The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-04-02

Or person hiring, a. in the case Of free person
and the said slave or slaves shall receive twenty
lsshes on his or their bare backs for the first OF
fence and, tor the second offence, the same
forfeiture shall be incurred by such master Oh
person hiring, and double the number Of lashes
inflicted upon such offender and, for The third
offence, az well as for every succeeding offence,
three times the said fnrfei,ares shall. De paid ty
such master or person hiring, and the same
number of lashes shall be inflicted Ms Tor the Sc
cond offence. But when the testimony of the
owner OF the property, so stolen, cut or burnt,
snaii De necessary to the conviction of the said
slave or slaves, the forfeitures shall be paid AS
in the case of free person, for the use of the
poor
And be 1t further enacted, that all persons VIII
shall hereafter load any boat, in whole or in part
s',au grant to the head man of the boat a ma
nifest of such loading, giving particular DIES.
cription OF the quality and quantity o r. each ar
ticle, and whether in bags, boxes, barrels, hogs
heads and so forth. and shall keep a copy of the
said manifest and the said headman of the
boat shall deliver 10 the said Inspector of boats
his manifest, before he shall pass through the
said locks and the said inspe ctor shall diigent
ly and infinitely examine the said boats and
compare the articles found on board with tile
manifest, which manifest shall be filed in the
said Inspectors 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, die 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 NAV be
sold i'm mediately for cash and advertised af
forwards and provided, that owners Of such
articles, proving their RICH, to the same, within
the space OF six months after the date of the adj
vertisement shall have such articles il claimed
before the sale, or the money arising from the
sale, 1T 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 nv
him paid into the public Treasury for the nse
OF the Commonwealth. And when any free ne.
lgro or muiatto shall give manifest of anv load
ing put on board of any boat, he or she shall oh
tam a certificate from some respectable white
person, certifying the truth of the nantes. aud
his or her right to the property therein mention
ed which certificate shall accompany the SAID
manifest and the person granting such certi6.
cate shall keep copy thereof
And DC 1T further enacted, that it shall be the du
ty of every navigator Of "a boat on the said river
and its branches, when he shall take on hoard
any species OF property. for sale transportati-
| on, which he claims as his own, to get CERT.
ficate from some respectable person in the neigh.
ioourhood, where he shall take this same. stating
the quantity and the particular kind of nropert"
so shipped.
And be it further enacted, that, in future, e;erv
Tree waterman whoshail receive on board fh;s
boat or other vessel any produce, goods, wares or
merchandise, and shall embezzle the same. or
any part thereof, to the value of dollars and
upwards, shall lie deemed guilty of felony and.
upon conviction thereof before any Court having
competent jurisdiction, he shsH suffer a con-
finement in the Jail and Penitentlary house
Tor term OF not less than one wear, and no
more than five years and when the produce
goods, wares OF mel chandize, SO embezz led
| shall be OF less value than four dollars.
the offender shall be deemed guilty of ne
til larceny, ana, upon conviction thereof before
such COURT he shall suffer as in other cases of
petit larceny Nothing herein shall be constr,-
ed as barring any person injured by such embez
element from his or her right of civil action
against such offender or offenders
dnd be IT further euacfea, that where the said
S'ver 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 az
relates to the detection or experimenting OF WA.
termen, on the said river, or either side there.
of -
And be h further enacted, that the said nspec-
OF shall be entitled to demand and receive, as
compensation for the services he shall have To
perform IN enforcing this Act, the sum of two
cents for every bnat, loaded with coal onIv each
time it shall pass downward, and the sum of
six Gems for every other boat passing down.
wards and no more.
This Act shall he in force from and after the
| first day of April next
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