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CHAP. 170.
Persons selling
less than ten gal-
lons at one time,
deemed a retailer.
Distillers, &c not
prohibited from
retailing, &c.
Not lawful to sell
liquid, or buy
from negroes after
sun-set.
Negroes &c. ob-
taining certifi-
cates of good cha-
racter &c. not
prohibited from
selling, &c.
Certificates given
to free negroes,
&c. to be attested,
&c.
Persons not prohibi-
bited from buying
or selling in any
market-house,
&c.
Certificates to be
recorded by clerk
of county, or to
be void.
Pena'ty for selling
or buying contra-
ry to the provisi-
ons of this act.
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2. And be it enacted, That every person selling any of the liquors
above mentioned in Kent county, under the quantity of ten gallons
at any one time, shall be deemed a retailer, and no retailer shall
retail less than a pint of the liquors above mentioned at any onetime.
3. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be deem-
ed, construed or taken, to prohibit the maker, distiller, or brewer of
any spirituous liquors, beer or cider, in Kent county, from retail-
ing the same, such person not selling less than one quart at any one
time.
4. And be it enacted, That from and after the first day of June
next, it shall not be lawful for any person to sell any of the liquors
above mentioned, nor to sell, buy or barter, any wheat, corn, rye,
oats, baron, or any goods, wares or merchandise, or personal pro-
perty whatever, in Kent county, to, of, with or from, any negro
or mulatto slave, or servant, or any free negro or free mulatto,
between sun-set and sun-rise of the succeeding morning; Provided,
that nothing herein contained shall prohibit any person from selling,
buying or bartering, any article or thing whatever in the said coun-
ty, to, of, with or from, any servant or slaw, who shall have a
written order or license for that purpose from his or her master,
mistress, overseer, or other person, in whose employment such
servant or slave may actually be, with the consent of his or her
owner or owners,
5. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall prohibit
any person from selling, buying or bartering, any article or thing
whatever, in the said county, to, of, with or from, any free negro,
or free mulatto, who shall at the time have obtained a certificate of
his or her good character, and permission to sell, buy or barter, any
article whatever in Kent county, after sun-set, from two magis-
trates of the said county.
6. And be it enacted, That all certificates, given to free negroes,
or free mulattoes, by virtue of this act, shall express the day of
the month and year, of granting the same, and shall be attested
under the hand and seal of the magistrates granting the same.
7. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall ex-
tend to or prohibit any person from selling, buying or bartering,
any article whatever, to, of, with or from, any slave or servant,
free negro or free mulatto, in any market-house in the said county
now established by law, or which hereafter may be established, in
the time in which the same may be open by law for the purpose of
selling and buy ins; therein.
8. And be it enacted, That the certificates obtained by free ne-
groes or free mulattoes, as aforesaid, shall be by them presented
to the clerk of Kent county court, and by him recorded in a book
to be kept for that purpose, within ten days from the date thereof,
or such certificate shall be void and of no effect, and the said clerk
shall have a right to demand and receive, from each free negro or
free mulatto, whose certificate he shall record, the sum of ten cents
for recording the same, and all certificates obtained and recorded
as aforesaid shall be good and available in law for twelve months
from the date thereof, and no longer.
9. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall sell,
buy or barter, any of the articles before mentioned, or any article
or thing whatever in Kent county, to, of, with or from, any slave
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