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An Act to amend an Act to amend An Act to establish a Penal Code 1863 12 (1863.2)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstx0118 and id is 1 raw text is: .'S1 ttd. 2thatmny PartofUthe Appipriation, ihade in this act, may' be,, dmwa from the I'Oeaauty, by warrants. of the, omptruller In such sums and denominitionsao mam, be dilreced iby the iGovernor. -, - : - - Sic. 8. That this act, shaU be, in force from and after its passage. ApprbybdMar hbtlii 1863 . CHAPTER. XV. hi 'Act to ~ewZ a4 lctoa~c Ae1..:1oto tqbish a Penal od, approved as Tha .4~ile~of~~n ctt ~iqd 4 ~tto ~t~li~.~ ~V~pl Cde, approved, 9 g tht fi: ; ! iapprovpr Felruary l, th, ~8bamnded so . hereafter to read as '~liows;: rtiole3l. All free wh ite persons who have lss. than ono-eighth.African blood come within the naningof tbe crm 9Ifred vhie ))er8l and all free white., paruons who have t~at, or a quarter proportion of African blood come within the meaning of the terms frecpcraona of r. Slaves are all such p 0on P( African lescont as are held in slavery b the laws 9f th4 Sate,, or of any of Ohe Status or Territories of the o9 N doritO St~t., or of any, fioreign country,. 2.v ,lat Artcle 349 of said 4ct' e amended so as hereafter to read as !011o w: ArLlch 349. Wherever In, the N anl Code or Codoof Criminal Proe'dure, It' is 'declared, that'an oficers g'ilty of an vfRnco, on account of any particular e t or, oiission, and therp is not, 'In tl' Pon'al 'Code, any un 'mcnt 'assi ned foi' the' ame su hc officer shall be deemed'uilty of a inmlNoqjcanor'Wnd hall be fldn'ot eqeding t 6 liinred dollars. 's&.' .' Thatl -saId act' be so jmeindod ty adling tio following article thereto. *hIch 6lljdr4, 'jdl A 'tlo 669a. If ahy'person shall sell, • oi': lOiL 4 l' or a' gu n; pi t tl aword'bpwle knife or dagger,' o aiOk gun-poxel' or pqrciss'lon chps,' swittut the 'written consent'df his or her mastei, nilstress yo over'.ei, bb o' sh shall 'e conflned' t hard labor In' thq Pexiteutlary not less flinhtv, nor.rriorO than'five years , 'S~4,, 'Tihat Articl 45<ot sadI amendd so 'as hereafter to read Atcle 745. 'If any'tieimson pl0I' re0eive'or' concel prop~rt y which has ben acquird 'bIy iih6thr 'In' such Anapner as' thait' the. acquisition comes' vitbnr t~ e meshng' f the, tbrniuilie,knowing the . ame t6 harebeen so acquired, he shilf b puinihed in the nsniipr as,'by ai'the person stealing the same w6uld' bei Iiab'I6to'be plinli6dI Pro*lWd That if a frge white person shill lc'eive' or coircoil'hhchx property stolen -by a slave or free person of color he shall be punished In the sartie manner as, by law,*a free white person stealing the same would be liable to be punished. Approved March 5th, 1863. ' CHAPTER XVi.' 4N 4T to ejoludefr,Ma oice, sai'vng on jqries, taking or holding prope 4', d 'fi'e Mer;l~t~g~s ~ erson ~nhptake he alipi oafli, leavco ount~' qoaodUdvp ffo ~Uh t, en 19.. or rn'1..iiVti gie 6tkeia aid ,SZOeioN 1. Be itenacted by ila Legisla is of the.State of 7eias, That no person, being sx esident of the State, or of any. ono of the Conlederato States, who may, during the existing war between the Confederate States and the

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