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An Act to exempt from road duty, on certain conditions, all male slaves on the Island of St. Catherine. 1821 107 (1821.11)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0139 and id is 1 raw text is: .LAWS OF GEORGI4 AN ACT -Toexempt fou road duty, on certain conditions, all mate slaves on the island.of St. Catharine. WuienisAq, all male slaves on the Island of St. Catharine are reo 4916red to perform road duty on the main . And whrreas, by such re quisition they are not only subjected to much inconvenience, but eas posed to great hazard. 9 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representativap oI the State of 'eor-ia, in General .Assembln met, and it is hereby ei aeby the authority f the same, Tha, from and immediately after the p,1,ing of this act, it shall be lawful for all owners of male slaves on the Ibland of St. Catharine, either to perform road duty in conformi ty to the laws now in force, or to commute for the performance of anc duty, by paying for each irale slave liable to work on the public roads the sum of three dollars per annum. § 2 And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the owners or nianagers of such slaves, shall be summoned in the manner pointed out by the law regulating roads in the County of Liberty, and on refusing to deliver to the person summoning alist of such slaves, or neglecting to perform the duty enjoined, or to commute for their labor, shall be subjected to all the pains and penalties which the ex. isting road laws nlict And be it further enacted, that all fine* wvhich may be incurred under this act, shall be paid into the hands of the Commissionfrs of the road district where the labor of such sinves may be apportioned. to be by then applied to the use of such road district; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. DAVID ADAMS, Speaker of the House of Representatives., MATTHEW TALBOT, President of the Senato A terited to 21st Depember, 1821, JOHN CLARK, Governqr., AN ACT For the relief of Thomas.Crawford, 1WuzrAs, at May term, 1821, of the Superior Court of Ilichmons) County, judgment was entered up against the said Thomas Crawford, for the sum of five thousand dollars upon a recognizance entered into by said Thomas Crawford, for the faithful appearance of Benjoig .Crawford before said court, to answer to the charge of forgery.

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