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An Act to prevent the sale of spirituous liquors to free persons of color. 1851 80 (1851)

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(No. 72.]             AN ACT
Supplemental to an act providing for a keeper of the state
house, approved 9th January, 1852.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives (f the State of Alabama in General Assembly
convened, That the act entitled an act to provide a keeper
Sanar- for the state house at Montgomery, approved 9th January,
1852, be so construed as to authorise the comptroller of
public acounts to draw his warrant qnarterly for the said
sum of one hundred and fifty dollars; any law to the con-
trary notwitstanding.
APPROVED, February 10, 1852.
[No. 73.1             AN ACT
Authorising the governor to appoint an agent to settle with
John G. Graham, lessee of the penitentiary.
SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Alabama in Gen ral As-
sembly convened, That the governor he and lie is heieby
authorised to appoint some suitable agent to settle with
John G. Graham, lessee of the penitentiary, according to
the provisions of the act providing for the leasing of the
penitentiary, which settlement shall be final when approved
by the governor.
Apnovzn, February 10, 1852.
[No. 74.]             AN ACT
To prevent the sale of spirituous liquors to free persons of
color.
SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the Setae (1ad louse of Rpresrn-
tatives of the State of Alabama in General Assem/dy convened,
DLhImIory. 'l'hat from and after the passage of this act, it shall not le
lawful for any person or persons to retail or sell in any
quantity spirituous liquors to any free person of color.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person vio-
a         lating the provisions of this act shall, on conviction, be
fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars; and mnat the solicitor's fee shall be twenty-five
dollars for every conviction.
ArPROVED, February 9, 1852.

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