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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0085 and id is 1 raw text is: See. §. Awl be if rer eniettd, That offenders against the tmue intcrnt and mean.penlo
ing of this act, shall incur all the pains and penalties of the act,,eneiided, An act to
prcverit the circulation of private bank notes.
Sco. 3. This act shall commence and bb in force from and after-the first day of A. COmmene.
!pril next.
CHAPTER .X.
-An ACT m.ekifn,7 Compentation to Witnesse attcdzing an the part of the Commonwealth
gn Civil Cases, and for other'purposes.
[Pamed January 31st, 1805.]
'Section 1. BE It tnacted Iy the General 4ssembly, That every person summoned Wtnese
. d attending as a witness on behalf of the commonwealth, before any court, in a civila :tending: 4r
lcase therein dt.pen'ihng, shall be entitled to the same compensation for his or her at. wealh in ci
tendancc, au is allowed by law to witnesses attending such courts on behalf of indivi. 'itl vania
du:ds in like cmes; and on a certificate of such attendance, under the hand of the hpaid.
clerk ofthe cotu't wherein the saune was entered, bcinq produced to, and filed with, the
auditor of public a:counts, h shall imsue his warrant lr the amount thereof, payable
out of thepublic treasury. And in eve civil case where the commonwealth blall
prevail, all costs which it is liable to pay, shall be taxed in the bill of costs, and rcco.
'vered in like manner as is provided in the case of individuals.
Sec. 2. Constables shall be allowed for arrests -in criminal cases and summoning AlIoW e to
witnesses, the same fees as are allowed the sheriff in civil cases for the like services; constabs is
and constables and guards employed in conveying prisoners to the county jail, shallc'aium.
have the ame allowances as are made to sheriffs and guards.removing prisoners to the
penitentiary ; which fees and allowances shall be paid out of the public treasury.
-....CHAPTER XI.
An ACT further to amendthc Act, entitled, An Act to reduce ins4 one te, several 1i
concernhg Slawcs, Free Negros and .idattoese
.Passed January 31st, 1805.)
Section 1. BE it enacted y the General Asembly, That whosoever hereafter shall r ,
carry or cause to be carried any slave or slaves out ofthis commonwealth, or who shall cari-ng
carrytor cause to be carried any slave or slaves out of any county or. corporation with. awaw.
in this commonwcalth, into any other county or corporation within the same, Without
the consent of the owncr or owners of such slave or slaves, or of tle guailian of such
owner or owners (if he, she or they, be a minor or minors) and with intention to de.
fraud or deprive such owner or owners of such slave or slaves, shall be guilty of a mis.
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not less than
one hundred, nor mor than five hundred dollars, and shall also be imprisoned
in the jail or penitentiary house, for a period not less than two, nor more than
four years; which fine and imprisonment shall be fixed and ascertained by a
jury. And he person oflending herein shall moreover be subjected to pay to
the owner or owners of the slave or slaves carried away as aforesaid, double
the value of such slave or slaves, to,thcr with double the amount of all costs and
expenses by him, her or them incurred in regaiaig or attempting to regain such slave
or slavea, to be recovered by an. action on the cise in any court of record in this corm.
monwealth, having original'jurisdiction over such actions. In all actions instituted for
th. recovery of the penalty it iposed by ttis at, bail may be required of the defendant
or defendants as of right..
Sec. 2. And as doubts may arise Rq to what shall be considered a carrying, y or ao,-,
removal, within the mcaning of this act, B: it further enacted, That not only all those of this A.
who 4hall willingly ad designedly carry away slaves as aforeshid, but all masters of yes.
=Is, who, having a slave or slaves on board their said vessels, shall siil beyond the li.
mits of any canty, with ,u-h slave or slaves on board, sh.dl be considcred as carrying
offor removitas as:hilaive or slaves, within the true intent and meaning. of this act.-
And any person travcihing by land, who shall give countenance, protection, or'asistance
to such slav or serts, for the papwose of preventing him, her, ov them. from heing
stopped u apprehen.1d, shall ,.lso bu considered as carrying off or removing such slave
-or Jltvea, within the true intent and meaning of this act.
Sre. 3. le it furthecr t :cted, Thtt any mnaster or skipper of a vesmcl, who shall Pen'teia
* peanit any slave to come an izrard lfiii ve1sz viithout le.ve or conient of his master, vessl oc
0 1vellsels feral-
overseer, or owner, or shll buy, receive of or from a slave, any commudity whatsoever, lowing saves
without theleave or consent'of the nmster, owner, or overseer, as fa oic id, shall for-. . _.
feit and pay for every suh oTence, in addiont to the penalties now imposed by law, yesin
the sum of two hundred dollars ; one thi'd thereof, shall go to the ma'itcr or owner oi ngai
Slh slave, one third to thu informer, and one tlh'rd to the overseerb oC L1b. p-ar ibr' the
uic of the poor.. er-,
Sec. 4. In any action which shall be brcug t ag anst the mastr or ,k i)rr of any M1% b-1 1.
Ahigor vessel, ia pursuance ofthis act, the defondant mav L hcvd t. bail. t, bai
tcc. S. /ud b; it further cnacted, T'hati t shall not he lavti' t,-r ticw rs,'v rs ofthe Nit;,,IV,,Os
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