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An Act to prevent slaves and free negroes from being employed in retail groceries or dram shops. 1852-1853 71 (1852)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsar0094 and id is 1 raw text is: 71 An act to provide for the organization of the Militia when called out to suppress insurrections. SECTION. SECTION. 1. When militia called out to suppress elected to be deemed commissioned insurrections, and not organized, until Governor transmits commis- sheriff of the county when such sion according to returns of said militia are called out to order an election. election of officers upon the assern- 3. Officers eleted under provisions of bling of said companies, regiments this act to he respected and obeyed or battallions. as though commissioned by the Go- 2. sheriffto appoint judges and clerks of vernor elections and to certify to Governor 4. This act to go into effect from and the result of said elections, officersi after its passage. SEcT1Oi 1. Be it enacted by thle General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That at any time when the militia of the State shall be called out to suppress insurrections, when the same shall not be organized, the sheriff of the county, when such militia is called out shall order an election of officers of such regiments, battallions or companies, immediately upon the assembling of said regiments, bat- tallions or companies. S3c. 2. Be it further enacted, That said sheriff shall appoint two competent persons as judges of such election, and two clerks of said election, who shall be qualified as the law directs, and who shall conduct the election, as now provided for by law. The returns of said election shall be made to the sheriff ordering the same who shall transmit to the Governor certificates of such election, and he shall also furnish each officer so elected with a cerlificate of his election, who shall be authorized to proceed and act under said cer- tiflcate as a commissioned officer, until his commission shall be transmitted to him from the governor. S~c. 3. Be it further enacted, That all officers elected under the provisions of the foregoing sections, after they shall have received the certificate of election from the sheriff authorized to grant the same, shall be obeyed and respected as though they were commis- sioned by the governor. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act shall go into effect from and after this date. Approved 6th January, 1853. An act to prevent slaves and free negroes from being employed in retail groceries or dram shops. SECTION 3ECTION 1. Slaves not to be employed by hire in spirits are sold in quantities less any gaocery or other place where than one quart shall be subject t ardent spirits are sold in less quan indictment, and fine in any sum ttity than one quart. less than $al nor more than $t. 2. Hiring or suffering to be hired in any This act to be given in charge to ju- grocery o other place where ardent ris, as other criminal offences are

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