Colonial Maryland Slave Laws 15 - 17: Bacon's Laws of Maryland

15.  All Persons importing Negroes by Land or Water, into this Province, shall, at the Time of Entry, pay to the Naval Officer 2 l. Current Money, over and above the Duties now payable by Law, (viz. Art.
8 and 9 above,) for every Negro so imported or brought in, to be applied to the Use of the County
Schools; on Forfeiture of 10 l. Current Money, for every Negro so brought in, and not paid for.  One
Half of which Penalty to the Informer, the other Half to the Use of the County Schools:  Which Duty shall be collected, accounted for, and paid, by the Naval Officers, in the same Manner as the former Duties upon Negroes, &c.  1763, ch. 28, §. 1.

16.  But Persons removing from any other of his Majesty's Dominions, in order to settle and reside within
this Province, may import such Negroes as they shall be possessed of, for carrying on their proper  Occupations at the Time of their Removal, Duty free.Ibid.  §. 2.

17. Importers of Negroes, exporting the same within Two Months from the Time of their Importation,
on Application to the Naval Officer, shall be repaid the aforesaid Duty.  Ibid.  §. 3.


Bacon's Laws of Maryland . Vol 75 page 690. Maryland Archives  http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000075/pdf/am75--690.pdf