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An Act to amend the Patrol Law. 1859 101 (1859)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0558 and id is 1 raw text is: 1859-'60.

and such other persons as shall habitually use the road,
shall keep the same in repair without being exempt from neiatr.
the road duty, unless the court of county commissioners
shall otherwise order.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That sections 1187 and
11b8 of the Code, and all other laws in conflict with the
provisionsof this Act, be and thesame are herebyrepealed.
APPROVED, February 25,1860.
No. 125.]             'AN ACT
To amend the Patrol Law.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the .Senate ad House of Represen-
tatives of the State of A lab ama in General Assembly, convened,
That in addition to the authority now conferred by law on
the patrol, they shall hereaftqr have power and authority
to apprehend any white person whc may be found by them Magistrate.
consorting with slaves or loitering about negro cabins,
under suspicious circumstances, and to carry such person
before a magistrate for examination, and it shall thereupon
be the duty of such magistrate to examine such person and
to make such order in the premises for his commitment or
discharge, as may be necessary and proper.
S ic. 2. Be it lurther enacted, That any three freeholders
or slaveholders of the county shall in the absence of the Freeholders.
patrol, have the same power and authority conferred on the
patrol by the first section of this Act.
APPROVED, February 25, 1860.
No. 126.]              AN ACT
In relation to the 16th Section Fund and for the more
effectual security of the same.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the &enate and House of Represent-
atives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly, convened,
That whenever any debt arising from the sale of any six.
teenth section, belonging to any townsbip in this State, has
been or may hereafter be collected by any officer or person
legally authorized to collect the same, and the same has
been or shall in any manner be lost, misapplied or con-

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