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In the thirty-eighth Year of the Commonwealth.
ter its discharge from the publie boring mill at the ar.
mory ; upon such ernis and conditions as to them may. seem
.just and proper : Prorided, that the party leasing slall be bound
by the terms of the lease to use the said water in carrying on a
woolk, Inflifac0r!.
2. '1 his act JhILII commence and be in fore from lie passing
thereof.
CHAP. IX.
An Act to perpetuale erild(nce of the desertion of Sitrcs to the
Enemy, ntd for olhcr purposes.
[Passed January 10, 1814.]
Deosn t it enacted by! the General Assembly, That flip court of
iceived lby the ' - every County or corporation where fh £Pelr,,,ationu of the
courts of conn enemy have been or may he committed, hy aerrying by force, or
ties orcorporati. by enticing away, tile slaves, or- by tildng iway or destroying o-
ther property of persons resident vilhin stelt eonlny or corpo.
ration, be and they are hereby authorised and r#,qt'h(ed to hear
and receive the deposition or deposilions of any jearson or per-'
sons, establishling such taking away by f.:ace. by the enemy,
their aiders or ahettors, of such slaves, or the desertion of such
slaves to the armed ships of the enemy, or tle ll kn away by
force, or the destroying by the enemy of other property he'lmg.
ing to the citizens of this cominowe-lth, and the value of Sul
property or slaves.
Such depesitions 2. And be it further enucld, That all depc:;ilius taI|en as
to bt taken in o- aforesaid shall be tken in open court ci,.der the inspection and
pcen court, Anil
transmitted to direction of the court. takitig the same, anti s hll lie transnilttd,
theexecutive. by the cleri of such court, to lie Exteutive of the common-
vealth ; attaching his certificate thereto, of Ihe samte hcaving
been duly exeouted ; the said delosiions to be by the Executive
preserved among the archives of the state.
Clerk's tee 4*r 3. And be it further enacted, That tile clcrks of the county
takirg such de- and corporation courts aforesaid, shall, in each and every ase,
positions, receive, as a compe-nsation for his c2ervices, from the party or
parties, at whose instance, and for whose bernfit the depositions
as aforesaid may be taken, the sum of twenty five cents, for each
deposition so taken.
enalty an the 4. And be it farlher enncted, That every cler4 of such court
cler ii foforo ~ mnhsfo h xctinteef hi
to tracimit tem filing to transmit the depositin, taken as aforesaid, to tie
tothe .cutive. Executive, within 5ix months Crom the exeution thereof, shuIt
forfeit and pay to the party or parties igrieved, the stnc of
twety doll.r, to he by hint or them recovered in any court
record in this commonwealth, hy motion: l'rovided, that ten
days previous notice of such motion be given in writing to the
clerl of such Court.
a. And wheteas much good may arise to thle good people of
this comumonwealIth by supp.ressing the desertion of slaves, be-
Por-r ' iven to longinig to the citizens thereof, to tile arnmed vessels of the ere.
tfilCCL14 LI the muy, lie it t1ch'frere cnacted, That the elonels coumnandants,
r,iiiitia toprrpvent m-jors or captains ot the militia of this comrmonwealth, be and
to ,.. they are hereby empowered and at, thorised, on the approach (if
ituy pa't of the eneemy's ifaval foroe, to remove and socure, its](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0188&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)