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An Act to amend an act entitled, An act to amend the law in force and use concerning free negroes, mulattoes and slaves 1807 157 (1807)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0009 and id is 1 raw text is: mnissioners to sue for the same, before any authority hay itng gnizance thereof. OHNj TIPTON - Saker a the Pouse of epr veft EDWARP DOUGLASS, eSpeakerofit/e 'iat , p; o en. CHAPITER XCIX. An C Tto peevent-skerifs, coroners and con*ta. bles, from taking undue advagitages in selling property wzder aXecuton. I ) -t zoeted by the General Assj1bhof S1 . the Stirte of Terenessee, That from imd Property 0/ 74 after the passage of this act, it shall not be.lawful for any sold. sheriff, corpner or constable, to expose to hle sak, any property whether real or personal, on whih he i1ny have levicd an. execuIion or attachient, beforethe hour.0ften in the f6renoon, or after sun set on the day on 'vbicl he Vd:-v have adveritised the same for sale. S.c. 2. 3e it enacted,.That all s des that mayhereafter be, made, before the hotr of ten or after sun set, shall be void,any law, 'usage or custom to the contrary notwith- standing.. JOHN TIPTON, Speaker of the House of Representatree. JOSEPH M'MINN, Speaher of the Senate, November 26th, 1807. CHAPTER C. An ACT to amend an act entided, An act to a. mend the lav in f6rce andruse concerning free negroes, mulattoes and s1aves',ased the 13th, day of September, 1806..1 B H it enacted by the General Asvenly of r the State of Tennessee, That the second section of said act, be, and the same is hereby r~pealed; aid diat if any free negro or mulatto, shall hereafter be Free negro. found traveling out of the county where he or she may reside, without any lawful business, or be found itaering *bout without ;pny occupation, without a copy of the re- gister of his or her freedom, as required,in the first secti- on of said acti-it shall and may be lawful foi any justice ofthe peace, 04 complaint made to him, orfrom his own klowledge ofa'id fact, to require security of said ,negro or imilatto for his, or her good behaviour, until said re- ghter can bp obtained; and incase of his or her failing give such secury, to commit said negro or niulattb, Digitized from Best Copy Available

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