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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0471 and id is 1 raw text is: 8lave-Ru:aways.-Bail.-Branding Tobacco. 45
in themanner and under the penalties now prescribed by law: and Penalty or ailort
if the said jailor shall fail to perform the duties herci required offilutoo duty.
him, he shall receive no fees or other compensation for committing,
releasing, keeping or clothing such runaway slave.
3. Be it further enacted, That the keeper of the jail in which a When jailor liable
runaway slave may be confined, shall in no manner be liable to the 10 ea -
person who shall have taken up such runaway, for any other reward
than that prescribed by law, unless, when such keeper shall surren-
der the said slave, lie shall have notice that such other reward has
been advertise(] : Providel, That before such slave is surrendered,
the owner or his agent shall make oath, or solemn affirmation, that
no other reward than the law prescribes has been advertised by him
for the apprehension of the slave, and that he verily believes that
no such reward has been advertised by any other person having
atithority to bind the owner.
4. All acts and parts of acts coming within the purview of this iiepenlingclauso.
act shall be and the same are hereby repealed: Provided, That Proviso.
nothing herein contained shall be construed to repeal or affect the
proceedings authorized by an act, entitled, an act concerning (a)The act rer.
Fell to, Passed in
runaways, and for the relief of Abraham Millan and John T. Raw- 181. sect,,p.
lins, passed March the third, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine.(a) R. u. P. 16, ell.
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5. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. 2.13,. 1, ..
Commencemnt.
ClUAP. 63.-An ACT declaring slaves apprehended fur criminal offences,
lbailable.
[Pased February IQ, 1835.]
Whereas, doubts have arisen whether slaves apprehended for Preamble.
criminal offences are bailable under the provisions of the act passed
the eighth of February, eighteen hundred and nineteen, entitled,
an act reducing into one the several acts directing what prisoners
shall be let to bail : For remedy whereof,
1. Be it cnactcd in, Mhe general asscmbly, That those slaves shall Wholt lavenlzalla-
be let to bail who are apprehended for any crime not punishable ble and bow.
with death or dismemberment; and if the crime be so punishable,
and only a light suspicion of guilt fall on the party, he shall in like
mannier be bailable: Provided, That the owner of such slave, or
any oilier responsible person, with the assent of such owner, shall
enter into a recognizance, with good security, in such sum as shall
be prescribed by the justice or justices admitting him to bail, con-
ditioned for the appearance of such slave at such time and place
as by law lie may be required to appear, to answer the charge al-
leged against him, and that lie will not depart thence without
leave; but if the offence be punishable with death or dismember-
ment, and there be good cause to believe the party guilty thereof,
lie shall not be admitted to bail. No slave shall be bailed after con- Not bailabedofter.
conviction for
viction of any felony. reoly.
Cjr.P, 64.-An ACT to prevent fraud in the branding of tobacco.
(Passed A.arch ii, 1835.)
Whereas, it is represented to the general assembly by certain Preamble.
manufacturers of tobacco in the city of Richmond and its vicinity
and the town of Manchester, that in order to carry on their business
successfully, they have incurred great expense, and have thereby,
and by their skill and care, been enabled to acquire for the tobacco
manufactured by them for export, a high character in foreign](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0471&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)