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A Joint Resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama, disapproving certain resolutions of the legislatures of the States of Delaware, Connecticut, Illinois and Indiana, concurring with a resolution of the State of Ohio, proposing the emancipation of slaves; and a resolution of the legislature of New-Jersey, recommending a system of foreign colonization. 1826 116 (1826)

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bfthe state, to take charge of the stdte bouse,-and the state
property theoreof, and safely kcep. them until-themeeting of
the next legislature* for which service he shall receive thirty
itompensation dollars as compensation, to be paid out of any monies not oth-
erwise appropriated, when he shall have performed the duty
Troviso. above required: Provided, That the judges of the supreme
.courtbe allowed4o hold their courts in the state house when
the legislature is not in session.
to give bond.  And bc itfurther resolved, That the said John Davis be and
he is herchy required to execute his bond to the Governor,
and his successors in office, in the sum of one thousand dol-
lars, with good security, conditioned for the safe keeping of
the state house. and the furniture thereof, until the meeting
of the ncxt legislature.        APPRoVED Jan. 13, 1827.
3OINT RESOLUTION explanatory of the third section of an nct, entitled
1 an act to fix the salary of the President of the 1ank of the State of Ala-
bama, and for other purposes.
Be it rcsolvcd lby the ' owtc and House of Reprcsentatives ofthe
State of .rlabama, in GtneralAsscnb1ly canvened, That the third
- Members of section of an act, cntittdd  an act to fix the salary of the
the gencral aq- President of the Bank 'of the State of Alabama, and for other
senibly may
*negotatabills purposes, shall not be so construed as to prevent any mem-
ofexchangeat her of the General Assembly from negotiating any bill of ex-
the statcbnk change at said Bank, either as drawer, acceptor or endorser.
.4pproved, Jan..3f 1827. .
A JOINT RESOLUTION of the Senate and Hnse of Representatives of
the State of Alabamn -disapproving certain resolutions of the legisinturcE
of the States of Delaware, Connectict, Illinois and Indiana, concurring
with a resolution of the state of Ohio, proposing the emancipation of
slaves; and a resolution of the legislature of New-Jersey, recomumending
a system of foreign colonization.
The select committee, to whom was referred a resolution
of the state of Mississippi. transmitted in a special coinmuni-
cation to this house by his Excellency the Governor, disap-
proving of resolutions passed by the legislatures-of the states
of Ohio, New-Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Indiana, and
Illincis, on the subject of the abolition and general emanci-
pation of persons of color held in servitude in the United
States; having had the same under consideration, respect.
fully submit fle following report:
They conceive that the subject is one in which the States
(where the evil complained 6f exists) are alone interested;
-that the frequent interference of the non-slave-holding states
in a matter so purely internal and domestic, is alike impoli-
tic and incompatible with the rights and interests of the
slave-holding states; atid that the dictates of policy forbid the
-too frequent agitation of a question which by the constitution
of the United States, and of the several slave-holding states,
is beyond the -exercise of legislative control. Your commit-'
tee further suggest, that if at any future day the evil com-
plained of becomes too oppressive to be borne, that it will be
the: necidiar priviletro -s well as duly of the slave-holding

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