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An Act to amend the act entitled, an act, reducing into one the several acts concerning slaves, free negroes, and mulattoes 1826 23 (1826)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0369 and id is 1 raw text is: In the fifty-first yew of he C'ommonwealth. CIIAPTER 5.$-An act concerning witnesses attending on pleas or the Common- wealth, and 1b other pta-posee. (Passed Jauatry 18th, 1827.) 1. Be it enacted by, the General Jlsseinbly, That hereafter any Compensation at- person residing out of this Commonwealth, and who slat attend Inwed witnesses residling olit of the any court in tis Commnonwealth, as a witness, on ally plea of the ontwathe Cot111wealth, may, at the discretion of such court, be allowed the same compensation for attendtucec, travelliog and ferriages, as if he had resided within this Commonwealth, to be paid as other witnesses are paid. 2. ie it furthpmr emllcted, TIhat the Auditor be, and he is hereby Cimpensamd;'at- ait tlorised, to pay to Absdaim I lobrok Ibr las attetdaitce here- I. ;In .Io,, tofore as a witness in the cas- of the Contniontwealth agaitst Peter Holbrnok Ibw id Bailey, in tile coulty and superior courts of Mecklet'nobturg, sUch w :t a a sumns as those courts respectively shall certily wt'ihl have been due to him, provided this act had been in force before his said at- tendance. 3. This act shall commence and be in force, from the passage Conmmenet. thereof, CI1APlTER 26.-Ai act to aimend tile aet entilledi, am- net, rdiciluiig, into e0 the several aets concerniiig itw , free Ilegr14S alid et 1nattu . (llassed F~ebrtuaryv '1411, MS,17.) 1. Be it eyacted for/ the General 'tieb ;, That il' ally plaillifil'0eted l y at. or plainfili sitall by' alidavit, blfore a iustice t t, teac te of any3, tntht1e,1,t Hgainst tI Il 1a -.eI k. coUitty or colrporit Lion within this Conlilltnwealth, ltla ie it appear, l .,.t-I l ip.[ that he, she or they hth or have just cttause of actLiol againist (t! whme ,1r;hC. tilast, . or skipper, (o uth ie person ill CoI ntim1d iot any ship, s ten; n- tIcm agtiist tle boat orolh ervessel, under the trovisions or ie tactv lit led, Oal iact : er skipper. red ucing inLto one, tile sever'al acts concerning slaves, frte ite roes 181, ol i, , and intilattues, pa.sed March the second, tighteell horired and III, § 93.4-5 d nineteen ; and that lie, site or they It1th or have, in.stituted a suit 6, ,. 41:3-414. therefor, atd that he, site or they verily believes or believej that lie, site or they, will be unable to otatti, saltisfaction of the juidlguelit, to be recovered in said suit, without ailn attachient agailist Such Ship, .steam-boat, or other vessel, it shall be lawful For the justice of the peace, before whoit such allidavit shall be ntatle, to issue an at- tachtnent directed to the sheritll, sergeants ur constables of the Cotmmonwealth, requiring themi itt their respective counties and corpurations, to attach the said ship, steat boat or other vessel with her tackle, apparel, bolts and furniture, and to hold the same liable to such protceedings as may be had in said suit :'hte .said Prowec 1i,,a- attachment shall be made returnable to tie next terim of the court 1c.0 :tta. Wlnt. in which such suit ray be depending, and shall be levied, as other attachments are required to be levied ; and the property shalI be Ataeltient ho)w held by tile ollicer levying such attachment, soibject ti the order olre.tii~t,,t. the court, but the said ship, steam-boat or other vessel with Ier tackle, apparel, bolts and furniture, shall he restored to tie taster or owner at tay li e, uptt his, or stime licrson for him, fyiig_ to the olficer havin ptsst's.iitt thereolf, huld with sufflier s ecuri- ty, payable to the idaintifr or plain:illsh, conditioted to -,ttisly the judgment or the court, if such plaintillt or plaintifl shall recover an such sut: Plrovided, That ito such attachme t shall issue tnt.

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