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An Act to amend the law concerning Marriage. 1822 22 (1822)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0041 and id is 1 raw text is: 22 holding warrants or certiicates entitled to satisfac- tion west and south of said line. JAMIES FENTRESS, Speaker of Ihe House of Representatives. S. BREWER, Speaker of the Senate. August 21, 1822. CHAPTER XIX. An Act to amend the law concerning .larriage. Penalty for Sec. I Be it enacted by the General .rssembly of the marrying ne- State of Tennessee, That if any white man or woman groes. shall intermarry with a negro, mustee, or mulatto man or woman, or any person of mixed blood, bond or free, to the third generation inclusive, each and every person or persons so offending shall be liable to a prialiy of five hundred dollars, to be recovered by action of debt in any of the courts in this State to the use of any peison who will sue for the same. Penalty on Sco. 2. Be it enacted, That no minister of the gos- justicesor mi- pel or justice of the peace in this State, shall hereaf . ynrs, for ter presume to naery any white man or woman, with White persons a negro, mustee, or mulatto man or woman to the With negroes. third generation, knowing them to be so, upon pain of forfeiting the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered by action of debt in any of the courts of this State, by any person who will sue for the same. Sec. 3. Be it enacted, That if any minister of the gospel or justice of the peace in this State, shall presume to celebrate the rites of matrimony between any persons whose intermarriage is prohibited in the preceding sections of this act, and join them together as man and wife, the marriage so pretended to be celebrated, shall be null and void to all intents and purposes, And if any white man or woman shall presume to live with any negro, mustee, or mulatto man or woman as man and wife, each and every of the parties so offending shall be liable to forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars to any person who will sue for the same by action of debt in any of the courts of this state, and moreover be liable to be in- dicted in the county or circuit court of the county where said offence may be committed, and punished Penalty on at the discretion of tha court. Clerks for is- Sec. 4. Be it enacted, That if any clerk or deputy suing licence clerk of any County Court in this State shall grant to marry with marriage license to any white man authorizing him to intermarry with a negro, mustee, or mulatto woman Digitized from Best Copy Available

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