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An Act to amend the criminal laws of this State for the trial of Slaves. 1833 94 (1833)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0108 and id is 1 raw text is: 94 CHAPTER LXXV. An Act to amend the criminal laws of this State for the trial of slaves. Be it enacted by the General Issembly of the State of Ten- nessee, That if any negro or mulatto, whether bond or free, shall make an assault upon any white woman, with intent to commit a rape, and use violence to her person, such negro or mulatto, for such offence, shall suffer death by hanging. Suchnegro or mulatto, if a slave, shall be tried under the provisions of the laws now in force, regulating the trial of slaves; but the master or mistress shall have the right to appeal to the circuit court of the county where the trial may be had. F. W. HULING, Speaker of the House of Representatives. D. BUIRFORD, Speaker of the Senate. Passed November 23, 1833. CHAPTER LXXVI. An Act to provide for the calling of a convention. SEcTIoN 1. Be it enacted by the General dssembly of the Mode of elec. State of Tennessee, That a convention shall be called, con- tion. sisting of sixty members, who shall be elected on the first Thursday and Friday in March next, in the same manner, and under the same rules, regulations and restrictions, that members of the general assembly are now elected. To meet at SEc. 2. Be it enacted, That the delegates elected as Nashville. aforesaid, shall meet at Nashville, in Davidson county, on the third Monday of May next, for the purpose of revising. amending, altering the present, or forming a new constitu. tion. Districts laid SEc. 3. Be it enacted, That the counties of Carter, Wash- off. ington, Sullivan, Greene, Hawkins, Knox, Blount, Mon- roe, McMinn, Roane, White, Jackson, Warren, Franklin, Robertson, Montgomery, Henderson, Carroll, Madison, Hardeman, Fayette, Shelby, and Henry, shall each com- pose a district, and elect each, one delegate to the con- vention. The eounties of Cocke and Sevier, shall compose a dis- trict, and elect one delegate. The counties of Rhea and Hamilton, shall compose a district, and elect one delegate. 'The counties of Bledsoe and Marion, shall compose a district, and elect one delegate. The counties of Overton and Fentress, shall compose a district, and elect one delegate. Digitized from Best Copy Available

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