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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0020 and id is 1 raw text is: ( 19 )
AN ACT
Loncerning Slaves brought into this Terri.
tory contrary to the laws of the Unitea
States.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative
Council and House of Representatives of the
.11'ssissippi Territory n General Assembly
convened, That any slave or slaves brought P
or imported into this territory contrary to the ing the--
laws of the United States in such case made importa-'
tion of
and provided, shall be condemned by any slaves in.
superior court of this territory within whose to the
jurisdiction the said slave or slaves shall be territory
brought or be seized, upon libel filed in the wn
said court and shall be sold by the proper brought,]
officer of the court, to the highest bidder, at
Public auction, for ready money, after ad- sale oF
ivertising the time a place of such sale in s
some newspaper in this territory, at least fif-
teen days previous thereto.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the residue of the money arising from the o
sale, after deducting the costs of suit, shall tion of
be paid, one half to the collector of the cus. money a-
toms within whose district the said slave or fro'much
slaves shall have been seized; and the other sale.
half into the territorial treasury, But in case
-there shall have been an informer, one half
of the amount directed to be pj to the cpl](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsms0020&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)