Mirror of the times & general advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1799-1806, 1804-02-29

but one dissenting voice we now present it to
readers, copied correaly from tile original
Trenton True american.
State of New-Jersey.
An act for he gradual abolition of flavery-
Sect 1. Be it enacted BY the Council and General
Assem- y this stare, anl tits hereby enacted BY the
authority Of the s1me, That every child born of
slave within his state after the fourth day of July
next shalt be free but snail remain the servant of
the of his or her mother, and the executors,
| administrators assigns of such owner, the
| same manner such child had been bound to
vice by the trustees overseers of the poor, and
shall Continue in such service, If male, untl the
| age of twenty Ave years, and il a female until his
| age Of twenty one years
z. And be it enacted, That every person being
an nhAbitant of this state, who shall be entitled to
the service OF child born as aforesaid, after the
said fou tn day of July next, shall within
months afer the birth of such child, cause to be de-
livered clerk of the county whereof such per-
son shall be inhabitant, certificate in writing,
containing the name and addition OF such person.
| and the name, age, and sex OF the child so born
which certificate whether the be delive cred be-
fore or after the said nine months, shall be by the
said clerk recorded in book to be by him provided
| for that purpose and such record thereof shall be
| good evidence of the age of such CHILD and the
clerk of such county shall receive from said person
| twelve cents for child registered and if
any person shall neglect to deliver such certificate
to the SAID clerk within the sad nine months, such
person shall forfeit and pay for every such offence,
FIVE dollars, and the further sum of dollar for
every month such person shall ne3e9 to deliver the
same tn be sued for and recovered by any person
who will sue for the same, The one half 20 the
of such prosecutor, and the residue to the ofhe
poor of the township in which such delinquent shall
reside.
8. Ana be it enacted, That the person entitled to
the service Of any child born as aforesaid may,
yerthelcsS within year after the birth of such
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notification of such abandonment, under the hand
of such person, shall be hl.d with the clerk IF the
township, where there may be county poor
house established, then with the clerk of the board
of of said poor house OF the couGty which
| such person shall reside but every child aban-
doned shall be maintained by such person until ssch
child to the age of one year, and thereafter
shall be considered pauper of such township
county, and liable to be b,und outby the trustees
overseers of the poor in the manner as other
poor children directed to be bound our, until, if
a male, the age of twenty five. and if female, the
age of twenty one and such child, while such pau
per, unt it shall be bound out, shall be maintained
by the trustees overseers OF tho loor of such
coanty or township, as the case may be, at the ex-
pence of this state and for that purpose the dlrec
tor of the board of chosen feeholders of the county
i. hereby required, from time to time to draw his
warrant the in favor of such trustees
oversecrs for the amount of such expence, not ex-
u cecdng the of three dollars per month: provi-
ded the accounts for the be first certified and
: approvedby such board of trustees, the town
rnittee of such township; and every person who
shall omit notify snch abandonment afor said
shall be considered having elected to retain the
- service of such child. and be liable for its mainte-
=, until the period to which its servtude is linz
:; tied as aforesaid.
l. House of assembly. Feb II, 1904.
q This bill having been three times read in this
House,
Resoirsa, That the d. pass.
By order of the house.
'e JAMES cox, Speaker.
{. Council Chamber, Feb. Is, 1904.
ID This bill having been three times read in this
House,
Resolved That the same do pass.
D. BY order of the House,
IS. JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, President
80 Ertract Of a letter from, an American gentle
- man, no7v in turohe, TO MS friend in At
60 city of Charleston, s. c.
Its with great latsfa6tion can tell you
As that our commerce is now very much reipec.
ted the wlidom and prudence of our ex.
70 ceuent government will inlure to us the bei,
a. 6ngs of neutrality and l am conhd-nt the
as commercial and agricultural in,erets Of gu,
% country will rife in proportion as thole oil
wrctched Europe declines. Swarms oil
wealthy emigrants will go to our peaceful
flores, where alone, they are now convinced
they can find laftng tranquility and fafcy
have good realon TO believe, that our Aas
will be refpcAed by all parties. Thus hap.
= ~ in our d,tance and neutrality, ruh we
10 will make luch uic of our htustion, as &c
% prove to Europe that their opinion of III,
- good fsnfe and prudence of our executive
and his attention to our iolid interefts is NOT
IN, erroneous, and that it il a valuable thing fo
ZEN every ns.ion to be On good terms with VA