is: THOMAS H. HICKS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 565 CHAPTER 386. AN ACT to allow William Stafford of Caroline Passed March 10, 1858. county, to bring into this State, a slave for a term of years, therein named. SECTIOTN 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem- Leave to bring bly of Maaryland, That it may and shall be law- into tho State ful for William Stafford, of Caroline county, to bring into this State, from the State of Delaware, a negro woman named Eliza Cannon, a slave for a term of years, purchased by the said William Stafford. SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said Eliza Can- Ist leave State at expl- non shall remove from the State of Maryland, ration of terim after her term of servitude expires, under a penal- ofrsrvltudo. ty of one hundred dollars, recoverable befbre the Orphans' Court of Caroline county, to be paid into the colonization fund fbr the furtherance of the objects of said society. SEc. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall In Ar take effect from the date of its passage CHAPTER 387. A SUPPLEMENT to an act, entitled ai act, tbr Vassed March the better protection of Stevens' Ferry, passed at December session, eighteen hundred and forty-four, chapter one hundred and fifty-six. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem- Duty ut'Com- bly of Maryland, That it shall be the duty of the ioluioners. County Commissioners of Somerset and Worces- ter counties, to levy upon the taxable property of said counties, in the hands of their respective Sheriffs, twelve months in advance, annually, a sufficient amount, or sum of money for the pur- chase of a rope or ropes for Stevens' Ferry, on the Pokomoke river in said counties, and said Sheriffs, shall upon the order of the keeper or keepers of the said ferry, pay over to him or them

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