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An Act to regulate the patrol of Lenior county. 1825 40 (1825)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsnc0089 and id is 1 raw text is: LAW.t OF NORtTHi CAROLINA. Fark Ci eek to Sua ppernong River; and the said canal is Ierebi made the per Imnent cliainei i South Fork Creek, and it shall be unlawful for anY 1ersoln to chiange or ;lte- tie same. 11. De it furithr Cactcd, Thfat if any person or persons shall transgress the Uioi ins of the first section of this acl, lie or they shall he subject to Indict- aeit in the County Court of Tyrrell, and, on conviction, shall be lited at the discretio'n of the Court. in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. (H'APTER LVI. .An act Io repeal a:I, passed iii the yur one thousand eight hundired Inld tIwelty Ithree, Intiled i a act to : nenILid n ac, taIssdt-d iin the Yvul onte Ithuis.ul cight hunid.ed :IIt it Cwiy 1 10, en0tit iI I aCt IIakIing coIpe nsatiion to t hi urors ofi he II pIIn n1 (ount1 Urtits u MOore, Cartere t aiid flertic, so f'Mi as the same riclas to the .ounty of, Moore. Bt it inacdb/y the (iceral qs6n1t1 ofthe State of North-Carolina, and it herchy aucted by the afi/uthrity of che sme , That tlie abuve recied act be, ld the same is herebY repealed. CHJAPTERef 1NII. An aCt to IgUteIC the It)oi of Icilr CoUnity. tl rnactdb/ /thr Gene'rl.ssemblY of /ic S/uac o/' North-Cu-olinai, anid it hrchy enacted hy the aIthoi of' //thar ne, That it Shall be lte du t ofi the Ii'ourt (if Pleas and Quarter Sesiiois of' the cotiliv of' Leioir,at the first term o1 said court which shall happen after the first day of' January next, and at every subsequent term, to appoint not less than fou'r fit and suitable persons il etch captain's district, whose duty it shall be to patrol their respective litricts, and any other district within the limits of said county, if they think proper, at least twlice a month, and oftener if nec-6sary; and should the said patrol find any ieiro or negroes from his, her or their master or mis- tress's plantation on the Suibbatlivlay, or at aity other unseasonable time, vith- out a ltrmit in writing f'oim the master, mistress, or' overseer of' such slate or slaves, designating the places to which they it permitted to go, it shall be the dui of said patrol, or any of, them, to inflict a punishment, not ex- t-eedin- lfiteen lashes on the hare back of such slave or slaves. 11. Be it further enacted, That it shalt be the duty of the patrol to keep good order and decormti among slaves at all public places iii saul county; and consideration of* the duties abovi prescribed, the said patrol Shall reeile, each, the suIn of one dollar and fifty cents frI the time they aire compelled by this act to serve, an, fior that period shall be eXLIIpt f-m serving lln jilu- ries, working on roads, andi perl'ormiing iiilitary '(ltii Ill. Be itfurther rnacted, That 110 perso shall bi compelled to serve as a patroller in said county for a longer period than three montis in each and oeViV year. IV.'Be it further enacted, That if any of the patrol shall fail to perform the duties prescribed by the provisions of this act, flor every such failure or neglect lie or they shall florfe it and pay the sun of one dollar and flfty cents, to be recovered bv any person warrantilng for the same, before any justice of' the peace of' saitd county. V. *'and be itfiutnher enacted, That the Coutrt of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said county shall annually lay such tax on all the black polls in said coun- ty, as will be siflicient to defray the expenses which may be incurred by the provisions of this act. Ig )

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