PUBLIC GENERAL LAW.
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FREE NEGROES.
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Penalty for importing them, &c.—1796, ch, 67, sec. 16,
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On free negroes giving or selling their certificates of freedom — 1796,
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ch. 67, sec. 18, ..........
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If living idle, and without means of subsistence, they may be obliged
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to give security, or be imprisoned --1796, ch, 67, sec. 20,
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Slaves to be admitted to give evidence in all cases in which a free negro
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or mulatto, or other person of colour, free or freed, is charged with
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stealing goods or receiving stolen goods— 1801, ch. 109, . .
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Not lawful for any person except county clerks, (or registers of wills
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where the manumission is by will,) to grant certificates of freedom
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to any free negro — 1805, ch. 66, sec. 2,
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Such certificates to be given by the clerks or register of the county
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where the deed or will or a copy of the will is recorded— 1807)
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ch. 164, ...........
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The clerks and registers enjoined to grant certificates when called upon,
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describing the height, age,&c. the time of freedom, the place where
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raised, marks, &c, — 1805, Ch. 66, sec. 2, .....
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Certificates not to be granted a second time unless the negro applying
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shall make oath, or prove otherwise the loss of the former certifi-
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cate— 1805, ch. 66, sec. 4, ........
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The second certificate to describe the person as prescribed in the first
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section of this act-~1805$ ch. 66, sec. 4, .....
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Negroes applying for certificates to prove by testimony satisfactory to
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the clerk or register, that they are the same persons who were
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manumitted — 1805, ch. 66, sec. 5, ......
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Negroes born free, and wishing to leave the county, may apply to the
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clerk for a certificate — 1805, ch. 66, sec. 6, .
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The clerk directed, on sufficient evidence, to grant a certificate setting
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forth the manner of their being entitled to freedom, and describing
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them as herein before prescribed — 1805, ch. 66, sec. 6,
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Compensation to the clerks and registers — 1895, ch. 66, sec. 7, .
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Free negroes prohibited from selling corn, &c. without a certificate an-
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nually from a justice of the peace of their being of good character
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— 1805, ch. 80, sec. 2, ........
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A fine of five dollars for every offence, to be recovered before a justice
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of the peace— 1805, ch. 80, sec. 3, ......
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Persons purchasing from free negroes contrary to this act to be fined
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ten dollars — 1805, ch. 80, sec. 4, ......
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Any free negro or mulatto permitted to keep one dog on annual license
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from a justice of the peace — 1806, ch. 81, sec. 1, »
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Free negroes or mulattoes found by constables at suspected places,
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liable to be carried before a magistrate and committed or recog-
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nized, &c.— 1806, ch. 81, sec. 3, .......
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Allowance to constables — 1806, ch. 81, sec. 4, .
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The children of lazy indolent free negroes may be brought before the
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orphans courts, or in their recess, before the trustees of the poor,
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