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An Act to prevent free persons of Colour from entering into this State, and for other purposes. 1830 90 (1830)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0148 and id is 1 raw text is: 90 AN ACT to prevent free persons of colour from entering into this State, and for other purposes. Free negroes Section Ist. Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the and rnulat- state of Louisiana in general assembly convened, That all free negroes, mulat- toe2, arrived toes, or other free persons of colour, who have come into this state since the first sine 1t Jan. day faur to J-a of Januar, 1825, in violation of an act of the Territory of Orleans, passed , oiin on the l4th.of April, 1807, entitled 4An act to prevent the emigration of free ne- 60 dayw. groos and mulattoes into the Territory of Orleans, shall and may be arrested and proceeded against by warrant, before any judge, justice of the peace, or mayor in this state. And that upon due proof of the violation of said act, by any free negro, mulatto, or other person of color, before any judge, justice of the peace or mayor, &in this state, it shall be the duty of said judge, justice of the peace or mayor, to order any free negro, mulattoor other free person of colour, so brought before'him, and convicted of having come into this state, since the first day of January, 1825, to depart therefrom within sixty days. Settion 2d. Be itfurther enacted, 4c. That, any free negro, mulatto, or, One year im- otheifree person of colodr, who having been ordeted to-depart from this state, for non-conm- prsuant to the provisions ofthefirst section of this act, shall, after the period pliance. assigned for his departure, be found in any parish in this state; all such fsee negroes, mulattoes, and other fse persons of corour, found within this state in disobedienc-e of such order ofdeparture and removal therefrom,- shell be lia- ble to be prosecuted before any court of competent jurioliction, or before any judge, justice of the peace or mayor;,and upon due conviction of having diso- heyed an order of departuie, or removal, as provided for in the first section of this act, all such free negroes, mulattoes and other free persons of colour shall, by said court,judge, justice of the peace or mayor, be sentenoed to one year's im imprison- prisonment at hard labor; and if any free qegro, mulatto, or other free person of nent at hrd coloui, ordered to depart from this state, pursuant to the provisions of the first labourforlifesectionof this act, shall be convited of a disobedience to such order, and sen- fbr the 2d of- tenced to imprisonment as herein prescribed, all such free negroes, mulattoes, or fance other free persons of colour, shall be held and bound to depart from this state in thirty days after the expiration of their imprisonment; and on failure to depart within said thirty days,all such free negroes, mulattoes and other free persons of colour, on duo proof of a failure to depart from the state as herein required, shall, by said court,judge, justice of the peace or mayor,be sentenced to impris- onment, at hard labour, for life. Free negroes Section 3d. Be it further enacted, &c. That no free fnegro, mulatto or other and rilat- free.pcrson of colour,shall come into this state, under the.pain of being ordered toes entering to depart therefrom, as provided for in the first section of this act: and in diso- the state hetncefort bedienco of such order, on pain ofincurring the peinalties or imprisonment enac- to be subject ted in the second section thereof, except as is hereinafter provided for. to the same Section 4th. Be itfurther enacted, &-c. That any free negro, mulatto, or other pains & pen- free person of colour, having departed from this state, in pursuance of an order alties. to that effect, or in obedience to the command of the act of the Territory of Or- Those retur- ning liable to leans, passed the 14th of AprilJ 1807, or of this act, and who shall return into the same pe- this state again, all such free negroes, mulattoeb and other free persons of co- nalties. lour, shall be liable to be proceeded against, under the provisions of this act Section 5th. Be itfurther enacted, djpc. That all free negroes, mulattoes and Mulatto and other free persons ofcolour,'who shall come into this state as seamen attached to ne~ru sea- inen remain- any vessel, or as cook, steward, or in any other capacity, and who shall not de- ing longer part with said vessel, provided she is destined foranoutward voyage, and if not, than thirty or is fr6m any rircumstauce incapable or not destined for departure, shall not days, to in- depart within thirty days from this state; all such free negroev,-mulattoes and our the p nther free persons of colour, so coming into this state, and not departing there- 2d section. from as contemplated in this section, shall incur the penalties of the second see- tion of this act, and be proceeded against as directed by the first and second see- tions of this act,

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