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An Act to amend an act, entitled An Act relative to runaway slaves in this state. 1827 30 (1827)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0132 and id is 1 raw text is: houla, on the tirst Mondays of April and October; in the par. ish of Ouachita, on the third Mondays of Aril and October; and in the parish of Concordia, on the third Mondays in May and November. Sac. 3. And be itfurthev enacted, That this act shall be in This act tabe force from and after the passage thereot, and that itshall be forwarded to the duty of the secretary of state, to forward a copy of the the different same to each of the clerks of the district courts in each of the clerks. said parishes under the seal of the state, 'which shall be a suf- ficieiit promulgation; Provided, that next term of tlq district court of the parish of Avoyelles, shall be held on the first Monday of June next, in order to prevent a failure of the term of the said court, and that this act shall not take effect as to the said parish until after that period. OCT. LABRANCHE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. AD. BEAUVAIS, President of Senate. Approved, February 10, 1827, . H1.JOHNSON, Governor of the state of Louisiana. AN ACT To amend an act, entitled An Act relativ to runaway slaves in this state. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Louisiana in general assembly convened, That Fourth depot from and after the publication of this act in the State Gazette established. at New-Orleans, the jail of the parish of Ascension shall be a fourth depbt for such runaway slaves as now are or may hereafter be confined in goals of the parishes comprised in the second judicial district, and that said depot shall, in eve- ry respect, be conducted and managed in the manner direct- ed by the law to which this is an amendment. Sac. 2. And be it further enacted, That the keeper of said i'ccs of the depot shall be allowed the same fees for his services as are ieeper. received by the keepers of the depots of New-Orleans, of East Baton Rouge and Alexandria, and shall be siubject to the same duties and obligations as are imposed oil the said kee- pers. SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That ranaway slaves shall \dvertihe- he advertized during thirty days.only, and at the expiration of mecnts. this term, they shall be sent to the depot to which they may belong as prescribed by law. Persons ap- SEc. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Police Jury of pointed tomu- each Parish in which there is a depot, except the parish, of Orleans, shall each year appoint two inhabitants, owners of

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