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An Act to authorize Jeremiah Morris, of Sussex county, to bring into this State from the State of Maryland, a certain negro man named Isaac. 1829 214 (1829)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsde0129 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF THE STATE

CHAPTER
CXII.                 CHAPTER CXII.
AN ACT to authorize Jeremiah Morris, of Sussex
county, to bring into this State fom the State
of Maryand, a certain negro man named
Isaac.
PASSED AT DOVER,?
*January 23, 1829. 5
CHAPTER CXIII.
AN ACT to restrain persons. from suf'ering siwine
to go at large within certain inits.
swine running SECTJON 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
at large withinionuse of Representatives of the State of Delaware
certa imnnits.n General dssemby met, That no swine shall be
may beimpoun*
ded.      suffered to go at large wthin any limits, to which
this act shall be extended; and any swine found go-
ing at large within any such limits, may be taken and
impounded in any place within said limits, respec-
tively, by any free white person of the age of twen-
ty-one years or upwards, residing within said limits,
t'o eroin nwho shall within twenty-four hours after such im-
pounding, give notice thereof, by a written notice
delivered to the owner, or left at his usual place of
abode, or if the o'vner be unknown, or have no
known place of abode, within three miles of the
place of taking, by advertisements posted in three
or more of the most public places within said limits:
Duty of con-and any constable for the county, upon the appli-
stabne lng SCjiflcation of the person impounding, shall sell the swine
so impounded, at public vendue, at any time after the
expiration of five days after the day of impounding,
giving notice of such sale, by;advertisements posted in
five or more of the most public and suitable places in
said limits, and the neighbourhood thereof, at least
three days before the day of sale: and the constable,
]{is fees-  deducting from the amount of the sale forty cents, and

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