HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.
![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0359 and id is 1 raw text is: inent, and upon conviction, be fined in any sum that may Athna'hy or fil:
be assessed by the jury trying the same. ure.
See. 9. And be it further enacted, That thd commis Com'r. may pur
sioners of revenue and roads in the several counties in this chase lnadsan
State shall have power to purchase lands for the erection build poor houtse
thereon of Poor Houses, and shall make such rules and
regulations in regard to the poor in their respective coun-
ties as they may deem needful and proper.
Sec. 10. .4nd be it further enacted, That for the ser-
vices required to be performed by the sth section of this Compenshion in
act, the clerks shall receive such compensation as shall be lerks fornahing
allowed by the commissioners of revenue and roads f the indx's.
respective counties, to be paid out of the county treasury.
Approved, March 3, 1848.
[No. 41.] AN ACT
To regnire personsowning or having charge of Slaves to
treat them with humanity, and provide them necessary
food and clothing.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and iouse of
Representatives of the State of .1labana, in General
Assemly convened, That from and after the passage of
this act, it shall be the'duty of every master, or other per. Dty ofrmam to
son having charge of Slives, to treat them with humanity, slave.
and provide for them necessary food and clothing; and if
any master, or other person having charge of any Slave or
Slaves, shall fail to provide and furnish hht, her or them
with a sufticiency of healthy and substantial food and ne-
cessary clothing, he shall be subject to indictment therefor,
and on conviction thereof, be panished by a fine, not less
than twenty-five and not exceeding one thousnd dollars.
Sec. 2. Antd be it furtier enacted, That in all prosecu- jury to Jp$.
tions under this act, thu jury trying the cause shall be the
judges of what constitutes a sufficiency of healthy and sub-
staitial food, and necessary clothing.
Sec. 3. .dad be it fur/er enacted, That no indictment what a tamlcent.
under this act shall be quished for want. of technical cor- aulegation in use
rectness; and that an av'erment, charging the master, or indictnent.
other person having cklaige of any slave or slaves, that said
master br other person had treated a slave or slaves with in-
humanity, or that they had failed to provide aid'furnish the
slave or slaves with a sufficiency of healtbjy and substantial
Digitized from the Best Copy Available
108
1848.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsal0359&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)