The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-04-09

or person hiring, as in;she case of free person
and the said slave or slaves shall receive twenty
lashes on his or their bare backs for the first Of
fence ; and, for the second offence, the same
forfeiture shall be incurred by such master or
person hiring, aud double the number % lashes
inflicted upon such offender and. for The third
offence, as well as for every succeeding offence,
three times the said forfeitures shall be paid bv
svcn master or person hiring, and the same
number OF lashes shall be inflicted as for the se-
cond offence. But when the testimony of the
owner of the property, so stolen, cut or burnt,
shall be necessary to the conviction of .ne said
slave or slaves, the forfeitures shall be paid as
in the case OF 4 free person, for the use of the
poor.
and be it further enacted, that all persons who
shall hereafter load any boat, in whole or in part,
shall grant to the head man OF the boat ma
ntest of such loading, giving particular des-
cription OF the quality and quantity of each ar
tcle; and whether i'm bags, boxes, barrels, hogs
heads and SO forth. and shall keep copy of the
SAID manifest: and the said headman of the
boat shall deliver to the said Inspector of boats
his manifest, before he shall pass through the
said locks (; and the said inspe ctor shall dgent.
iy and infinitely examine the said boats, and
compare the articles found on board with the
manifest, which manifest shall be filed in the
said Inspector Office and, if he shall find any
article on board of any boat, not contained in the
said manifest, the necessary provisions and fur
niture of the said boat excepted, he shall take
from on board all such articles into his CUSTODY.
and advertise the same, giving true description
thereof, for the space of six weeks in some one
Of the public prints in Richmond to be sold for
cash Provided, that perishable articles mat be
sold Immediately for cash and adyertisad az
forwards and provided, that owners of such
articles, proving their right to the same. within
the space of six months after the date of the adj
vertisement shall have such articles, If claimed
before the sale, or the money arising from the
sale, if claimed afterwards, and before the end
OF the said space of six months the said ow-
ner paying the expences OF advertising the
same :--all monies arising from such sales,
and remaining in the hands of the said Inspector
after the said space of six months shall be bv
him paid into the public Treasury for the use
of the Commonwealth. And when any free ne
gro or mulatto shall give manifest OF any load
ing put on board OF any boat, he or she shall OBJ.
tain certificate from some respectable white
person, certifying the truth of the manifest, and
his or her right to the property therein mention.
| ed which certificate shall accompany the said
manifest and the person granting such certif-
cate shall keep copy thereof
And be it further enacted, that il shall be the du
| ty of every navigator of boat on the said river
and its branches, when he shall take on board
any species of property, for sale or transportsti-
ON, which he claims as his own, to get q cert.
ficate from some respectable person in the neigh
bourhood, where he shall take the same; stating
the Quantity and the particular kind of property
SO shipped.
Andbe it further enacfed, that, in future, every
free waterman whoshall receive on board bis.
boat or other vessel any produce, goods, wares or
merchandise, and shall embezzl the same or
| any part thereof. to the value of 4 dollars and
upwards, shall be deemed guilty of felony; and,
upon conviction thereof before any Court having
competent jurisdiction, he shall suffer a CON
hnement in the Jail and PeniteRtary house
for term OF not less than one year; and no
more than FIVE years and when the produce.
goods, wares or meI chand1e, so embezz
shall be of less value than four. dollars.
the offender shall be deemed guilty of pc.
tit larceny, and, upon conviction thereof before
such court, he shall suffer as in other cases of
petit-larceny. Nothing herein shall be constru-
ed as barring any person injured by such embez-
element from his or her right of civil action
against such offender or offenders.
Ind 6e if /i1fhe, enacted, that where the said
kver or any of its branches shall be the line be.
tween any OF the counties thereon, the Officers
OF the Peace in such counties shall have power
to exercise the duties Of their Office, so far as
relates to the detection or experimenting OF wa
termen, on the said river, or either side there.
Of
dnd be Il further enacted, that the said inspec.
or shall be entitled to demand and receive, as
compensation for the services he shall have 10
perform in enforcing this Act, the sum of two
cents for every boat, loaded with coal only. each
time it shall pass downward, and the sum of
SIX Gents for every other boat passing down.
wards and no more.
This Act shall be in force from and after the
first day of April next.
II Copy from the RoN,)
VIM MUNFoRD, Keeee,
OFtb. RoV.