Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-03-05

with the intention Of selling or hiring them
shall execute before Notary Public or Par
ish Judge, an authentic act Of every sale or
contract of hire which he or they may make
of such slave or slaves, and that no other title
shall be considered valid, and that before such
sale or contract shall be executed he or they
shall produce to said Notary or parish Judge
the certificate and declaration on oath OF the
free holders aforesaid g. the said declaration Oh
the clerk, as well as the certificate OF the Judge
required by the preceding section, in relation
to each slave, above twelve years OF age, which
he or they may be about to convey or hire; OF
| all which particular mention shall De made III
the said conveyance or contract, ana ne OF tney
so intending and about to convey or hlre, snail
take and subscribe declaration on oath, be-
fore the said Notary or Parish Judge, that the
said certificate or certificates, and declaration
or declarations on oath of the freeholders, by
whom they have been made together with the
declaration of the clerk under the seal OF the
court aforesaid, as we'll as the certificate OF the
Judge, all by him or them SO produced to the
said \ otary or Parish Judge are genuine, and
that the slave or slaves about to be conveyed
or hired are identically the same as those
described in the said certificates, and the SAID
certificate and declaration or certificates and
declarations shall all be deposited with the
said Notary or Parish Judge, and annexed to
the conveyance or contract
Sect 4. Be ii further enacted, That from
and after the first day of April eighteen hun
dred and twenty nine, the citizens OF this
State who shall or may introduce or bring
therein, one or more slaves for their own use
shall bring with them the same kind Of certl
ficate and declaration for each slave above
twelve years Of age, which is provided for by
this act, and he or they shall within twenty
days of the arrival of the slave or slaves with
in the State deposit the said doc ument or do
cuments with the Parish Judge of the Parish
in which he or they may have their domicl
and shall make and subscribe declaration on
oath before said Judge in relation to the gen
uineness of the document or documents so de-
posted and the identity Of the slave or slaves;
and the person or persons, who shall fail to
comply with the provisions of this section,
shall suffer a fine of not less than two hundred
and fifty dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars for each and every slave so introduced
Sect. 5. BE 1T further enacted, That from
and after the first day of April eighteen hun
dred and twenty nine, persons emigratng to
this State ard with the bona Jide intention of
settling and establishing themselves therein
shall comply in every respect with the provi-
sions of the first and fourth sections of this act,
and shall not sell any slave of slaves by them
brought or introduced herein until after the
expiration Of two years from the time when the
same may have been introduced or brought in,
and that at the time when any conveyance
shall be about to be made, the same shall be
executed before Notary Public or Parish
Judge, and the person or persons by whom
such conveyance may be about to be execut-
ed, and before executing the same, shall make
and subscribe declaration on oath before
said Notary or Parish Judge, declaring that
he or they have come into the State with the
bona fde intention OF settling and establishing
themselves therein, that he or they have lived
in this State for the term of two consecutive
years, Immediately preceding the time Of
making such declaration, and that the slave or
slaves which he or they are about to convey,
are the same. brought or introduced into this
State by him or them at the time Of their set
tlemenL anu eStdUllSllI1cIt llleTclH. 7 TUVlueu,
however, that the said person or persons so
emigrating to this State, may hire for term
not exceeding one year at any one time, tn
slave or slaves so introduced or brought in,
which contract of hire shall be executed be-
fore Notary or Parish Judge, and none other
shall be valid in law; and that the said person
or persons shall make and subscribe declara-
ton on oath of the same kind and in the same
manner as that required to be made by the
owner in the preceding part of this section ex-
cept as regards the time he or they may
have lived in this State, and he or they shall
further declare on oath, that the slave or slaves
about to be hired, have not within his know
ledge, been guilty or convicted of any crime;
and whoever shall act in contravention of the
provisions of this section shall suffer fine not
less than five hundred dollars nor more than
one thousand dollars, for each and every slave
so Introduces; Provided, That persons emf
grating to this state, as above stated, be au-
thorised to sell the slaves by them so intro
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