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An Act to protect Camp-meetings and other places of public worship from molestation and disturbance. 1851 83 (1851)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstx0054 and id is 1 raw text is: C-tAPTER LXXVI. A Act to protect Camp.meetings and other places of public worship from molestation and disturbance. Sw~now 1.A Bitenace &Y the Leviohawdr of th State of YeazaR, That herafter it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to vend any spirituous liquors, cakes, fruits or other articles of whatsoever character f6r the purpose of traffic or spclation. , within on ile of any campg ound, or place where any camp or protracted meeting is holding its session; and any person so offending shall be liable to indictment and on convitio before the District Court, shall be fined i any sum not less than twenty, nor more than one hundred dollars. Swo. 2. Any slave or free person of color offending against the provsions' of this act, may on complaint of any person who has knowledge of the fact, lie arrested and brought before any Justice of the Peace for the county whore such offence is committed, and on conviction, shall receive twenty-five lashes on his or her back, to be inflicted by the Sheriff of the county, or any hegally appointed deputy of such Sherlffl or any Consta- ble of said county. Sup. 3. Nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to prevent any preson from selling, as now provided by law, any of the article, mentioned in the first section of thin law, at the place of their residence or place of regular buprass. Approved, Febrary 10, 182. Ch-APTER LXXVII. any Act to create te oce of Chief Clerk of the comptroller's Scroied so on enacti b, shl egclat e of ttw n t aes Tonxw, That there shall be created the o efef of thie Clerk of the Comptroller's office, who, before enterin f upon the duties oC his office, shall be reqtired to take the oatl prescribed by the Consitution, and give bond in the mn of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties; whose

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