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An Act to amend an act entitled, an act reducing into one the several acts concerning slaves, free negroes, and mulattoes, and for other purposes 1831 20 (1831)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0426 and id is 1 raw text is: 20 Patrole.-Slavi, Free Negrou, 4ce. nunbev five of his company has performed one tour of duty: they shall then commence again with their captains, so u to require every man to do his proportion of patrol duty, and to have a patrol on duty in each battalion at the same time. eehalt.e 01. 5. Should any officer fail to perform the duty hereby required of e., to per- him, unless he has a reasonable excuse, to he judged of by the court hI-patrolduty. martial, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars for every such failure: should any non-commissioned officer or private fail to perform the duty hereby required of him, unless he has a reasonable excuse, to be judged of by the court martial, he shall forfeit and pay ik.stivto ilmow, the sum of five dollars for every such failure: Provided, That any officer may get any other officer of his regiment to perforqi his tour of duty, and that any private shall be at iberty to furnish a substi. tute, to be approved of by the captain of the patrol, to perform his tour of duty. et dI. ,m.u.. 6. Be itfurther enacted, 'hat should the patrol be discontinued .K, when td before each squad has performed its tour of duty, then and in that t *., case whenever patrol duty is again required to be performed, they shall commence at that class who would have had to perform the next tour of duty if the patrol had not been discontinued. Pay 0( Patrol Is 7. Be itfurtAer enarted, That each captain of a patrol shall re- H ,64 ceivo for every twelve hours service, one dollar, and each patrol seventy-five cents, to be levied by the court of the county in which they may reside. cofeu Wort of 8. Providfd, That nothing in this act coottined shall be con- ,s opra,,. n strued to extend to the counties west of the Alleghany mountains. frmopert~im oi' 041. 9. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof. CHAP. XXII.-An act to amend an owt entitlsd, an act reducing Into one the several acta concerning slaves, fkee negroes and mulattoes, and for other purposes. [Pased March 15tb, 1a.) Prathing t I. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That no slave, free Or. by lC,. negro or mulatto, whether he shall have been ordainedor licensed, p4ted, or otherwise, shall hereafter undertake to preach, exhort or conduct, or hold any assembly or meeting, for religious or other purpose, runwwat on or. either in the day time, or at night; and any slave, free negro or hader,. mulatto, so offending, shall for every such offence, be punished with stripes, at the discretion of any justice of the peace, not exceeding Now app obUid. thirty.nine lashes; and any person desiring so to do, shall have au- thority, without any previous written precept or otherwise, to appre- hend any such offender and carry him before such justice. at1. &e. pro. Any slave, free negro or mulatto, who shall hereafter attend Iflt e fo at. e,Ini nh any preaching, meeting or other assembly, held or pretended to be =Also,. held for religious purposes, or 6thet instruction, conducted by any Of preachinby slave, free negro or mulatto preacher, ordained or otherwise; and Whits MIIfta nny slave who shall hereafler attend any preaching in the night ,i. time, although conducted by a white minister, without a writtena pet- WrIUon parmid. Own. mioin from his or her owner, overseer or master or agent of either of them, shall be punished by stripes at the discretion of any ju*s ierap,.haded. tice of the peace, not exceeding thirty.niue lashes; and may for that purpose be apprehended by any person, without any written or whta. ,, ,. other prec(et: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be may carry oar.,, so construed, as to prevent the masters or owners of slaves, or any

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