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An Act to authorise the sheriff to sell negro Leonidas Snowden, for the benefit of Montgomery county. 1854 5 (1854)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0223 and id is 1 raw text is: T. WATKINS sitlONli ESQU!RE,,'GOVERNOR. 5 the benefits and advantages, and pay over to the Trustees thereof such equal proportion or sum of money as such school district may ho entitled to, upon the Trustees thereof complying with tie regulations and provisions applying to thle Trustees of othe p imaryschools in the county, in the same manner and by the same means, as if said new school district had been created under the former laws for the establishment of primary schools in Charles county. S.c. 6. And be it enacted, That tiia'act slall ake* In force. effect from the, date of its passage., CHAPTER 2. AN ACT to authorise the sheriff to sell negro Leonidas Passed Snowden, for the benefit of Montgomery county. Fob. 10, 1854. SECTrrON 1. Be it enacted by the General AssehblY Authorityto of Maryland, That the sheriff of Montgomery county sell. be and he ii hereby authorised and directed to sell at public sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, for transpor- tation beyond the limits of the State, negro Leonidas Snowden, a convict cet ti liberty from the Penitentiary, to serve for the residue of his unexpired term of sorvt- tude, as a slave; and said sheriff shall, after deducting live per cent. commission and all expenses attending said sale, pay the net proceeds of said sale to the coun- ty commissioners for Montgomery county, for the use of said county; and tie official bond of said sheriff shall be liable to said commissioner, for said proceeds of said sale; Provided, that the clerk of the Circuit Court of Mont- proviso. gomery county shall, at the time of -uch sale, supply and furnish to said negro slave a copy, under seal of the court, of the instrument of writing under which he is entitled to freedom. S.c. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take In forcei effect from and after the date of its passage.

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