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An Act to amend the 8th section of an act. 1860-1861 135 (1860)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsar0170 and id is 1 raw text is: ARKANSAS. 1.35 No. 62. AN ACT to amend the 8th section of an act approved 12th Febru- ary, 1859, entitled an act to remove the free negroes and mulat- toes from this State. SErioN I EcION 1. Free negroes or mulattoes may 3. Duty of the circuit court; master or choose master or mistress; circuit mistress to give bond; Its condi- court to render judgment upon writ- tions. ten consent; judgment, evidence of 4. Further duty of circuit court. title; negro or mulatto to be held 5. Conflicting laws repealed; act in as slaves. force from its passage. 2. Muster or mistress to take children of free negroes, etc.; terms. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That hereafter when any free negro or mulatto, who may wish to reside in this State, may choose, either before or after arrest, a master or mistress, and upon such free negro or mulatto appearing in open court in any of the circuit courts of this State, the said court may, upon the written consent of whosoever may be selected as master or mistress, render judg- ment that such free negro or mulatto shall be the property of such master or mistress, which judgment shall be evidence of title to said negro or mulatto, in any court of law or equity in this State, and such negro or mulatto shall be held by such master or mistress in the same manner as slaves are held in this State. SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That such master or mistress shall be required to take the minor child or children of such free negro or mulatto, upon the same terms as are required of the purchaser of free negroes or mulattoes by section four of said act. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That hereafter it shall be the duty of the circuit courts of this State, before entering judgment of title as required by section one of this act, to require the master or mistress of said negro or mulatto, to enter into a good and sufficient bond to the State of Arkansas, with two

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