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SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That every twenty-five dol-
lars subscribed shall constitute a share in said college, and each
stockholder shall be entitled to as many votes as he has shares,
and said fratres or directors shall be elected by the stockholders
of said college, annually; the election to be on the first Mon-
days of January, each and every year thereafter.
SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That the said fratres ordirec-
tors, mentioned in first section of this act, [shall] hold their
office till their successors are elected in accordance with the
provisions of section fifteen.
SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That said stock be transferra-
ble and negotiable by indorsement.
SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That this act shall go, into
effect from and after its passage, and continue for a hundred
years.
APPROVED, 21st February, 1859;
No. 195.
AN ACT to prevent Captains and Owners of Steamboats, navi-
gating any of the waters of this State, from employing free
negroes on their boats.
sETSECTION
1. It made a misdemeanor for the com- 2. Circuit judges to give this act speci-
mander of any boat or water craft ally in charge to grand juries; and
to employ or suffer any free negro this act to be in foreefrom January
or mulatto to work or travel thereon, 1st, 1860.
and penalty for so doing how en-
forced.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Arkansas, That if any owner or captain, or any person
having charge or in command of any steamboat, keelboat, flat-
boat, or any water-craft of any kind or description whatever,
navigating any of the waters within the State of Arkansas,
shall employ or stiffer any free negro or free mulatto to perform
any service, or travel on any of' their said boats, or crafts,
within this state, [he] shallbe deemed to be guilty of a high misde-
meanor, and the grand jury of any county, through which any
such boat or craft may navigate or pass, shall have jurisdiction
of the cause, and shall prefer a bill of indictment therefor; and,
upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less than five
hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, and may
be imprisoned not exceeding twelve months; and, in default of
the fine and cost that shall be assessed, not being paid, the
sheriff of any county, having charge of the execution, shall be,](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsar0140&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)