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An Act to amend an act to suppress trade and barter with slaves, or for other purposes. 1852 245 (1852.1)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0281 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI. be as fully governed in all things by said act so far as its provisions applies to this act, as though all its provisions had been herein incorporated. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 16, 1852. CHAPTER 118. AN ACT to amend an act to suppress trade and barter with slaves, or for other purposes, approved March 6, 1850, so far as it applies to the counties of Lawrence, Desoto and Rankin. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, That any person or per- sons who shall buy from any slave or slaves, any corn, fodder, hay, meat, or fowls, without the ver- bal or written consent of the master, owner, over- seer, or employer of such slave or slaves, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof in the Circuit Court of said county, be fined in a sum of not less than ten dollars, nor more than twenty-five dollars, and shall be liable to all costs of prosecution. SEC. 2. Be t further enacted, That any merchant, druggist, or grocery keeper, or any other person, who shall sell to any slave or slaves, any wine, spirituous, or malt liquors, without the verbal or written permission of the master, owner, overseer, or employer of such slave or slaves, shall be held guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall, on con- viction thereof, be fined in a sum of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and shall be liable to all costs of prosecution. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That one half of all fines collected under the provisions of this act, shall be paid to the prosecutor, and the other half to be appropriated to the common school fund of the county. SEC. 4. And be it fwrther enacted, And that all acts and parts of act conflicting with the provi- sions of this act, be, and the same are hereby re- pealed, and the provisions of this act apply to the counties of Lawrence, Rankin and Desoto. Approved March 16, 1852. 245

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