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An Act to amend an act entitled an act to prohibit the emigration and settlement of free negroes or free persons of color into this State 1844-1855 99 (1844)

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An Act to allow the secretary of State $200 per anuum for clerk hire
in his office.
SECTJON.                           SECTION.
1. Additional salary of $200 allowed 2. Repeals conflicting laws-act to take
secretary of State to pay clerk's hire.  effect from passage.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
Arkansas, That, in addition to the salary of six hundred dollars per
annum now allowed to the secretary of State, the sum of two hun-
dred dollars per annum be [allowed him] to pay clerk hire in his of-
fice, and the said sum of two hundred dollars per annum be, and the
same is hereby appropriated to pay said secretary for clerk hire, and
the auditor is hereby authorized to audit'and allow the same, and the
treasure is hereby directed to pay the same out of any moneys in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
SEc. 2.   And that all laws and parts of laws, inconsistent with
this act be, and the same are hereby repealed; and this act shall take
effect and be in force, from and after its passage.
JOHN S. ROANE, Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
JOHN WILLIAMSON, President
of the Senate.
Approved, January 9th, 1.845.               THOS. . DREW.
An Act to amend an act entitled an act to prohibit the emigration
and settlement of free negroes or free persons of color into this
State, approved January 20th 1843.
SECTION.                           SECTION.
1. Persons allowed bring to free negroes  dealt with.
into the State of as servants--proviso 3. Certain privileges extended to free
2. How free negroes, deserting person  persons of color who have not com-
who may bring them into the State  plied with the act of 1843.
SEc. 1.   Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
Arkansas, That, from and after the passage of this act, it shall be
lawful for any citizen of this State, to bring into this State any free
negro or negroes, or mulatto or mulattoes, as a servant or servants;
Provided, That so long as he remain within this State. he shall con-
tinue in the service of the person who shall have brought him within
this State, And provided further, That no citizen retain such free
negro or negroes or mulatto or mulattoes, as a servant or servants,
within this State for a longer period than three months, unless bond
and security be given, conditioned as specified in the 4th section of
the act entitled an act to prohibit the emigration and settlement of
free negroes, or free persons of color in this State.

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