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previ.nt, any process, civil or criminal, issuing from the L./'1.#
court, -f this state, trom being served or executed within
the limits of the said ression.
In the Senate touse the troentieth day of December, in the year of our
Lord onw lhousaiul eight hundred and twen'i.t/rer, and in thefiarty.
eighth year of the Independence of the United States of .merica.
JAUOH BOND 'ON, President of the Senate.
PATRICK NOBLE, Speaker of the House of
Repi esentatives.
CHAP. 23.-An ACT to amend the act of the General Assembly, enti-
tied, **an act for the incorporation of Georgetown.
WHEREAS the powvrs at presit pussessed by the
town council of Georgetown, have proved insufficient in
many respects for purposes essential to the prosperity of
said town:
[Sec. 1.] Beit therefore enacted by the honorable the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives, now sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the same, Thlu fr'm
and after the passage of this act,the town council of George-
town shall have full power to impose and collect an annu-
al tax on each and every lot or lots, piece or pieces of land
within the limits of the said town, as may be exclusively
inhabited by a slave or slaves, or a free person of colour,
or free persons of colour, and which is or are not within
an inclosure upon which a white person resides: Provi-
ded the said annual tax shall not exceed one hundred dol-
lars on each lot or piece of land.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid,.
That the town council aforesaid, shall hereafter also have
full power to impose and collect an annual tax upon each
and every free person or persons of colour, who shall keep
within the limits of the town aforesaid, any store or
shop of any-kind or sort whatsoever : Provided the said
annual tax shall not exceed one hundred dollars.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted bi the authority afore-
said, That the town council aforesaid, shall hereafter also
have full power to pass proper ordinances to compel all
persons, not residents of the town aforesaid, and coming
within the limits thereof, for the purpose of trading. or
trafficking, to take out licenses previous to comnIncing
such trading or trafficking: Provided the said town coun-
cil shall he liable, by their said oirdinances, to) refund the
price paid for their said license, in ( w the peron paying
the same, shall continue to reside permanently in the said](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactssc0143&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)