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An Act to make adequate compensation to such person or persons, who have seized or shall seize any African slaves, imported or brought into this state, contrary to the laws of this state or the United States. 1818 183 (1818)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0120 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF GEORGIA. fo raise a tax for the support of government for tlie poli. tical year 18th. (xcept a,; relates (o the tax oi chainge bills, and hills is-iied by uinchartered banks, which %aid change bills and bills issuid by unchartered banks, sialil pay hiri-ty one and a quarter cents for eachi hun- dried Iollars issued and in circnlation, together wNith all acts and Parts of acts, which said act revives or conti. nes, he, and the same are hereby continued in force, for and during the political year 18t9. BNJXLMIN WILLILMS, Speaker of the House of Itepresentatives. MATHEW T.LLIOT, Pre!eident of the Senate. Assented to, .'9th December, 1818. H ILLIAM ILtBUN, Governor. AN ACT To miake adequate compensalion to such person or per. sons, who have seized or shall seize any Africanu slaves, importei or biought into this state, cntrary to the laws of this state or the United States. Wnimums numbers of African slaves have been il- legally introduced into the state, in direct violation of the laws of the United States and of this state BE it therefore enarb d by the Senate and H1ouse of lb presentaitives of the - late o~f Georgia, in General Is- semily met. and it is hereby eactd by the authority qj1 he ame, That for the encourigeininti of (hose who have or shall use, their ellirts to stumpress this traffic. by infrming against, and1 seizing the slaves so import- el. they shall. on final condeniation of the same, as for. felled to the state, receive onw tenth of the imount iof the uett proceeds of the sales of the -aule: Provided, no 183

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