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An Act for the punishment of Slaves convicted of the crime of manslaughter. 1859 216 (1859)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0350 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI. Attorney of the district in which the lands are situated, when requested theretorby -the Auditor, to institute the necessary steps, in the name of the Auditor, to perfect such title-the District Attor- ney to receive such fees for his services, out of the State Treasury, as the Judge of the'couvt in which the suits are filed may allow him-said allowance to be paid as the salary of the District Attorney or other fees are now paid by law. SEC. 7. Bc it further enacted, That all sales of Of lim- lands hereafter made for the non payment of taxes, itation. due under any law of this State, shall be valid to all intents aid purposes-said lands sulject to re- demption as provided by law-and that no such sale shall be impeached or questioned in any man- nor, or for any cause, saving fraud or mistake in the assessment, or sale of the same, or upon the proof that the tax for which the same were sold bad been paid prior to such sale, and no suit to set aside any title acquired under such sale, hereafter to be made, shall be brought, unless within five years from the date of the sale. Suc. 8. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, Feb. 10, 1860. CHAPTER CLV. AN ACT for the punishment of Slaves convicted of the crime of manslaughter. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, That if any slave shall kill any other slave, free negro or mulatto, under such circumstances as would make the killing man- slaughter if done by a 'while person, upon a white person, such slave so offending, upon conviction thereof, shall receive any number of lashes, not exceeding fifty, on each day, for three successive days, or shall be branded in the left hand with the letter M, or may be both whipped and branded as the court may determine. Approved, Jan. 20, 1860. 216

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