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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0576 and id is 1 raw text is: 60 Slaves, Free Negroes and Mulattoes.-Fugitives from Justice.
eIung, prepar- 2. le it further enacted, That hereafter if any slave, free negro
tring norAldns or mulatto shall sell or attempt to sell, or prepare or administer (ex-
illegally, iunisi- cept under the direction of his or her master or mistress) any medi-
!Al. cines of any kind, whether domestic or foreign, every such slave, free
negro or mulatto shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and on
being convicted thereof before a justice of the peace of the county
or corporation shall be punished with stripes not exceeding thirty-
nine, on his or her bare back.
Act relatlvo to 3. Be it further enacted, That the twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth and
illavii and rro e n
nI'roes free twenty-seventh sections of the act of the general assembly, passed
tering medicines March second, eighteen hundred and nineteen, entitled an act con-
he:retoforL, re-
4,at e- cerning slaves, free negroes and mulattoes, be repealed from and
1, (,. 1.19, ell- after the first of July next.
Pnishmen ,,. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any slave, free negro or mu-
free ,,egrs for latto shall administer, or cause to be administered, any drug or sub-
e'llsillg Iler-
tit is. stance whereby the abortion of any pregnant woman is caused, such
free negro or mulatto shall, on conviction thereof, be sentenced to
confinement in the public jail and penitentiary for a term of not less
On slaves. than five nor more than ten years; and such slave shall receive thirty-
nine lashes on his or her bare back for the first offence, and for the
second offence he or she shall suffer death without benefit of clergy.
Co'meecrenint. 5. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.
CHAP. 88.-An ACT to amend an act passed on the 13th of March 1841, en-
titled an act to prevent the citizens of New York front carrying slaves out
of this commonwealth, and to prevent the escape of persons charged with
the commission of any crime.
[Passed March 17, 1813.]
When executive 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That whenever the legis-
to 14sw91- act to- lature of New York shall have repealed the act, entitled an act to
fat iv, to fingitives . ,
fro justice. extend the right of trial by jury, passed by the legislature of that
state on the sixth of May eighteen hundred and forty, and when the
governor of New York shall moreover officially communicate to the
executive of this state, his willingness to surrender fugitives from the
justice of this state, according to the fourth article and second sec-
tion of the constitution of the United States, who may be charged
with the crime of stealing, enticing, or carrying away any slave or
slaves from this commonwealth, then the executive of this state is
hereby authorized to suspend, by proclamation, the operation of the
Act9 1810-41, c. act, entitled an act to prevent the citizens of New York from car-
72,). 79,. rying slaves out of this commonwealth, and to prevent the escape of
persons charged with the commission of any crime, passed by the
general assembly of Virginia, on the thirteenth of March eighteen
hundred and forty-one.
Commencement. 2. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.
CHAP. 89.-An ACT concerning the administrator of Valentine Thomas Dal-
ton, dec'd, anti in relation to military claims.
[Passed March W, 1843.]
Juidgment 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the auditor of pub-
against the stoate lie accounts be, and lie is hereby authorized and required to issue his
ministrtr(of warrant upon the treasurer, payable out of any money therein, not
Dalton. otherwise appropriated, in favour of William Lambert, administrator
de bonis non of Valentine Thomas Dalton, deceased, for the sum of
four thousand four hundred dollars and twenty-two cents, with inte-
rest on two thousand dollars, part thereof, from the third day of Ja-](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0576&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)