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IN ACT s.akinx stps~>vsassss ~ ~ rs.spsi sf
free errssas Of csissr. Passrd ~ 49, Gss<rai
.i.se~Sly Of yirs'~~. AEsreA ~, 1855.
I. Be % sasetsd By the Gsnsrsi .asssmsiy.
That the SUN Of eighteen thousand dollars
shall be, and the same b hereby appropriated,
TO be paid annually, for tho period OF ave
ye.rs. out Of any money In tho treasury, not
Otherwise Appropriated, fos The purposes and
in the manner hereinafter prescrib
2. Be 70 further enacted, That the goyerpor.
lieutenant governor. first and sscood disors,
for the time being. shall be aSd they are here
by constituted board Of COMMISSIONER, for
the purpose Of carrying into eject The provi-
SONS Of this act, any two Of whotn shall be a
quorum for sa.d purpose.
}. Whenever satisfactory proof shall be
produced to the said board Of commissi oners
that any number Of free persons Of color shall
have been actually transported to the colony
Of Liberia, OF other place on the western
coast Of Africa, or that they shall have been
| within the limits OF this commonwealth, by
tho American Colonization Society, il shall
be lawful, and the said board Of comnission-
ers are hereby required To issue their war
| rant on the treasury Of this common wealth
for such sum OF sums Of money may be
| necessary TO defray the costs Of transporta-
ton and subsisting such free persons Of color
( for a limited time, on the said coast OF Africa
! payable TO the authorized and accredited a.
gent or agents Of the said American Coloni.
ration Society: Proridsd, That the sum OF
sums which may, from time to time, be thus
expended, shall, in no one year, exceed the
amount appropriated for such year, and tina,
the free persons Of color who may be rcmov-
cd under the Provi>ions Of this act, shall Be
selected from the dae rent counties and cor.
PoratIons OF this commonwealth, in proper
ton to the amount Of revenue paid into the
public treasury by such county OF corpora
ton, u such free persons OF color can be
found IN such county or corporation, willing
to emigrste bot il the whole sum hereby ap-
Propriated to each county or corporation,
shall not be annually applied 10 the removal
OF such Tree persons Of color therein, bee ause
Of their unwillingncss to emigrste therefrom,
then the balance thereof may be equitably
applied, by the said board Of commissioners,
TO the removal Of free persons Of color from
other counties and corporations aud yrorid-
cd Jhyfher, That not more than the sum of
thirty dollars shall be allowed by said boar
OF commissioners for the transportation and
subsistence rs aforesaid, Of any free person
OF color, above the age OF ten years, and not
more than the sum Of twenty dollars, for the
transportation and subsistence Of any free
person Of color under the said ago Of ten
years. And the said board Of commissioners
are hereby required to keep an exact account
OF all money disbursed under the authority Of
TINS act, and TO make an annual report there
OF TO the general assembly, showing the ages
and sex OF such free persons rs may be trans
ported from this commonwe alth, and the
counties, cities or boroughs from which they
may have been respectively removed I; toge-
Their with such other facts or suggestions a.
they may deem interesting or proper: Pro-
rtded, That no payment shall be made by the
said board under the provisions Of this act,
Tor the transportation Of any other than per-
sons Of color who are now free, and born and
residing within this commonwealth, or their
descendants.
4. This act shall be in force from and after
the passage thereof.