Petitions for freedom are now regulated by 1796, ch. 67, sec. 21,22,
23, 24, 25, 26, 27. |
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SEC. 31. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That if any matter of dispute arises concerning servants im-
ported into this province, or any servant that binds himself for
years within this province, or any bound out by the county
courts of this province, in relation to their indentures, contracts
or wages, or any other matter of difference between the said
master and servant, the same shall be tried, heard and deter-
mined, by petition as aforesaid, any law, statute or usage to the
contrary notwithstanding. |
Disputes to
be deter-
mined by
petition. |
SEC. 32. And be it enacted, by the authority, advice and
consent aforesaid. That no negro or other slave within this
province shall be permitted to carry any gun, or any other
offensive weapon, from off their master's land, without license
from their said master; and if any negro or other slave shall
presume so to do, he shall be liable to be carried before a justice
of peace, and be whipped, and his gun or other offensive
weapon shall be forfeited to him that shall seize the same and
carry such negro so offending before a justice of peace.
See 1831, ch. 323, sec. 6. |
Slaves not
to carry
guns, &c. |
SEC. 33. And be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, by and
with the advice and consent aforesaid, That from and after the
end of this session of assembly, any servant or servants what.
soever within this province, that shall feloniously take or pur-
loin his or their master, mistress or dame's goods or chattels,
under the value of one thousand pounds of tobacco, shall be
adjudged felony, and being thereof lawfully convict in any
county court of this province, shall be adjudged to pay four
times the value of such goods so purloined, to his or their
master, mistress or dame, which he, she or they shall make
good by servitude, after the expiration of their first time of ser-
vice, and shall also suffer such pains of whipping or pilloring as
the justices before whom such matter is brought shall adjudge.
See 1809, ch. 138.
SEC. 34. Deemed inapplicable to our present state of society—as it
authorizes the arrest and detention of a white man travelling without a
pass.
CHAPTER 46.
AN ACT for the direction of Sheriffs in their offices, and restraining their
ill practices within this province.
A supplementary act, 1769, ch. 15. |
Servants
stealing to
be adjudged
felons. |
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the King's most excellent majesty, by
and with the advice and consent of his majesty's Governor, Coun-
cil and Assembly of this province, and the authority of the same,
That no sheriff, under sheriff, or deputy-sheriff, shall seize any
tobacco unstript, or seize or mark any merchant's or other's |
Sheriff not
to seize
tobacco
unstripped,
&c. |
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