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An Act concerning free persons of color, and slaves, and for other purposes. 1831 13 (1831)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactssc0241 and id is 1 raw text is: lc and in the fifig-s\ ear of the Independrnce oj'/e M. 19' . Uinited States oj' America. HE-NRY .DEAS, Pesidcnt of the Senate. 11ENLYL PI CK1NEY, Speaker of the louse of Reprcsentatives. CHAP. 3.----An ACT concerning free persons of coler, aid slaves, and or other purposes. Sec. 1 Be it eriicmd by t(! 6ionatv ind House of Represen- tatives, Thitt fronti id after the is dily of Mairch trext, no fro ree persons periti' of color , or slive shall keep, use, or employ, a still orf olour at Otlidi vedsi'l dii his own account, tor the distillatio of spirituous permitted to liqhiriis (norbe ci iployed oi- caiceurned in venditg spirituous li- distil, or'vend qiibrs) olanty 'kildkor descriptio---and if tiy free per-son of Cospirtuousli for di 'ilke olil 01)ofid agnitist the tiue inient and nicuiing of'oilrs. thiq ic,'ie s8hal 'll,. oi cdnvictiati thereof, be deemed guilty of a mis'dhiti~io, aind' punished by whiping on the brie back, nor exc ifliAg'lifty, 111Us, at- the discrelioh of the court befuor which he slidtl be tried. S'dc. 2. Ifiny fr.e person of color oi- slave shiall bi convict- still to e Pi ad of keeping, employing or using, a still or other vegel fot' th freited. distillition of spi0tuous liquors, on lis own accoint,.die still or otier veed okept, ised or en played, shall be considerod its forfeited; anrd the justice granting thinwat aIaiSnt such fIre persodi of-ol ori we lvshill insue an ekecution, iected to ui constabl ti' laful oficer, requiting him to seize and sell sunh sill or other v'ssCl, givitig terlie.md public iotice of sAle: ind 1 h mod' ki liig the re fnom b all ieb paid into the habils of the coitluissidno0 s of t pool., tar the ast of the pril of the District. Sec. No awn r a la sIre, na' any peIsoi hiving chit Owiers of of a slave, shull siudcr su i e to be oinlti yed ort coincerneil slaves not to iul [le lh rigo spi i ris liqriors of any kind or di'sciiptior, permit their 3 in air), ftitluni' by v hatov< r' .;.rud any person rufh iditig gust.t hdi vending spirit- ti n i tit ter ii ' abI uining hterleif shall oil tivictiin the'eof beaous iquors. hdgi li; of de r iunot, and shall ho futied oi atiii-idsio ned, a the i ci' i i if thti ca mi, not excerditig ii tinktel d dolli:r4 f i'iu;, n1t ria' i A inipr iii ineotf m' 1eC. '. 1 islabre orf 'ch, ph'rsoct of colii' shll iterrafier cofilit iy fpi s, t he oisiilusincs of' iiich by at white Dan resspsses of wold silijet b111 to a c' I 'cii n, :i 1for' which ni ienalty is slaves or free adriid iliddf byuiwv (in a slave or flec petson of color, such prsonio of sive or lie phrif of color ths trspassing shllH 1 arjdd<ed colour. gtilly of a mis&'tiiiior, aind on conviction therof, shill be pun- isha i~ tl~ti i fbetiti c fe curt by which ie is urivi, noi ox- tending to lifte numbe. e~Lc. lI. Till' trrlts of slaves or fto person of cold? i Trials of aii jtiuil offnvlies, the iowier of such slave or his' igent, ot' gtir. a di9ii' ofa 1i fi p erson of color, 'for ' goil ause ln'it o Ii per soisof del Af by the tisibties, live the t-ight to cllle nge,p rovi- our for capital de ( th aleaid challenige 'shill it e't'iid t'o i thitan Iteofences th h No shtvet'slidllhe triod for any otleitco till is rniis- fore owner, or an 111ibsence en u er, has ha

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