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An Act concerning Pedlars and Hawkers. 1809 36 (1809)

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dertaker of the work ordered to be done by the Jury and
Justices of the Peace of the Parish in which he is a
Judge.
THOS. URQUHART,
Speaker ofthe House oflRepresentatives.
J. D. DEGOUTIN BELLECHASSE,
President of the Legislativc Couni!.
Approved, March Ith, 1809. .
WILLIAM      C. C. CLAIBORNE,
Governor of the Territory of Orleans.
CHAPTER XV.
AN ACT
Concerning Pedlars and Hiawhcrs.
Sect. 1. Bc it enacted by the Legislative Council and
H1ouse cf Representatives of the Territory of Orleans
in general assembly convened, That in three months
after the passing of this act, it shall not be lawful for
any Pedlar or Hawker or other person whomsoever to
sell or to purchase of any slave or slaves any article
whatsoever, without the express permission of his, or
their owner or owners, or the person or manager under
whose immediate care the said slave or slaves may
be placed.
Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, That for each
and every such cffence, the Pediar, Hawker or other
per=on,so oflnding, on due proof thereof, shall forfeit
and pay a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars,
nor less thai ten dollars, and be further subject to im
prisonment in the parish or district jail, for a certain
term, not more than thirty nor less than eight day's,

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