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An Act to compel all persons taking up runaway slaves to deliver them to the Jailor of the county where taken up, and to prohibit said persons from detaining in their custody such runaway slave or slaves for a longer time than four days; and other purposes therein mentioned. 1849-1850 373 (1849)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0364 and id is 1 raw text is: of this State, to present to the Superior Court of such county any capital offience coitnmted by any slave or free person of color within said county after the passage of this act ; and in any case wherein a slave or free person of color shall have been committed and a return made of the papers to the At- torney or Salicitor General, as provided in the first section of this act, if there shall be no pt;osecutor bound or appear- ing to prosecute the case, it shad be the duty of the Attor- ney or Solicitor General to place before the Grand Jury such charge made by such Justices.of the Peace, together with all legal testimony sustaining, which may be accessible to him. nd said Grand Jnry may upon such evidence in their discretion present such oflence to the Court ; and all persons who may now be competent witnesses by law upon the trial of slaves and free persons of color, shall be competent wit- nesses before tho Grand Jury and upon the trial in the Su- perior Court. SECrox 3. And be it fkrther enacted by the authority afore- said, That after a hill of indictment 1ond true on present- ment made as hi-rein before provided, thetrial shall proceed to rendition of verdict in confirmity with the provisions of the penal code of this Suite; and in case of cOnIvictiOn, the Judge of the Superior Court before whom such trial shall have been had, shall p:iss sentience in cniombrimity With the laws now in foree, imposing penalties and providing for the passing ohsentence in such cases ; and all law, 110w of force regul;itin the subject matter of this act, Mid not inconsistent with its lisovisions nor with the said liturteent hsection of the penal code, shall continue of full force, and that all laws and parts of laws conflicting therewith, be and the same are here- by repealed. Approved, February 14, 1850. AN ACT to compel all persons taking up runaway Slaves to (eli\ Cr them to the Jailor of the county where taken up, and to prohibit said iIerSOns from (ldeiaininig in theircusto- dy uch runaway slave or slaves fbr a longer time than four days; and other purpoSeS therein meintioied. SECTION 1.- BC it enacte(I y /te Senate and Hlowtse of iep- resentaliee jf the State of' Gigia in Genroal Assembly conCened, and it is hereby elawted by the authority of the samte, ' bat from and inionediitely after the passage of this act, it shall be the dlty of each und all persons Ill this State taking up any iuia wiay slave or slaves, when thc owner or owiers of the same is or are unknown, to deliver the sait to the Joilor of the county where taken up within four days at least next after such taking up; Providtd, such slave shall not escape 81 SLAVES.*

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