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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsnc0184 and id is 1 raw text is: 32 GAMING.-INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
GAMING WITH SLAVES.
CHAPTER XXII.
AN ACT to prevent free persons from gambling with Slaves.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North
Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the aa,,e,
' That it shall not be lawful for any white person to play with
any Slave or Slaves at any game of Cards, or at any game of
hazard or chance, for any money, liquor, or any kind of pro-
perty, whether the same be staked or not; and any white
person, so offending, shall be subject to indictment, and, on
conviction, shall be fined or imprisoned, at the discretion of
the Court: Provided, such imprisonment shall not excced
Proviso. six months.
[Ratified 7th January, 1839.]
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
CHAPTER XXIII.
AN ACT o amend the fifty-eighth Chapter of the Revised
Statutes, entitled Insolvent Debtors.
Be it enacted by the General .Assembly of the State of North
Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the saine,
That if any person shall be convicted in any Court of Record
in this State, of any crime or misdemeanor, and shall be in
Persons im.
prigoned for execution for the fine and costs of prosecution, and. shall
inabilitytopay have remained in prison for the space of twenty days,itshall
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