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An Act to permit William Gibbons, a Free Man of Colour, to emigrate and remove into this State. 1816 163 (1816)

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of the county, out of the limits aforcsaid, be levied upon tile Dec. Ses ,8,6
property within those liinith.                                      .
7. And be it enacted, That the five following persons, to wit New. places to
John Bcall Howard, Joseph Ford, Caleb Merryman, Labon Welsh be fixed for
and Robert Lyon, shall be and are hereby appointed commiij- holding elce-
sioners to ascertain and fix new places Ior :olding elections inl ltios in st
and 4th di,,.
the first and fourth election districts of Baltimore county respec- trictsincounty.
tively, instead of the places heretollore fixed and established for
that putpose in the said districts, and shall prceed in tile cx-
ecmition of their duty, in the same manner amid tuider the like pe-
malties, as are prescribed it, the act, entitled, An act to regulate
clections, for the commissioners appointed by virtue thereof.
8. JAd be it enacted, That all acts, and plarts of acts, incollRiea-
tent with the provisions of this act, slall be, aid arc !r   Iejeal.|
repealed.
CJAPTE11 210.
An act for the benfit of Persoms Hiring or RentingStoves. i'.,sed Fc,. 3
Sec. 1. Be it enarcted by the General AIssembly !f Jlarytalld, llireds~ove.
That wherle any stove or stoves now are, or itay hcreafter be exempted from
rented or hired to any person or persons within this state, the sauii exCcution.
shall lie and are hereby exempted (in the hands of tile lerson or
persons so hiring or renting the salle) from  all executions io debt
or public taxes, and froim all distress for rent dile, or that may
become due, friom the person or persons so rentingor hiring' such
stove or stoves ; Prox'ided alwaSjs. that nothitig ill this act col. Provisos.
tailed shall protect more than one stove hir any one iaanily, or any
stove rented or hired for more than one year ; And provided also,
that the contract fCor renting or hiring  ucli stove shall lie in
writing, signed by the parties to the contract, amid akmowledged
by theml before one justice of tile peatce, anid l-tcorde d allnog
the records of the county where the party so renting (it hiring
resides, within twenty days after the making of such written con-
tract.
2. Anid be it enacted, That the justices of the peace taking tile Allowance'to
acknowlcdgment of' time parties as aforesaid, shall he eliil..,td to justices for
taking ac-
six cents, and no more, us a fee therefor, and that Ite clerk shall kiiiwlcdg.
be entitled to tihe like fecs for recordiul; tigt( same a!- are now al- ictiIs.
lowed bly law for the rec'rding of deeds and conveyances.
CIHAPTIlIt -11.
An act to permit William    Giblos, a Free Man of Co- P.assd Feb. 3.
lour, to emigrate and remove into this State.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by thc General issembly oJ .,larijland, win. Gibbons
That William Gibbons, a free man of colour, now a resilient of autborisedto
remove into
the state of Delaware, may emigrate and remove into this state, is J, state.
anti enjoy tile same privileges and imunnities as if lie had been
emancipated in the state, provided he give bond, with good secu-
rity, to the state of Maryland, ill a smtn to le approved by the
levy court of Allegany county, that he will not become a charge
to said county, and the clerk of said court is hereby directed to
file said bond in his office.

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