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An Act to amend an act entitled An act to take the most effective measures in order to prevent the transportation,or carrying away of slaves, out of this State 1835 152 (1835)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0182 and id is 1 raw text is: 152 An Act To amend an act entitled Ai act to take the most effective measures in order to prevent the transportation, or carrying away of slaVes, out of this State, against the will of their owners, and for other purposes, approvet 13th Februay, 1816. Sixuniox I. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, in General Assembliy convened, That if tiny slave or slaves be hereafter carried out of Slaves carried this State, without the consent of thc owner, in the manner set out of1 thii: State, without forth in the first section of' the act to which this is an atmend- theconsent of Inent, or from one iart of the State to an other, without the con- the owner. sent of the owner, without, in this last case, having complied vith the provisions contained in the fifth section of the act ierchy amended, in addition to tite remedy therein given to the owner of said slave or slaves,ngainst the persons mentioned in said act, Owner of any the owuer shall be entitled, besides, to site the owners of said steam bonl,&c. may be sued, steamboat, ship, vessel, or other water-craft, lbelre any court of etc. competent jurisdiction, by ordinariy action, or attachment, or any other inude of proceeding known to our law, and recover the full value of the slave or slaves so carried away, with damages, and the said owners shall be considered bound jointly and sover, ally to make good such claim. Tacit lien, in SEcT. 2. Be it further enactd, I;c. That tle owner of any favorof owier slave or slaves so carried awa; , shall have a tacit lien tupon the of'aysa upofn- ayve steamboat, ship, vessel, or other Vater-crafl, ont board of' which sul, .carr -his slave, ot slaves, was carried away, into whatsoever hanids the 1ig away luis slave. said steamboat, ship, vessel, or other wvater-craft may have, pas- set, and which ten shall date from the time of tle completion of the voyage in which said slave, or slaves, was carried away Suits nay be SeCT. 3. Be it further enacted, S-c. That suits may be bro iatnst br,,ought and prosecuted to execution, against all the persons 1a:l lhepferson 1010 ; - mniionled in mentioned in this act, at the sane time; but a recovery and this act at the saute tin. pyN mont tunder execution, or otherwise, of' the value ofthe slave, payTauent by or slaves, so carried away, with dainage.s, from any one of the ono of thet, a bar to lurther persons mentioned in this act, shall be a biar to tiny fit ther civil proceedings. procedinigs on the part of the owner, against each and all the others mentioned in this act. Time within Sac1. '.And be itfurther enacted, 4c. That no suit shall be Wiich suit instittited against any of the persons mentioned in this act, or

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