[331] Laws of Ga., 1849-50, p. 374.

[332] Acts of Ga., 1851-2, p. 263.

[333] Acts of Ga., 1855-6, p. 271.

[334] Hurd: Law of Freedom and Bondage, Vol. II., p. 19.

[335] Maxcy: The Laws of Md., Vol. II, p. 351. Co. 67.

Hurd: Vol. II., p. 21.

[336] Ibid.: 1897, Chap. 15. Other exceptions by Public and Private Acts, 1798, C. 76; 1812, C. 76; 1813, C. 55; 1818-19, C. 201; Hurd: Vol. II., p. 19.

[337] Dorsey: General Laws of Md., 1692 to 1839, Vol. I., p. 661.

[338] Laws of Md., 1818, C. 197, Sec. 2.

Dorsey: Vol. I., p. 702.