Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1802-09-18

r0ushs ana the country, who IN CONTEMPT
of the present decree shall continue ~
keep or shall iereaitC" be found to have
working for his benefit on his plantation
or at his service, che OF more inaiyid,lais
not Belonging TO it, without the express
permission of the true owner, or witi,out
leave from the cominissary of goyernment
OF the commune where he resides, who
should have acknowledged his state of
freedom, shall be considered sccreter OF
deiaulters.
XIV. Every secretcr or favourci OF de-
ialcation shall be condemned to paw with
in twenty four hours, at the sui of The.
commissary of government where thc o.
fence may have been committed, 4 s;ne oF
TWO hundred dollars for each Of the de-
Iauliers designated in article XIV. md
ii he possesses not sufficient to DISCHARGE
the fine, ne shall be punished with one
years Imprisonment The 6ne for a re-
petition of the offence will be four hun
llred dollars for each de.aulte., besrles
one years Imprisonment in case OF IN
solvency, ne shall be banished IRON The
colony Tor ten years---snd for the third of-
fence, his property shall be confi&caied
and he shall be banished FOR the term OF
his life. In all cases there Shall ne de-
dueled from the said peruniary penalaes,
the indemnity due TO the owner OF The de-
tsulter, at the rate of one dollar per day,
from the date of the declaration which
shall have been made, according 20 arti-
Gle XIII.
XVI. Every black ,indiyi,i,iai or of CO.
Jour, belonging 70 some Plantation. ,gia
shall be an sccoinPIicss {, tayarer Of defaI-
cation, shall undergo flie same penalties
as are pronounced AGAINST the defauiters.
XVII. All proprietors, tenants, and o.
ther private citizens ~ tue towns as well
as in the boroughs and country, are bound,
! under the same penalties as the conceal
ers of defaulters, 70 declare, within ten
DAYS after the publication of these presents,
to the commissary of government il c!o
vicinity OF their residence, all th,. new
blacks made prisoners during the wan, and
/ who have BEEN nut or have got into their
/ Possession, either present or not, chat tie
said oommissaries may make out 4 noni-
native statement, which they will forward
/ to the superior comnissary, charged 10
report the same to the General III chief,
who VIII adopt such MEASURES as 10 him
may appear necessary. The said state
ment shall mention The habituatiou on
which the individual in question is placed,
the name of The proprietor or tenant az
The service of whom lie is and all circuIn-
stances or observations which are known
concerning said individual. The indiyi-
( dual OF that class who shall be found de-
fauiter unless he be within the exec ption
of the article VI, shall be reputed a stray,
and sent innn,ediately 10 the coIuyoisssi~S
of government at Basseteyre, who viii
cause him to be put into the depof-rehe-
raj of the jail of the said city, giving ae-
wee OF the same 10 the superior Cominis-
sary, who will report az above.
ANllI. In order to f5press tic ab, scs
and treacheTies which existed in regarS 10
, the imposltcns ofthe tax Of one fourth.al-
iewed 10 cultirators on The incomes. er.d
substituting thereto an order of thirf6
: more coufourahle 10 humanity, from the
twentieth of Thermidor 18th August,
1909 exclusively, the payment Of one
fourth IS abolished. All accounts shalt,
however, DC regulated and settled 10 ,i.st
epoch by the commissaries of government
who shall be obliged to forward the state
nent, within the month, to the superior
'olhrnlSsary, mentioning the payment, is
order that the general in chief NAV take
such measures as may be required If lie
same should not have been effected: ex-
cept respecting the liabitations which NAV
have been burnt, wholly or in pari, IN the
late events, which arc fully discharged
from ssid payments.
From the twentieth of Thermidor ne "a
tSd August incluslvcIy, the working time
OF The c'iItivstors, and other individnsis IT
tached TO manufactures, shall be divided
into weeks Sundays shall be the dsys Of
rest The general in chief is about tax
ing measures to re-estabGsh tie exercise
OF worship, throughout the colony, in tie
lke manner as i has been done Il, France.
! from the same period, the inhshits,ts
'.hall be obliged 10 feed and clo,he tic ~
dlvduals attached to their habitstiops,
viz. '''''''''''''
For cloathing, two suits wear. Of tow
eioth' at the pleasure Of the owners Sr
! iood' 70 each OF the individuals from he
age OF ten years and upwards, two ponds
O meat Or three pounds Of cod fst two
pots nanioPne -four, OF an equivaien, ins-
thsrr provisions, Tor one week and tl-
nan only Of the said provisions to al chil-