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An Act to prevent the publication or circulation in this State of seditious pamphlets and papers. 1835-1836 145 (1835)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0113 and id is 1 raw text is: 145 that the clerk in vacation, inay also take such bond and se- curity, from which time the attachment shall cease to op- erate: and provided also, that the proceedings under this act shall not prevent said endorsee or security fron: being sued; and the money recovered from him by the creditor. SEc. 9. Be it enacted, That any transfer, sale, assign- Transfers void ment &c. made by any non-resident or absconding debtor, after the filing of the bill, shall, as against the complainant or complainants, be inoperative and void. EPHRAIM H. FOSTER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JONATHAN WEBSTER, * Speaker of the Senate. Passed February 15, 1836. CHAPTER XLIV. An Act to prevent the publication or circulation in this State of seditious, pamphlets and papers. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the. General assembly of20f. ed the State of Tennessee, That if any person shall, in this n ent. State, write, print, paint, draw or engrave, or shall aid or abet in writing, printing, painting, drawing or engraving, on paper, parchment, linen, metal or any other substance, with a view to its circulation, any paper, essay, verses, pam- phlet, book, painting, drawing or engraving, calculated to excite discontent, insurrection or rebellion amongst the slaves or free persons of color, such person shall be deem- ed guilty of felony, and for the first offence, on conviction thereof, shall stiffer confinement at hard labor in the public, jail and penitentiary house of the State, for a period of not less than, five nor more than ten years; and for the second offence, on conviction thereof, shall suffer confinement as aforesaid, for a period of not less than ten nor more than twenty years. SEc. 2. Be it enacted, That if any person shall know- Circulation of ingly circulate, or shall aid or abet in circulating in this eious pu- State, any paper, essay, verses, pamphlet, book, paintings p drawing or engraving, whether written, printed, painted, drawn or engraved, on paper, parchment, linen, metal, or any other substance, and whether the same be written, prin- ted, painted, drawn, or engraved, within or out of this State, calculated to excite discontent, insurrection or rebellion amongst the slaves and free persons of color, or if any per- son shall have in possession with intent to circulate, any paper, essay, verses, pamphlet, book, painting, drawing or 19 Digitized from Best Copy Available

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