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particularly describing the act of inhumanity, or the man-
oier in which there has been a failure to provide proper
food and clothing.
Approved, February 20, 18.
[No. 42.] AN ACT
To prevent frauds &c. in sampling cotton, and for other pur-
poses.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate pnd House of
Ieinesentatives of the State of /1/abani.a, in General
.issembly c-nvened, That ifanv lierson shall cut, ter, or
renn:'y ror in,. otherwise open any bale or bag of cotton, under any pre-
u I-caon h!ctence0 Of sampling tle0 same, without the direlioil, or as-
A ir st .snt of the owner, aretlt or Cotino0 of Sulhi c0'to,
the person or persons so offending shall be guilty of a mis-
deneanor, and may be indicted therefor, and upon convic-
tion shall be find in a sum not less thatl 1on nor mori. than
one thousand dollars, at the discretion of th Jury trying
the same, one half of which fine shall go to the person in-
forminig and the other half to the county in which the of-
fenceo is tried.
Sec 2. Ind be it .further enacted, That if any person
Penally for shall pick, pull or lake from any bale or bag of cotton, any
n a111' part or portion thereof, under any pretence whatever with-
fon mI beIo out the assent or by the direction of the owier,' agent or
withone propev consignee of such cotton, the person or persons so offending
nnout . 1Y shall be deemed guilty of larceny, and upon conviction
thereof shall in addition to the penalties nov imposed by
law in cases of larceny, shall be iniprisoned in the peniteti-
Itary not less tman one or more than ten rears.
Soc. 3. Anrd be itfu/r/her enacted, That if any person
Pnuay oi ntonn authorized so sample cotton,shall rctain any palL of the
suslnI1,nr lIn lo- cotton taken from any bag or bale, or shall fai to deliver
uiting cOnn.j all tho cotton by him taken from any bag or hale to theown-
er, agent or consignee thereof, such person ,hall be deemed
guilty of larcony, and upon conviction shall le imprisoied in
the peLntteiary not less th1iu two or more thai t en years.
Sec. 4. tAnd be. it furtlicr enacted, That if a ny person
shall buy or recvive any cotton taken from any bag or
iinty no tu bale without the consent ofthe owner, as provided for in
ken. the previous sections of this act,l e shall be deemed and held
guilty of receiving stblen goods, itd upoi -onviction shall
be punished as iuiothor cases of receiving stblqn goods.
Digitized from the Best Copy Available
1848.
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