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An Act prescribing the punishment of slaves and free persons of color for the commission of the crime of manslaughter on other slaves or free persons of color. 1826 42 (1826)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0085 and id is 1 raw text is: AN4 ACT to require alitional services to ba performcd by tlejiilgeortb trA jidicid circuit in this state. S . I. Be it enacd by the Senate and House ofRepresen- tatives of the State of Alabdrina, in General .Is.embly convened, jUdiCid Ci Thiat the judge of the first judicial circuit of this state be, cilt to 11.44 aind he is hereby, required,.in addition to lie duties now re- two les uf quired of him by law, to hold Iwo extra terms of fle circuit 'lf' outt Co1rt11 in the coity of Mobile, for the trialof criminal calses; will it shall be and is herehy made the duty of the sherilland clerk of the circuit court of the said county of Mobile to draw, in thic manner now poinled ent by law, the samc number of jlrors re(ui 'red to the regular terms of said court; and it shall be the dut y of the sheriff to summon said jurors to at- tend the -aid exira term of the circuit court hereby required ( be ho'lde'. Laourt, wheiin vc. 2. And be it frlthelr enacted, That hlie said extra terms beht of the cir.uit court of Mobile county required by the first section of this act to be held, shall commence on the second 11uindaYs ofFebriiary aid Junc, and shall continue one week' id hnsinlcle so long require. Soc. 3. .4nd be it furithr nacied, Thi at the acts heretolore passed requiring the jutlges of tihe circuit courts to alternate, so far as the same relates to the judge of the first judicial cir- cuit, be aInd the same is hereby repealed. , See. !. .And be it further eni'lted, That no extra pay be al- lowi'd said judge for the s-ervices above required. AiiRovED Jan. 12, 1827.. AN ACT prescribing the puznishncitt of slaveq anId froo persons of color for the conniission of the CrimueO of nanshlinlighter on uthor shuves or free per- fionsofcoo Sec. 1. le it enacted by the Senate and House of Repnsen- totices of dir State of./labmna, in General .Ilsemy convened, Slaves or fre Thnat if any slave or free person of color shall hereafter he wrt otfr' a fi i and found guilty of the crime of manslntghter, commit- sink t) In I td on Ohe body of any other slave or free person of color, flcraw ni co- tcl -lave or free person of color, so offending, shall receive iot-, how P;1- t I i s than thirty-nine, nor )nore than one hundred, lashes, oi i or her hare back, at the discretion of the jury tryinig theofilrnce, to beinflicted by the sheriffofthe county.in which si slave or free person of color shall be found guilty; and mOV coer, that such slave or free person of color be branded hi the forchead with the letter 1t. Wien to take Sec. 2. .id be it fmrthcr enacted, That this act shall coa- effect. Jinence and be in force from and after its passage. AmvnovmD, Dec. 30, 1826. AN ACT to prevent the Creek Indians froin himting and trapping withir the settled linits of this Stato. Sc. 1. He it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- Indians tatives of the State of.dlabana, in general assemblY convened, preveicd rtt 'y Creek Idian or I sdias shall, after the first day trom nting, of May next, be found hunting, trapping or fishing within the travjafng and settled limits of this state, or upon any lands in this state to

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