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An Act to prohibit citizens of Virginia from hiring their slaves in the district of Columbia. 1855 45 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0713 and id is 1 raw text is: SLAVES AND FREE NEGROES.-PATROLS.3-SALARIES. CnAp. SO.-An ACT to prohibit citizens of Virginia from hiring their slaves in the district of Columbia. Passed March 5, 18M. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, that it shall not be lawful Not lawrul to for any owner of a slave, or fiduciary of an estate to which slaves may distri.t belong, or for any holder of a slave for life, or for a term of years, Columbia. whether mcl slave be hold in his own right, or for the use of another, to hire a slave, or permit him to reside in the district of Columbia, unless in the service of such owner or holder as aforesaid, and thereafter to bring said slave, or permit him to return to this state, under the Penalty for so penalty of fifty dollars for every such offense; to be recovered by wvar- doing. rant btefore any justice of a county or corporation, and to he pidt, one- half to the informer, and the remainder into the treasury of the con- anoiealth: provided this act shall not apply to slaves now abiding in Proviso. said district. Ci~ecmn 2. This act shall be in force from its passage. Commencement CuAr. 51.-Au ACT to prevent the sale of poisonous drugs to free negroes and slaves. a Passed March 15, lF56. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, that it shall not be lawful Notlawful to soil for any apothecary, druggist or other person to sell to any free negro, or 1i3s19 to to any slave without the written permission of the owner or master of egr o such slave, any poisonous drug. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall forfeit five hun- Penalty for so drecd dollars, one.half to the commonwealth, and the remainder to the doing. informer, and shall hie confined in the county or corporation jail for not less than one nor more than two years. 3. This act shall be in force from its passage. Commencement CHAP. 52.-An ACT amending and re-enacting the 1st section of the 9ath chap- ter of the Code, concerning matrols. Passed December 17, 1855. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, that the first Code. p.415. section of the ninety-eighth chapter of the Code of Virginia be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: 41 §. The county court of each county may, oha necessary, appoint How patrols for a term not exceedling three mnonths, one or more patrols, Consisting flpl,,int,,d and of a captain, to he appointed by said court, and so many privates as It org'i d. many think requisite to patrol and visit, within such hounds as the court Their duties. may prescribe, as often as it shall require, all negro quarters and other places suspected of having therein unlawful assemalblies, or steh slaves as may stroll from one plantation to another without permission. 2. ''his act shalt he in force from its passage. Commencement CHAP. 53.-An ACT amending and re-enacltig the l3di section of an act passed 5th of June 1852, entitled an act concerning the salaries ol certain oflicors of government, of members and otficers of tie general assembly, mileage and other allowances. Passed February 10, 185G. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, that the thirteenth section Acts 1W52, p. 24. of the act passed June the fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, entitled an act concerning the salaries of certain oflicers of government, com- pensation of members and officers of the general assembly, mileage and other allowances, be and the same is hereby amended and re- enacted so as to read as follows: § 13. The clerk of the senate, who is hereby required to prepare Clerk of senate. an index to the journal of the senate, atnd the documents printed by its order, shall receive an annual salary of one thousand six hundred dol- lars. The clerk of the house of delegates, who is hereby required to Clerk of house keep the rolls, to prepare an index to the journal of the house of dole- of delegates. gates, and the documents, to prepare tables of the places of holding separate elections, and of the terms of the courts, as required by the six-

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