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An Act to prevent persons owning slaves or the guardians of free persons of color in the town of Warrenton, Warren county, from keeping eating houses and eating tables in said town, and in the town of Thomaston, Upson county. 1857 199 (1857)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0456 and id is 1 raw text is: LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS-CITIES AND TowNs. Warrenton and Thomaston. WARRENTON AND THOMASTON. Sec. 1. Eating houses in Warrenton by free Sec. 2. Provisions of this Act extended to persons of color or slaves pro- town of Thomaston, Upson co. hibited. I 3. Repealing clause. (No. 173.) .An dct to prevent persons owning slaves or the guardians of free persons of color in the town of Warrenton, Warren county,from keeping eating houses and eating tables in said town, and in the town of Thomaston, Upson county. Whereas there are persons both in and out of the county of War- Preamble. ren, who are owners of slaves, or the guardians of free persons of color, and who allow them to keep regular eating houses and eating tables in said town of Warrenton, which induces slaves to steal poultry and other property and sell to these negro eating houses, to keep up their tables, to the great annoyance of the citizens of said town and county: 151. Section 1. Therefore, be it enacted, That from and after the owneror passage of this Act, any owner of any slave, or guardian of any freefleer person of color, who shall suffer said slave or free person of color person ofcol to keep an eating house or eating table in said town of Warrenton, tem ep shall be indicted for the same, and on proof and conviction of said &a. hoien offence in the Superior Court of said county, he or she so offending Wreno shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty, nor more than one hundred dollars. 152. Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this tne Act be extended to the town of Thomaston, Upson county. 153. Sec. III. (Repeals conflicting laws.) Assented to December 16th, 1857. 199

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