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An Act to punish persons for enticing away Slaves. 1842-1843 124 (1842)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsar0049 and id is 1 raw text is: 124 overseer, or employer shall cause said slave or slaves to comply with such notice, or on failure to do so, shall forfeit and pay the same sum for each and every slave so failing to work, as is by this act provided for other delinquents, to be enforced and recovered in the same way. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That if any overseer shall fail to re- turn a true delinquent list, after each term he may work said road, he shall be fined, on conviction thereof, in any sum not exceeding twenty- five dollars, for the use of the road district. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the several county courts in this State shall have a general jurisdiction in all cases arising under this act, and the other laws in this State in relation to roads; and shall have power to issue all necessary process to cause the parties to come before them for the purposes aforesaid, and to hear and determine the same, and to cause all fines to be levied and collected, which may arise from any infraction of the road laws of this State. ' SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. W. S. OLDHAM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. SAM'L ADAMS, President of the Senate. Approved, the 3d Feb., 1843. A. YELL. An Act to punish persons for enticing away Slaves. ECTON I SELTION 1. Fixes the punishment of persons who 2. When justice to issue warrant. induce negroes to abscond. 1 3. When to take effect. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That every person who shall induce any negro or negroes, mulatto or mulattoes, slaves for life and for a term of years, to abscond from hig or their master or mistress, or other person having the legal possession thereof, by means of promises of freedom or reward, or by arguments, or shall aid or abet said escape, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary of this State, for a term of not less than two nor more than five years. . SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall give infor- mation, under oath, to any justice of the peace in this State, that. he believes any person is about to commit the offence mentioned in the preceding section, said justice shall issue his warrant, directed to the proper officer, for the arrest of the person charged as aforesaid; and upon the arrest of such person, the justice shall examine all the testi- mony that may be adduced; and if the justice shall be of the opinion

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