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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0285 and id is 1 raw text is: IN TIE FORIT -TIIIRD YEAIt O ' THE COMMO WIY1ALTI[. ,3
whatever within the jurisdiction hereby directed to be ceded to
tile United States.
a. 8.This act shall coinmence and be in force front tie passing Commencement.
thereof.
U IIAP'I'IAt XXV I -a' t ofl act retilcinIi into ott the sevc: tal acts Coil-
cernihi Wavei, free tiegiloes aid rl.Idl, oe.- tPX:u,:L. ,ar ch 2d, 1819.)
1. lie it eurated by the Gemeral Ilssvmtly, That no persons shall wIlo nin ib.onv
'll%%ithill ti~s C.Umlnl -
hcnceforth be slaves within this Comnmonwealth. except such ru ,att.
were so on the seventeenth day of Otober in the year one thou-
sand seven hundred aud eigh ty -live, and the desen idlnuts of tie
felnales of them and such persons and their desceldants, being
slaves, as since Trave been, or hereafter may le brought into this
State, or held therein pursuant to law.
2. Ifereafter it shall be lawful to bring into lbis Slato. and to slaenr'.nwitintie
hold therein, any slave or slaves, lJorln. withil the (.i iteli State, ,. ,.. im . in
or anv territory thered', or it hi 0 the District of ('olunbia ; ex.. state.
cept such .laves as. at -ilh ltile of their removal, weie resident
out of the limits atores-aid, aid su ch as slaill have been convicted
of any tolLt'ce, aud t'lis portelI thereluir, niuder the laws of this
Slate, or of any other ,Xtale, Territory o ;)iktr'ict.
3. It shall not le la l fr a:y peI,.j I v . ha tj evc to bi hig il to r'tialy fi-r brigi, i
this State, or to holl therein, :,my slave or daVes, horn or resident st nutttu
ouit of lhe limits al'resaih, or aii v slave or ( la ves that shall have lt.l.,.
been convicted of anv oiflnce, and thiervel' t ainll porte, i,. by the
laws of this State, or of any State, Terrty or district aforesaild.
And if any pelnoi shall hrlit' into this State, Contrary to the piro-
visilis n this aet, all, sich islave or slaves, or shall m 1, pinih:ls i
or hold, ili this state. ally sich slave olr Slaves, h %k vi!'1 sutl1 shravt
ni' slaves to have heen Io'uglit into this State contrarvt o Ile pro-
visions (if this art. ever; such olliider Shall f le'tlit aind pay, to
lite ('oiinionwealIli forli'the ise of the, Literary 'l Id, r or each
slave so lrol-i t ini, soll, puiich lsed or heldi, a li ii ill oie tiiosanid
iiuars : Provided, hwe vel', that the petiay afoliaid shall in t d li,.,
hI iicurred iby any persoii briuoii g into tiiis State iv ,'lavp or
sla es for tile* purpose only of 1Iiassiig thiro ugh, or for as hri li r e
abi Illi ri thereiln-if stih ilave or shies be -nt I tt withill this
State for on e whole year, oi solId or ohti.reiI lior sale teiernh.
4. Itf aiy person sh Il li ri tufore have brouglit iito this Statte, u Ior . mi , I (,ri-
t ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ w btl II i v!t1|1 ill.
held ti'rei, any lav(- ort' lavts, uilcii as. iunder the provisiOl5 0 C .mk , .
tiis act lie might hiwfully lrin or hold therein, and shall thereby
have inulred any peunall v llr hirleiture, not yet recovered or eli.
forced, s41icli uie|lilty or fiilfeltuie shall be, aid tie sain is hereiy
remitted.
1 I I . Ths act shall conlillleire a 1i1 he i frilc 'ron aind after C,,mnwrm.ecvm
the first (lay Of Janil i-ac ei hlien iiundlred and twenty; except so
much thereif as relates to tie brilgilg ito this, (lonruiinven Iltl,
and holding therein, any slave or slavei, and to tire reiissiii of
penal ties and fo it u res incurred thereby ; and so iouch (if tlii
act as relates to the matters aforesaid slill comnmelrce ailtl be il
force from and afte' the passing thereof.
CIIAPTIit XXVII-Part of all lct, to redilict ilit ine tie Se v ll acts,
now hi tolrce, coiicemring the iisllection (if tobacco.
[l'assed March 9th 1819.]
14. The rents of the several warehouses already, or hereby, or 1tl., 1' i0- rtnt (t
hereafter to be established, shall be, and the sane arc hereby' fix- Sritos,.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0285&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)