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An Act for the more certain and speedy apprehension of runaway slaves, who may run from Worcester county. 1861 22 (1861.12)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0290 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MARYLAND. be proposed by the Congress; And whereas, the thirty-sixth Congress of the United States, at the second session thereof, begun and held at the city of Washington on Monday the third day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty, it was resolved by the Senate and House of Re)resentatives of the United States of Ame- rica, in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both Houses concuring,) that the bllowing article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three- fourths of said Legislatures, shall he valid to all intents and purposes as part of' the said Consti- tution, to-wit: Amendment Alrticle ld icen. No amendment shall ho made to to the FederalL, Constitttion. the Constitution whichi will aithiorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State. Ratification. Be it enacted In,, the lcencral Assembly of M1ary- land, That the atbresaid amendment be and the same is hereby confirmed and ratified. CHAPTER 22. Passed Jan. AN ACT for the more certain and speedy appre- 15, 1562. hension of runaway slaves, who may run from Worcester county. Reward for SECTION 1. Be it cactcd 1,y I/e (cnec'al.ssenbly arrest ow. Of Mun ryland, That firm and after the passage of a~wav aV , taken without this act, in all eases whl.re a runaway slave or the hounds of the State. slaves fromi Worcester county, whether held as a slave or slaves for life or for a term of' years, shall be ap)prehended in the limits of an adjoining State, ten miles from his, her or their home, or place of' re- sidence, o' where he, she or they may have been hired, without a permission, in writing, from his, her or their owner, overpeer or employer; the sum allowed to the captors, or those returning the

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