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IV. And whereas it so often happens that Negro Slaves,
&c. commit many heinous and capital Crimes, which are en-
deavoured to be smothered and concealed, or else such Ne-
groes, &c. are conveyed to some other Province, and sold by
their Owners, who for the Sake of the Interest they have in
their Lives and Services, suffer them to escape Justice ; Be it
therefore Enacted, by and with the Authority, Advice and
Consent aforesaid, That if any Negro or Mulatto Slave, or
Mulatto born of a White Woman, during the Time of his
Service by Law, or Indian Slave, shall hereafter be convicted
of any capital Crime, for which they shall suffer Death, the
Court before whom they shall be convicted, shall immediately,
upon such Conviction, Value such Negro, or Mulatto Slave,
or Mulatto born of a White Woman, before the Expiration
of their Service appointed by Law, in Tobacco, and Three
Fourths of their Value to be allowed in the Public Levy, to be
paid to the Owner or Owners of such Negro, or Mulatto
Slave, or Mulatto born of a White Woman.
V. And whereas in the Law relating to Servants and
Slaves, there is no Punishment or Penalties laid upon Negroes
or Mulattoes intermarrying with any White Person; Be it
therefore Enacted, by and with the Authority, Advice and
Consent aforesaid, That if any Free Negro, or Mulatto, inter-
marry with any White Woman, or if any White Man shall
intermarry with any Negro, or Mulatto Woman, such Negro
or Mulatto shall become a Slave during Life, excepting Mu-
lattoes born of White Women, who for such Intermarriage
shall only become Servants for Seven Years, to be disposed
of as the Justices of the County Court where such Marriage
so happens, shall think fit, to be applied by them towards the
Support of a Public School within the said County. And any
White Man or White Woman, who shall intermarry as afore-
said, with any Negro, or Mulatto, such White Man or White
Woman, shall become Servants during the Term of Seven
Years, and shall be disposed of by the Justices as aforesaid,
and be applied to the Uses aforesaid
VI. And further, Whereas many Negro, Indians, and
Mulatto Slaves, are often found guilty of Pilfering and Steal-
ing, and other Misdemeanors, for which they either escape
without Punishment, or else the Owners of such Indian, Ne-
groes, or Mulattoes, are put to considerable Charge by bring-
ing them to Trial, and receiving their Punishment for such
Crime before the County Courts ; Be it Enacted, by and with
the Authority, Advice and Consent aforesaid, That when-
soever any Negro, Indian, or Mulatto Slave, shall hereafter be
charged with any Pilfering or Stealing, or any other Crime
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