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An Act to amend the 153d chapter of the Digest of the Statutes, under the title of Runaway Slaves 1848-1849 61 (1848)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsar0077 and id is 1 raw text is: 61 An act to amend the 153d chapter of' the Digest of the Statuites, under the title of Runaway Slave. SECTTON. 1. Runaway slave committed to jail, and not claimed within two months, to be conveyed to the penitentiary. 2. Keeper of the penitentiary to receive such runaway slave, and immedi- ately publish in some newspaper in Little Rock, a description of such runaway slave; advertisement to be continued one year, should not the said runaway slave be sooner claimed. 3. Sheriff to receive 10 cents per mile for conveying each runaway slave to the penitentiary. 4. Keeper of penitentiary allowed no pay for receiving and keeping run- away slaves. SECTION. 5. Keeper to deliver runaway slaVe when claimed in conformity to law, and to take bond for indemnity; and collect all charges, and pay such as may be due to the sherifT on de- mnand. 6. Runaway slave after remaining one year in the penitentiary, and not claimed, to be sold by the sheriff in accordance with law, and sheriff to pay to the keeper all costs and expenses which have accrued. 7. Sheriff failing to convey runaway to the penitentiary after two months, entitled to no remuneration for keeping said runaway after that time. SEOTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State if Arkansas, That if the owner, overseer, or employer of any runa- way slave committed to jail, shall not within two months after such commitment, appear and claim such runaway, and pay all lawful charges incurred in apprehending or securing such runaway, the sheriff shall immediately convey such runaway to the penitentiary, and deliver him to the keeper theieof; and the sheriff shall, at the same time, deliver to the keeper a certificate from the justice of the peace, who committed such runaway to jail, stating the amount of charges legally incurred in apprehending and securing such runa- Way, and to whom the sane are due. % SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the keeper of the penitentiary to receive such runaway into his custody and him safely keep, to be dealt with ascording to law, and shall immediately publish, in some newspaper, printed at Little Rock, an advertisement, describing such runaway by his name, wearing apparel, general appearance, and the name and residence of the person to whom such runaway is supposed to belong, which adver- tisement shall be continued for one year, or until such runaway is legally claimed and taken away. . SEc. 3. Be it further enacted, That the sheriff shall be allowed ten cents per mile in going to and returning from the penitentiary as a full compensation for conveying each runaway; an account of which he-shall file with the keeper. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the keeper of the peniten- tiary shall not be allowed any charge for receiving, keeping, or feeding any runaway slave committed to his custody, but such slave shall be put to labor as other prisoners. SEc. 5. Be it further enacted, That the keeper of the penitentiary shall deliver any runaway slave to the owner or agent, upon a

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