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An Act to alter and amend in part an Act entitled an Act to prevent the Introduction of Slaves into the State of Alabama, and for other Purposes. 1831 18 (1831)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0154 and id is 1 raw text is: 1882 18 Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act, shall not apply to any assemblage of slaves attended by the Master, owner or overseer of such slaves. rreatment or Sec. 20. And be it further nacted, That it shall be the duty aav . v of all slaveholders, to feed an(d clothe their slaves with a sufli- ciency of food and clothing for their comfort; antd if any slave- holder shall neglect or refuse to feed and clothe their slaves, such slaveholder shall be subject to indictment, and on conviction of such neglect or refusal, tobhe judged of by the jury trying tihe same, such slavelhohler lhill be fined any sum in tihe discretion of the jury, not eceeding five hundred dollars. rhis ct tbe Sec. 21. And b/ it further enaried, That it shall be tle duty to ga;ju of the judges of' the circuit courts, to give this act in charge to tihe gran ijuries, at tle olmening ofa ch niad every session. Soc. 22. And be it further enarted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed, as to prevent lree persons of color and slaves friom attending places of public worship held by white Persons. Sec. 23. And be it inther enacted, That nothing in the pro- visions of' the twentieth section of' this act shall be so construed, as to dehar the master or owner of slaves sending to his neigh- bor or neighbors any slave or slaves unaccompanied bY master, owner or overseer, for the purpose of assiSting him to labor. slayes prevmited Sec. 24. And be it fuirther enaiedl, That if any slave or free fxcepnig, person of color shall herealter preach to, exhort, or harangue any slave or slaves, or t'mce persons.of color, unless in the pre- sence of five respectable slaveholders, any such slave or fice per- son of color, so oflending, shall, on conviction before any jus- tice of' the peace, receive, by order of' said justice of' the peace, thirty-nine lashes for the first oflence, anld fifty lashes for every offence thereairte; and any Person mIav arrest any such slave or free person of' color, and take iim) before a justice of the peace for trial: Pro'ided, that the negroes so haranguing or preach- ing, shall be licensed thereto by some regular body of professing Christians imnmediately in the neighborhood, and to whose society or church such negro shall properly belong. Approved, January 16, 1832. AN ACT To alter and amend in part an Act entitled an Act to prevent the In- troduction of Slaves into the State of Alabama, and for other Pur- poses, approved January 16, 1832. Section. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives ofthe State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the ninth section of the aforesaid act shall go into opera- tion, and be in force, from and after the first day of February next, instead of tihe first day of January next. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That tihe twenty-third sec- tion of said bill, where it refers to tihe twentieth section, shall be so read as to refer to the seventeenth section of said bill. Approved, January 20, 1832.

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