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An Act to punish the crimes therein mentioned, and for other purposes. 1830 96 (1830)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0149 and id is 1 raw text is: 96 Punishment AN ACT to punish the crimes-therein mentioned, and for other purpoles. of persons Section 1. Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the state causin dis- of Louisiana, in general assembly convened; That whosoever shaH write, print, content a-' nrl ovnd mong the publish or distribute, any thing having a tendency to produce discontent a- free coroured rmong the free coloured population of the state, or insubordination among the people; slaves therein, shall on gonviction thereof, before any court of competent ju- risdiction, he sentenced o imprisonment at hard labour for life or suffer death, Discourse at the discretion of the court. by fine and Section 2. Beit further enacted; That whosoever shall make use of lan. imprison- guage, in any public discourse, from the bar, the bench, the stage, the pulpit, ment; also or in any place whatsoever: or whosoever shall make use of language in pri- makng of vate discourses or conversations, or shall make use of signs or actions, having a digns, Impor- o c.icnet tefe fti 'lingof boom, tendency to produce discontent among the free coloured population of thistatie,, &c; if the or to excite insubordination among the sla'es therein, orwhosoever shall know- same fends ingly be instrumental in bringing into this state, any paper, pamphlet or book, to excite dis- having such tendency as aforesaid, shall on conviction thereof, before any mongthefr court of competent jurisdiction, suffer imprisonment at hard labour, not less colouredpeo than three years, nor more than twenty-one years, or death, at the discre- ple; tiorrof the court. Fine and im- Section 3. Be itfurther enacted; That all persons who shall teach, or per- prisonment of those tea- mit or cause to be taught, any slave in this slate, to read or Write, shall, on con- ching slaves viction thereof, before any court of competent jurisciction be imprisoned not to r6ad and less than one month nor more than twelve months. write; Section 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Attorney General and the several District Attorneys of this state, to prosecute to the best of their abili- ties, each and every violation.of this act, whenever it shall come within their own knowledge, or-he derived from the information of others, that this act has been viola- ted; and in-case the said attorney general and district attorneys, or either of them sball .Attorney refuse or neglect, undqr any pretence whatever to prosecute the person or persons so general and offending Against this act, th6y shall, on due proof thereof. he liable to be removed district attor from offce; and further. diligently to examine the offices of the Notaries public and nea to sue parish judges, in the different parishes of this state, for the purpose of ascertaining de inquents; whether the provisions of 'An act, entitled 'an act, relative to the introduction of blaves into this state, and for other purposes, approved Jan. 91st, 1829, have been fully complied with, by those officers, in the discharge of the duties imposed on them by said act: and whether the ersons introducing s:aves into this state have strictly complied on their part, with the provisions of said act; and that it shall be their duty to prosecute, without delay, in every case in which the said provisions shall hav6 been violated, or shall not have been comp ied with, under the penalty provided by this section. And it shall be the duty of the Notaries public and parish judges to lay before the grand juries at the successive sessions of the district court in their se- ver al parishes, and of the criminal court in the city of New-Orleans, their books of records oflall acts of sales of staves executed before them, since the aforesaid act has been in fove, and such original acts as may not have been inscribed, together with all documents filed with such saies, as required by said act: and if any Notary pub- lic, or Parish Judge shall fail or refuse to comply with tb6 provisions of this section,, such failure or refusal shall be considered as misdemeanors in office. - Section 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the judges of the criminal jurisdiction in this state, to give this act in charge to the grand jury, at each torni of their respective courts. A. B. ROMAN, Speaker of the house of representatives. ISAAC A. SMI.TH, President of the senate pro tem. Approved, March 16th, 1830. JACQUES DU PRE, PP Acting governor of the state of Louisiana.

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