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SAMUEL STEVENS, JR. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

Dec. Ses. 1822

or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeited, or
willingly act or assist in the falsely making altering, forging, or
counterfeiting, or shall utter, publish, or pass, knowing to be falsely
made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, any warrant, or order for
payment of money, or delivery of goods, or other valuable articles,
whether the said warrant or order contain a simple request to pay
the said money, or deliver the said goods or other valuable articles,
or not, with the intention to defraud any person, and being thereof
convicted, in any court of law within this state, he or they shall be
adjudged a felon, and be sentenced to undergo a confinement in the
penitentiary house of this state, for a period of time not less than six
months, and not more than three years,

Repeal.

2. And be it enacted. That all such part or parts of an act of assem-
bly, entitled, An act for the more effectual preventing of forgery,
and to make it felony to steal bonds, notes, or other securities for
the payment of money, as are inconsistent with the provisions of this
act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

Passed Feb.
20, 1823
Divorce.

Authority an-
nulled.

CHAPTER. 170.

An act for the relief of Charity F. Barriere, of the city of Baltimore.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Charity F. Barriere, of the city of Baltimore, be, and she is
hereby divorced from bed, board and mutual cohabitation, with her
husband, David Barriere.
2. And be it enacted, That all the right and title which the said
David Barriere, by virtue of his marriage with said Charity F.
Barriere, had acquired to any property which she now is or may
become entitled to, in any way or manner whatever, be, and the
some is hereby revoked and repealed; and that the said Charity F.
Barriere be, and she is hereby declared capable to have, hold, take,
receive, sue for, and recover, by compromise, suit or suits in law or
equity, ail such property, In as full and ample a manner as if she was
a feme sole, and had never been married; and to hold, use and enjoy
the same, for her own use and benefit, and the same to dispose of ac-
cording to her will and pleasure, without the molestation, interfer-
ence, hindrance, or consent of her said husband, in the same manner
she could or might have done were she a feme sole.

Passed Feb.
20, 1823.

Preamble.

Cases of pur-
chases, &c.

CHAPTER 171.

A further additional supplement to an act, entitled, An act for the more
effectual collection of the county charges, in Allegany county.
WHEREAS the act to which this is a supplement, has been found
by experience to be insufficient to secure to purchasers of land sold by
the collectors, for the payment of taxes in Allegany county; therefore,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alary land, That
in all cases where purchases have been made under the law, to which
this act is a supplement, and where decisions have not been had in
the county court, or where suit or suits are now pending, if the pur-
chaser or purchasers, their heirs, executors, administrators, do and
shall advertise in one of the newspapers of Frederick Town, Balti-
more, and one on the eastern shore, such as the commissioners of the
tax of Allegany county shall direct, once per week, for and during
five weeks, fully describing the land and the owner's name where it is
known, and the time of purchase, with the amount they have paid
for the same, the title so acquired from the collector shall be as
good and available in law as if the sale had been made by its
original and real owner, unless the person or persons having such