INDEX TO THE PUBLIC LAWS.

Chap.

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not by the children, if the person selected
be approved by the court,

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FREE

NEGROES AND MULATTOES— See Free

Negroes and Slaves.

FREE

NEGROES AND SLAVES— Any citizen of

this State, or any person or persons who

reside or may have resided out of this

State, and who may remove or have remov-

ed into the same with a bona fide intention

of becoming a citizen, may introduce any

negro slave or slaves for life, from any

State, if the person so removing shall with-

in 30 days after the removal make affidavit
before some justice of the county into which

he or she may remove, and have same filed,

&c. of his or her intention to become a citi-

zen, &c. and that the person so introducing

such slave, &c. shall within the time afore-

said, file with the clerk a list, &c. of said

slaves, &c. so removed, staling the ages,

&c. with affidavit, that it is a true list, &c.

and that he hath not removed the same for

sale, and that they are slaves for life, and

that the sum of $15 for each, between the

age of 42 and 45 years, and the sum of $5
for each above the age of 45, and under

12 years, be paid to the cleric, &c.

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Any thing in any previous act contrary

to or inconsistent with this, repealed.

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2

No free negro or mulatto belonging to or

residing in any other State, to come into

this State under penalty of $200 for first

offence; not to come in a second time

where he or she has been arrested under

the act, under penalty of $500, &c. one

half to informer, the other half to sheriff for

colonization society, to be recovered on

complaint and conviction before county

court, or during recess the orphans' court,

in which arrested, &c.

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In case of refusal to pay, to be commit-

ted to jail, &c. and sold, &c. upon 10 days
notice, to serve as a slave; sheriff after de-

ducting prison charges and commission of

ten per cent, to pay one half of nett pro-

ceeds to informer, the balance to pay over