Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-03-23

! AN ACrto provide ortne removal Of Paupers, Va
grants. and such other persons as may notegaIy be
SEC. l. Bea enacted By the Common Council Of
alexandria, That on complaint being made to
| the Mayor or any Justice Of the Peace, by any
one or more Of the Trustees of the Poor, that
any Pauper not entitled TO residence, has re-
moved within the limits OF the Corporation, i,
shall be lawful for the Mayor, or such Justice.
and shall be the duty OF the Mayor, forthwith
| to cause such Dauper to be brough, before him:
and if on examination it shall appear that he or
She is not entitled to residence within the Cor.
nora,ion. TO cause such Pauper TO be removed
,her,from, and when it may be prac,i cable. car.
ried back to the place of his or her last legal
settlement.
SEC. 9. find be it further enacted, That the
Police Constables shall report to the Mayor.
and in case Of his absence or indisposi,ion 10
anv Jnstice of the Peace of the County. all Va.
grants that may be found within the limits of
The Corporation; and it shall be lawful for the
Mavor. or such Justice, and shall be the duty of
the Mayor, to cause such Migrants to be brought
before him; and if on examination they shall an.
near 10 be within the description Of Migrants
as hereinafter mentioned, the Mayor or Justice
i. hereby empowered TO commit such Migrants
10 the Work House, for any time not exceeding
three months.
SEC. 8. find be it further enacted, That all able
bodied persons, who not having wherewlhal
TO maintain them selves, shall be found loiterin
on wandering abroad, without betaking them
selves 10 some honest employment; and all be O..
CARS, drunkards, or VIGOROUSLY lazy, idle, Of
disorderly persons, and all keepers or exhibit
tors of any Billiard Table, or Faro Bank, A. b.
C or E. o. Table, or of any other gaming table,
or device of any denomination whatever, and all
free negroes and mulattoes not entitled to resi-
dence. Shall be considered and treated as Va
grants
Sec. 4. find be ii further enacted, That the
Police Constables shall report 10 the Mayor, or
some Justice of the Peace, all free colorcd per-
sons who have come into the Town since the
ninth day of August, eighteen hundred and nine,
and who shall be found illegally residing there
in, and all free colored persons who may hereaf.
ter illegally remove 10 the town; and il shall
thereupon be the duty of the Mayor or such JUS
tice, to cause all such persons to be removed
from the town. And if after notice shall have
been given, and reasonable time, to be Judged
of by the Mayor or such Justice, shall have been
allowed for removal, they shall be found within
the limits Of the town, they shall be committed
to the Work House as Migrants, and confined
to hard labor for period not exceeding three
months, and shall be SO committed whenever
after yards found within the limits Of the town:
Provided, howeu.r, that any negro or mulatto ha-
wing authentic evidence of his or her title to
freedom, who was resident Of the town Of AL
exandria on the first day of January, 1897,
and who now resides therein, who can pro-
duce authentic evidence Of his o: her title
to freedom, and who shall produce 10 the
of nd
try and good character, and Of ability 10 main
tain himself or herself, and who shall give bond,
with good security, payable to the Common
Council, in the penalty OF Fifty Dollars, with
condition for the good behaviour of such free
negro or mulatlo, and that he or she shall not
become chargeabe to The Common Council,
may obtain license from the Common Coun-
Gil to reside within the town; the granting Of
which license shall, however, be considered as
entirely at the discretion Of the Common Coun-
Gil, and such license shall be revocable at their
pleasure, and shall be absolutely forfeitabe by
conviction OF any breach Of good behaviour
list Of which licenses shall be preserved by
the Auditor, who shall furnish each free negro
OF muatto with copy Of the order authorizing
his or her residence. as aio esaid
SEC. S. find be il further enacted, That the
third section Of an act passed the twentieth OF
January, eighteen hundred and twenty -one, en-
titled can act reducing into one and amending
the several acts respecting Slaves, Tree Negroes
and Mulattoes, Migrants, idle and disordery
Persons, Runaways, dislurbers Of Religious
Worship, and the preservation OF order on the
Sabbath" be and the same is hereby repealed.
SEC 6. find be ay}urther enacted, That this
act shall commence and he in force from and
after the passing thereof
Passed in Council this first day of March,
eighteen hundred and twenty-seven.
JOHN &. VOWEL,
President ofMe Common Council
Approved, March 8, 1927:
JOHN ROBERTS,
Mayor.