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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0181 and id is 1 raw text is: In the thirty-seventh Year of the Commonwealth. ( 1st
discretion may deem necessary ;-for the purpose of discharging Money hiow to ho
a certain debt or debts due fh'om the estate (if the said decedent applied.
to Arthur Upshur, forme ly Ihe ward of the said decedent.
4,. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof. Commenoment
CHAP. CXXXI.
in Act concerning Ben, Johnston a inatn of colour.
[Passed Jantary 9th, 1813.)
:1. B Eit enacted by the General Assembl, That Ben Johnstont a nIe Johnston, a
nmanof colour, who has lately been emancipated by Stephen free mok uti co.
Bowen, lie, and lie hereby is, allowed the porivilege of residiug Iour, permitted
within this commonweallh, together with allother the privileges & to esi illn ilth.
rights, which free persons of colour usually have withi tile same. cowmonwcalth.
3. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof. Comneoceren!.
CHAP. CXXXII.
On let concerning Fraiky afree Tvoinan of colour.
[Passed February 18th, 1313.]
E) itn calced bi lhe General .Sssembly, That Franky a free Franky, a fr):
I. woman ofeolur, formerly the property of Chares Ileekly, woman of colou
shalh be, and is hereby permitted to remain as a free person with. permitted to r,
in this coininanwD~lth, and to have an enjoy all the rights and side il this Col
privileges whiehi other frec persons of uolour possess and enjoy molwcaltk.
within the same-any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
. Tbis act shall be in force from the passing thereof. Commecemcnt.
CHAP. CXXXIII.
A1n Act concerning Armuistcad l,on9.
laesscd Dccemhcr 28th, 1812.1
NNFIER AS it is represented to the General Assembly by Ar. Preambl.
- mislead Loug, that lie lately owned lands w'dlin the juris-
diction ot Maryland, vo:ti:lg pai'tll Of main lirud on the Poto-
anek river, and partly o'an iland in the said river; that, having
llaecdl his hnegrops on the said Island, they were employed in his
servi,.o alternately oil the said mnain laud of'Maryland, on the Ish-
'auid, and in this state ; that he hai now diipo.icd of the said Isl:nd
and tie land on the Maryland shiore, and is desirous of bringing
his said slaves back to reside in this state, v hereof they are all na-
tives except those born upon the said Island ;-
1. BC it thereufore enactedi That it shall be laiyful for the said Armistead long
Arntistuad Long to bring back into this state, all the slaves b- errmitted to
longing to lim and situatcd as is above set forth, being twenty thli sta,',e 22
two in number including those born upon the said Island, and to stlavej frum Mas
hold them as his property within this commonwealth, in tha same ryltuid.
manner a' if the said slaves had never been without itsjurildia-
tion.
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