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cates which may appear to be unsatisfied from the records
in their respective offices and they shall be entitled to and
receive from every applicant or applicants or their repre-
sentatives the sum of fifty cents.
SEC. 8. BC it enacted, That it shall and may be law-
m 7. normful for the Secretary of State, as commissioner of land
landolaims claims, to receive and file for adjudication, a]! certificates
issued as aforesaid, for the adjudication of which and all
other claims he shall be entitled to the same fees as are al-
lowed by the act of 1825, chapter 77, section 10.
EPHRAIM H. FOSTER,
a Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JONATHAN WEBSTER,
Speaker of the Senate.
Passed February 10, 1836.
CHAPTER LXV.
An Act to amend the penal laws of this State.
SECTION 1. 1e it enacted by the General dssembly of
Forged paes the State of Tennessee, That if any person or persons'shall
give or cause to be given to any slave or slaves, a forged
pass or certificate purporting to be passes of freedom, or
other instruments of writing for the purpose of aiding or as-
sisting any slave or slaves in running away from his, her or
their master or owner, such person or persons so offending,
on conviction thereof, shall be adjudged guilty of felony,
and shall be punished by confinement at hard labor in the
penitentiary house of this State, for a period not less than
three nor more than ten years.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That if any person or peisons
Secreting run. shall secrete, conceal or in any manner harbor or protect
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any runaway slave, knowing said slave to be a runaway,
such person or persons so offending, shall, upon conviction
thereof, be adjudged guilty of felony, and shall be punished
by confinement at hard larbor in the penitentiary house of
this State, for a period not less than three nor more than
ten years.
EPHRAIM H. FOSTER,
Speaker of the Hlouse of Representatives.
JONATHAN WEBSTER,
Speaker of the Senate.
Passed February 10, 1836.
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