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An Act to amend an act entitled an act to prevent free persons of color from entering into this State, and for other purposes. 1831 98 (1831.1)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0157 and id is 1 raw text is: are hereby made and constituted a body politic and corporate, und -r the style of the Congregation of the Catholic Church o St. Mary, in Lafourche, for and during the space of twenty years; and by virtue of this act, they shall have and may exer- cise all the rights, powers and privileges; and fulfil the same du- ties as have been granted and .rescribed by the act incorporating the aforesaid church of St. Joseph, to the corporation of the said church of St. Joseph; and the said Congregation of St. Mary may elect their own church wardens, and make all by-laws for their goverrunent: Provide ', That whatever buildings are erected or work- maRe uni-r the provisions of this act, must be on land situated within the above named corporate limits. A. MOUTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives: ISAAC A. SMITH, President of the Senate ApRovzv, March 25th, 1831. A. B_ ROMAN, Governor of the State of Louisiana NO. 46. AN ACT to amend an act entitlod an act to prevent free persons of cno froin entering into this State, and for other purposes, approved March 16th, 1830. SEcT. 1. Be it enactcd by the Senate and House of Represca fatives of the S'ate of Louisiana, in G-nceral Assembly convened, Kesident free That all free negroes, mulattocs, or other persons of color, who ategrocuandinu. M'v n h r attos, when & have not entered this state in violation of the laws, and who arc how exampt permanent resideots and owners of property therein, or who per- fromthe7tbsec manently reside therein and exercise a useful trade, and who I act. h have always conducted themselvesin an orderly aid respectful man- ner shall not be subject to the provisions of the seventh section of the act to which this is an amendment; but such persons shall be permitted to depart from the state and to return thereto, as their business may require: Provided, however, That this por- mission shall not extend to such persons above mentioned, who shall go to or return from the West India Islands. SEcT. 2. Be it further enacted, That when a slaveholder shalN have obtained the consent of the police jury of the parish in which Slaves, when he resides, to emancipate a slave for long, faithful or important and how einan- wputed. services, rendered to himself or family, such owner shall be dis- pensed from furnishing the bond required by the tenth soction of the act to which this is an amendment; and the slave so eman- cipated shall not be compelled toleavg the state: Provided, how- ever, That the consent of the police jury above mentioned, sha'

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