ORDINANCES OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE. WITH THE ACT OF INCORPORATION AND SUPPLEMENT THERETO PREFIXED

Baltimore: Printed by Warner & Hanna, printers to the Corporation, 1801. 329, [1 blank], XXXI [Table of Contents], [39] [Index], [3] pp. Contemporary ink notes on front free endpaper. "Washington City Council | First Chamber" in ink script on title page. Lacking covers and rear endpapers. Text generally clean with scattered light foxing, some gatherings beginning to loosen. Enclosed in a modern box with marbled paper boards. Good+.

The book begins with the 1796 Act to Erect Baltimore-Town and Supplement. Baltimore enacted an unusually large number of Ordinances at this early date. One of them prescribed whipping slaves [up to 39 stripes] for violating the Ordinances.
Bristol [Maryland] 12. Sabin 3053. AI 101 [3].