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An Act to authorize the Governor of this State to commute the punishment of death in certain cases. 1839 57 (1839)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0169 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI. be two thousand dollars per annum, to be paid quarterly, out of the state treasury. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That allFormer act, acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provi- sions of this act, are hereby repealed; and that the provisions of this act shall commence fromp PovialD', the first day of January, A. D. 1839. commewet Approved, February 14, 1839. CHAPTER 38. AN ACT to authorize the Governor of this State to com- mute the punishment of death in certain cases. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the Legislature For negr of the State of Mississippi, That on the petition saulng. of any person who may have been or who may hereafter be convicted of negro stealing, to the governor of the state of Mississippi, it shall be his duty by proclamation to commute the pun- ishment of death to hard labor in the peniten- tiary of this state for a period not less than ten nor more than twenty years. SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the cVlmlnal ta be EafeI said petitioner shall remain in close and safe kept unt completion confinement until the said penitentiary shall byof pene.- law be declared ready for the reception of con- victs, and said convicts shall be then immedi- ately delivered to the keeper or keepers of said penitentiary, who shall then be confined there- in to hard labor during their natural life afore- said. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That thiswieractto act be in force and effect from and after its take offect. passage. Approved, February 14, 139. 57

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