Acts Of The Fifth Biennial Session Of The General Assembly Of Alabama

Author : Alabama General Assembly
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334980756
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Acts Passed at Thirteenth Annual Session of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama written by Alabama General Assembly and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Acts Passed at Thirteenth Annual Session of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama: Begun and Held in the Town of Tuscaloosa, on the Third Monday in November, 1831 W nistrator, heir, legatee, distributee, or husband, shall be liable to be indicted for each and every slave so introduced and failed to be returned; and on conviction, shall be fined in the sum of two hundred dollars, one half to the use of the State and the other half to the use of the informer, and shall be imprisoned until the fine and costs are paid, or discharged by due course of law. And if any slave or slaves shall, under color of this act, be brought or introduced into this State, by any emigrant, guar dian, executor oral ninistrator, heir, legatee, d.str.butee or bus ban 1, wtth intent to evade the provisions of this act, every such slave or slaves, shall be forfeited, and may be recovered, or the value thereof, by action of trover or detinue, from any person or persons having possession of any such slave or slaves, by any one who will sue for the same, one half to the use of the person so suing. And the other half to the use of the State. And the person or persons so introducing or brmging any such slave or slaves into this State, shall moreover be liable to be indicted for every slave so introduced or brought into this State; and on conviction, shall be fined in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, one half to the use of the State and the other half to the use'of the informer, and shall be imprisoned for the term of three months. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.