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An Act for the relief of negro Sophia and her two children, James and Rachel Ann. 1824 53 (1824)

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their hett regular meeting, then the same shall commence and b0 Dec.Ses1824
in full force.
CRAPTER 7R,
An act for the refief of ndgro Sophia and her two children, James and Ra-  Passed Jai),
. chel Ann.                          31, 1824.
Wherea., negfo Sophia of the city of Baltimore, byl her'petition Preamble.
to this General Assembly hath set forth that she was the slave of
h certain Billy Drue lttntin, late of Baltimort! county deceased;
and that the said Billy Drue Buntin, on the tenth day of Septem.
ber, eighteen hundred and ten  executed a deed of manumission,
by which the said negro Sophia was declared to be free, and dis-
tharged from all manner of setvitude or service to the said Billy
Droe Buntin, her executorsi administrators and assigns, from and
after the expiration of seven'yearsq from the dnte of the said deed;
but that through the neglect or omission of the said Billy Druc
Buntin, the said deed nf manumission was not recorded, and re-
mained unrecorded at the time of her death; and the said negro
8nphia hath prayed that a law may pass to authorize and direct
the recording of the said deed of manumission; and wheieas,.thc
prayer of the said petitioner appears to be. just and reasonable;
lrhcrefore
Be it erncted b Y the Gmiwral Asscnlziy of Maryland, That the lRecorded or-
clerk of Baltimore county court, be, and he is h-reby authorized dered.
and requited, upon application being made to him for that purpose,
to record the said deed of manumission, and the said deed of
manumission when so recorded, shall have the same effect and ope-
ration as if it had been recorded within the time limited by law for
the recording of the same: provided nevertheless, that the rights of provis.
any purchaser acquire 1, before the passing of this act, shall not be
thereby affected.
CIAPTER 79.
An ,ct to confirm an act ot the Genetal Asseiiy of 'it'gikiti tntitled,  Passed Jan.
An act Incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.  31, 1825.
Wusa REAS, the General Assembly of Virginia have heretofore,  Preamble.
at the December session of the said General Assembly, in the year
eighteen hundred and twenty threel passed an act entitled, An act
incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, in the
substance or words following:
Whereas a navigable canal frdm the tide water of the river Po- Virginia pre-
tomac, in the District of Columbia, to the mouth of Savage creek amble.
on the north branch of the said river, and extending thence across
the Allegany mountain, to some convenient point on the navigable
waters of the river Ohio, or some one of its tributary streams, to
be fed through its course on the east side of the mountain by the
river Potonmac and the streams which empty therein, and on the
Western side of the mountain, and in passing over the same, by all
such streams of water, as may be beneficially drawn thereto by
feed~es, dims, or any other practicable mode, will be a work of
grat profit and advantage to the people of this state and of the
neighboring states, aod may ultimately tend to establish a connected
navigation Irtwttcn the eastern and western waters, so as to extend
and multiply the means and facilities of internal commerce and

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