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[render] them worthy, they may be considered in course, and
shall be entitled to a diploma accordingly, on paying such fee
as shall be prescribed by the by-laws of said institution, which
fee shall not exceed twenty-five dollars; said examining board
shall not exceed live persons in addition to the teachers and
three of the trustees, a majority of which shall constitute a
quorum to examine all applicants for graduation.
SEC. 8. That said trustees shall have power to confer all such
academical degrees, as are usually conferred by the most learn-
ed female academies, and to grant diplomas to all applicants
who in the opinion of such examining board are qualified to re-
ceive the same, which diploma shall be signed by the principal
teachers of said institution and the president of said trustees.
SEc. 9. That the house and lot on which said Van Buren
female -academy is located, together with the philosophical,
chemical, and other apparatus belonging to said institution, be
and the same are hereby exempt from taxation for eighty
years.
SEc. 10. That this act be in force from and after its passage.
APPROVED, 21st December, 1858.
No. 34.
AN ACT in reference to harboring and concealing runaway
slaves.
SEcTION SECTION
1. Every free person who shall harbor 2. This act to be in force from its pas-
or conceal a runaway slave to be sage.
imprisoned from one to five years.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Arkansas, That every free person who shall harbor or con-
ceal any slave, who shall have deserted the service of his mas-
ter, mistress, overseer or employer, shall be punished on convic-
tion, by imprisonment in the jail and penitentiary house of this
state, for a term not less than one, nor more than five years.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
APPROVED, 21st December, 1858.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsar0153&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)