The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-05-18
Miscellaneous.
N o II I c Il
M FORMER OH'NERS or SLIIES
~ RAL7TMORE COUNTY.

vtllE unlcragncd. aPpuintec "COMNis-
l. SIoSKR OF SLAVE STATISTICS" 10y the
Governor -! Maryland. by authority oi AN act
at the General Assembly,, entitled IAN Act %
provide inr taking and pcrpetunting the cvl.
t"nce "i tho number 81 pcrr"ns held - labor
rnd service IA the State oi Mary land aud cman.
ripai"d by the Constitution adopted IN N. year
,ht. and by whom such cfsona were hold
HEREBY GIVES NOTICE. that ne has bpnl-
81 nnd qualified. ami will enter uJnn his iuti.s
~ Commissioner al9r"said H. will visit each
Ei'ction Disitict IA the county. rs required by
law. ~ the places sud "n the iAys hereafter
nainnd. from !" u'coeN : ". o. "'clacA t.
NJ. each day
Nin,h pisirir,-.A. 3a.',on,o,,i.. from Non
day. May 2Oth. I" Friday. MAY :,th, inclusive
Thirteenth Diaiiiri.-A; Wa't,', r,cc,. .,prinJ
Tuesday. IRy ?stA.
First District AT EoJlnaon'. Cd'onsrtfe
"Wednesday. May 2gih.
SECOND District, At ',90it. Ransa!. 'y.rr
Thursday. May auth.
Third Distrirt.--At Eor,a's. II ..lny ana Sat
urisy, May 3ist and June lat.
Fourth Dis'TicL-At Ercrkarrs. Ecisfers.yte,,
Tuc-dny ami Wednesday. June ith and 9Th
Finh District S'orN't WkI, H'.,c.i On
rhursdsy. juno sth.
sixth bis,rict.--M g'lrssla',. uoiiie,o,c,, 81.
Friday. Juno 7ih
seventh District; --Hr.as'., W,,14ry. Tuc-
day. June nth.
Eighth Di.trirL--Ai '9ckcy-,,Nr. Wednesday
and Thursday, June l2th aud 18th.
Tenth Dis'rict.-A; Shdc's Monday, June
18th.
Eleventh Dlsirict--At Wr,yAts. Harro-.i
hks., Wednesday, June 18th.
Twelfth DistrieL-A, Biue Bal Thursday,
June goth, and II t'raat Stctrcr', North Io,a (
Koai, Friday. June 3ist.
Tho title OF tho law and the preamble % the
asne, fully sciS lor,h the object Of and the ne
"'r,'iy for, It's passage par, Of the preamble
a.ys
THAT the State OF Maryland has "a good,
valid and Just claim upon tho GevernInent Of
the United States tor reasonable aud adequate
compensation for the said property. and that il
ought not 60 hc doubted that the Federal Gov
crnmcnt, when the passions excited by the late
unhappy civil war shall have subsidized, will
r"eogniso the justice Of tho said claims aud
faithfully perform her manifest duty ia regard
a. H."
Tho laws provides for and requires the fol-
lowing facts:
Tho nancs Of the former owners. at tho time
1T the adoption 81 tho constitution in the year
1864.
"Thc na me-. number. age. scx and physical
condition Of such slaves whether they wcr.
slaves for life or for term u years. and how
nanny years whether they have been enlisted
n drafted into the service Of the unitcd States
=" Tar ~ i known u said owners OF others, and
into what regiments they were placed, and
what compensation, IL any. has boon received
from the state or General Government by such
owner or owners for such slaves as enlisted or
wcr" drafted into the military service Of tho
United States"
Tho testimony Va all casci shall be tho
sworn statelncn, of the FORMER owners or own
cr- e his. her oT their legal represents tives,
confirmed by the Testimony on oath ~ ~ least
tw" disntercstcd witnesses"
Whom the statistics arc made up by tho Com
missioner aud Deposited with the clerk II the
Circuit Court. they arc by law " declared to be-
legal cvidcnc" upon the qucslons conrcrniu .
tho ownership 81 slaves IN this StaAc at the
time of the adoption of the Constitution by
which said Slaves were emancipatc.''
RI" 9Th section q the lnw provides 4" that IN,
sa'i tn,nmi ssioncrs. for the per lcrmnncc oi the
iuii,s pTcarrihed in this net, shall BE- entitled
:" charge and receive the sum 81 twenty five
cents pc. capita for each and every slave by him
recorded ns 80 formerly owned. a. Dc paid in all
eases bv the former owner or owners, md no
compensation or charge Of any kind Whatever
undrr tho provisions Of this act shall be paid
out - the State Treasury"
EDWARD RIDER. IN,
Comm isaioncr Slave Statistics for Baltic. 90
May lit