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An Act regulating the Sale of Runaway Slaves. 1840 185 (1840)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstx0037 and id is 1 raw text is: 185 AN ACT Regulating the Sale of Runaway Slaves. SEC. L Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That where any slave is now in the jail of any county of this Republic, or shall hereafter be committed to the jail thereof as a runaway, a notice of the apprehension and commitment, with a full description of said slave, shall be published weekly in one of tho Gazettes at the seat of Government, for the space of one month, and printed copies thereof shall be furnished to the clerk of the County Court of the County in which the commitment is made, to be carefully filed and preserved in his office, and it shall be the duty of the sheriff or jailor having custody of such slave, to ascertain as nearly as may be, the name of the owner thereof, and to address him or her by regular post, at least twice, giving a full description of said runaway slave, in such manner as may best lead to the discovery and restoration. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That if said runaway slave shall not be claimed and proved by ile owner thereof, within six months from the first publication of the commitment of said slave, as aforesaid, the Sheriff of the County in which the commitment was made, shall expose said slave to sale at public outcry at the court house of his proper county, upon giving at least thirty days' previous notice of such sale, by advertisement posted up at, at least two public places in said county, and published in some gazette of the county in which the sale is to take place; or in the next nearest county having a gazette, and out of the proceeds arising from the sale of any runaway slave as aforesaid, the sher- iff shall be entitled to the same commission and fees as are allow- ed in cases of execution, and the balance after paying all prison fees, or fees for the maintenanceof said runaway while in ustody. Clerk's fees, and expenses of advertising and apprehending, shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the proper county; provided, that if the owner of any runaway slave thus sold, should prove his property in said slave within three years after said sale, the proper county shall pay to him the amount thatshall have been paid into the county treasury, on account of the sale of said slave, but the right to any slave sold as aforesaid, shall be and remain vested in the purchaser under the sale made by the sheriff as aforesaid, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. .SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the sheriff maling the sale of any runaway slave as aforesaid, shall return a full and clear account and statement of such sale underhis hand and seal,

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