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An Act to provide for the admission of persons of color into the lunatic asylum. 1848 520 (1848)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactssc0372 and id is 1 raw text is: STATUTES AT LARGE A. D. 1848. ton, Henderson, Ashvillo and Cleveland, in North Carolina, at such time or times, and to remain open during such period as the Commissioners at Unionville shall designate, by public notice to be given for that purpose. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and in the seventy-third year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. ANGUS PATTERSON, President of the Senate. JOHN lZARD MIDDLETON, Speaker House qf Representatives, No. 3054. AN ACT 'rvo vovi VOR Tile ADMISSION or PeRsoNs or CoLIou INTO TilE LUNATic AsyLUMt. Persons of co- I. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives, now for admitted, met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That hereafter it shall be lawful for The Regency of the Lunatic Asy- lum of South Carolina to admit, as subjects of the Lunatic Asylum, persons of color, being idiots, lunatics, or epileptics; according to tle regu- lations and conditions heretofore established, except that, in all cases of Non-resident applications for fiee persons of color, none other than residents of this free Persons of State shall he admitted, and in tll cases of slaves, admission shall only he color excluded *shl eamtendialcaeofsavsadisosalolyb Conditions of by request of the owner; nor shall any person of color he admitted into admission, the institution until the expenses of such person shall be secured, accord- ing to the provisions of the Act, entitled An Act to catrry into operation the Lunatic Asylum, requiring the payment of one-half year's expense in advance, and bond, with good security, for remaining expenses as they arise: Provided, That the charges for such persons of color shall in all instances be the same as now allowed for paupers. Power to close II. The Regency of the Lunatic Asylum of South Carolina' shall up street. be anthorised and empowered to close up so much of' the street known in the plan of' the Town of Columbia by the name of Upper street, as lies between its intersection with Pickens street and Henderson street, in said Town, and also so much of said Henderson street as lies between its in- tersection with Upper street and Lumber street. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and in the seventy-third year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America, ANGUS PATTERSON, President of the Senate. JOHN IZARD MIDDLETON, Speaker H1ouseqf Representatives. A20

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