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person shall transact busiuess in the name of a partner not interested in
i's firm, and when the designation and company or & Co., is used,
shall represent an actual partner or partners.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, 4-c., That any person offending against the
rending chk ,e. provisions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars, recoverable before any court of competent jurisdiction.
WM. W. PUGH,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WM. F. GRIFFIN,
President of the Senate.
Approved March 17th, 1859.
ROBERT C. WICKLIFFE,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy.
ANDREW S. HERRON,
Secretary of State.
No. 213.] AN ACT
For the prevention and punishment of selling liquor to slaves, in the parish of Orleans.
SECTION 1. Be it enudled by the Senate and House of Representatives of
Slaves roun in the State of Louisiana, in General Assnbly convened, That if any slave
certain circoum. shall be seen or found in any storehouse, warehouse, tippling shop, or
Ie p other place fitted up in the parish or city of New Orleans, for the sale of
parish or city of liquors, sent by his or her owner or master, overseer or employer, after
,New orlcma fr nys
sa or tijo'rs, the hour of eight o'clock in the evening, from the twenty-second day of
oiject to arre < October to the twenty-second day of March, or nine o'clock in the even-
and 'panihment. ing front the twenty-second day of' March to the twenty-second day of
October; or if any slave shall be found at any time in any of the afore-
said mentioned places, unless sent as aforcsaid with a written order from
his or her master, or owner, employer or overseer, and shall there remain
for the space of five minutes ; or who shall buy or receive from the owner
or clerk, barkeeper or porter, or any emplyce whatever of such establish-
ment, any alcoholic drink or mixture, shall be subject to arrest by the
police of the city or parish, and be found guilty of a misdemeanor and
punished at the discretion of the Recorder or Justice of the Peace, within
renautyagait the limits of whose jurisdiction the offense shall have been committed;
te keeper of and the person or persons occupying the warehouse, storehouse or tip-
nse. pling shop in which said slave shall be found, as described above, or by
Forreituro of ]I. whom any alcoholic drink or mixture shall have been sold or given away,
cease. shall be subject to a forfeiture of his, her or their license, and fined not
Fine to be re- less than two hundred and fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dol-
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for tnforner. lars; one-half of said fine shall be for the benefit of the informer, who
Inforner to be shall not, by virtue of his interest, be declared an incompetent witness,
Ceatentl Wit-
aneent witand the other half shall be paid into the treasury of the city or parish
Imprisonment and all person or persons incurring the above penalty shall, in default
Ciru th fine, of payment of said fine, be imprisoned in the parish prison for a term of
not less than three, nor more than six months.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsla0469&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)