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An Act the more effectual to prohibit free negroes and persons of color from entering into and remaining in this State. 1838 134 (1838)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0234 and id is 1 raw text is: Sec. .2. And be it /furter enacted, That the said weights and measures shall be in conformity to the law on weights and measures now in force, approved January the twelfth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and the Secretary of State shall cause one set of said weights and measures to be distributed to each of the aforesaid coun- ties, and delivered to the Clerks of the County Courts of said coun- ties, as soon after the procuring of the same as practicable. Approved, Feb. 2, 1839. w*e.- (124,) AN ACT To Incorpnrithe hTuscaloosa Guards. . Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate dnd House of Represen- Incorporation latives of the State of Alabana in General Adssembly convened, That the Tuscaloosa Guards, in the county of Tuscaloosa, be, and they are hereby incorporated into an independent company. See 2. and be it further enacted, -That the members of said Adopt rules. company are hereby authorized to form such regulations for the go. vernment of said company, as they may deem expedient and proper, (the same not being repugnant to the laws of this State, or of the United States) which shall be obligatory on the members of said company. See. 3. ./nd be it further enacted, That all monies collected by any officer, according to the regulations of said company, as fines or contributions on,.or from the members thereof, shall exclusively belong to, and be kept in such manner as may be provided in the reg- ulations of said company. company to See. 4. And be itfurther enacted, That such company shall con- conkst not sist of not less than forty, nor more than one hundred members, and unr more than the officers of said company shall be, one Captain, three Lieutenants, ](10 members, four Sergeants and four Corporals. See. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall iExempt from be subject to the orders of the con :iander in chief only, a..d are here. militia duty. by exempt from the operations of the militia laws, and from the du- ties of the militia of this State: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed'to exempt them from patrol duty: Andprovidedjur- ther, The said company shall drill at least six times in each year, and be at all times equipped and prepared for actual service. Approved, Feb 2, 1889. No. 125.1 AN ACT The more effectual to prohibit free negrous and persons of color from entering Into and relaining In this State. Section 1. Be it enacted Iny the Senate and House of Representatives of UnlaIful for the State of Alabama in General Asseipby convened, Thnt frofti and free negroa6 after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any fice negro to enter this Mate or person of color to come into this State on board of aiy vessel as a cook, steward, mariner, or in any other employment on board of such vessel, and in case any vessel shall arrive in any port or harbor of this State, from any other State or foreign port, having on board any free negro or person of color employed on board such vessel as a cook, steward, mariner, or in any other employment, it shall be the duty of the harbor master of the port or harbor, when such ves- 134 183!9.

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