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An Act to emancipate Adele, a person of color. 1821 4 (1821)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0051 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. 1821 SEc. 3. And be itfurther enacted, That the elections at the aforesaid places, shall be held and conducted in all respects in Sheriff to conformity to the existing laws of the State regulating elec- attend. tions, not inconsistent to the provisions of this Act; and it shall be the duty of the Sheriff of said county to attend the same, either in his own person or by a deputy, constituted and ap- To admin- pointed for the purpose ; and in case the managers chosen by ister oath the county to superintend said elections or either of them to Mana- should fail or neglect to perform that service, it shall be the gers. duty of said Sheriff or his deputy, to appoint a manager or managers to supply the vacancy occasioned thereby ; rand he shall in either case administer the usual oath to the managers and clerks of the elections, according to law. To SEc. 4. And be itfurther enacted, That the polls taken at e said place, shall be delivered to the Sheriff at the court-house ad certify of said county, together with a list of the names of the voters, te person within th4ewdays after an election shall be closed, who shall elected. compare the same and certify the person or persons having the higher number of votes duly elected, and the returning of- Duty of re- ficer shdifreturn the same within ten days thereafter, to the turning of- office of the Secretary of State. SEd. 6. AnJhe fiJrther enacted, That if the Sheriff of said Penalty on county shall fail to perform the several duties enjoined on him failure of by this Act, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand Sheriff. dollars, to be recovered by information or indictment in the Superior Court of said county, one half of which. shall go to the inforineri ,if claimed, and the other half to the State : Pro, vided, That this Act shall not be so construed as to prevent any elector from voting in any other district within his county., COWLES MEAD, Speafker of the fKase of -Representative., JAMES PATTON, Lieutenatat-Governor and President of the Senatf, APtPROVED, NOVEinmER 20, 1821. GEO. POINDEXTER. CHAP. II. An Act, to emancipate Adele, a person of color. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRepresenta. Adele tives of the State of Mississippi, in General Assembly convened, emancipa- 'I'hat the quarteroon girl, named Adele, of about five years of ted, age, daughter of John Morin, deceased, and the slave of 4

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