An Act to Incorporate the Maryland State Colonization Society (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from An Act to Incorporate the Maryland State Colonization SocietySection 1. Be it enacted by the General fissembly of Maryland, That the governor and council shall, as soon as convemently may be after the passage of this act, appoint a board of managers, consisting of three per sons, who shall, at the time of their appointment, be members of the Ma ryland State Colonization Society, whose duty it shall be to remove from the state of hiaryland, the people of color now free, and such as shall here after become so, to the colony of Liberia, in Africa, or such other place or places, out of the limits of this state, as they may approve of, and the per~ son or persons so to be removed, shall consent to go to, accoicz¿q m the provisions of this act, and to provide for their establishment and support as far as necessary, and to discharge the other duties required of them by this act, and before the said managers shall proceed to act, they shall severally give bond to the state of Maryland, in the penalty of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for their faithful accounting for all monies that may come to their bands, which bond shall be approved by one of the judges of Haiti more county court, and sent to the treasurer of the western shore of this state.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.