The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-06-26
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House Of Representatives, !
JUNE 8, 1910. {

this mode ofanswering your numerous
and pressing inq Ilrles as to facts and
records relative to the acts aud votes Of
the bank federal sbohtions whig candi-
date for the presidency, General Wll~
jam Henry Harrison, of Hamilton couu
ty, Ohio, 10 favor OF laws to sell white
men and white women for sheriffs' fees,
and lawyers fees, and fines imposed by
courts, who, from their poverty, were
go roor as 10 be unable 10 pay these
,coeis IN money. We have procured
from the official public records. for your
examination and.mspection, the follow-
ING extracts from the laws Of the Terri
tory ofludiana. in 1907, aud from The
Journals or,he Senate ofthe LegisIa-
iure Of Ohio. in the yeal 1921, which
are as follows.
Extract from the Laws Of the Indiana
G Territory, printed at Vincennes, by
Messrs, Stout and Smoot, in 1907,
and now in the Library Of the State
Department, Washington City.
.s,,. CHAPTER vi.
An act respecting crimes and punish"
ments.
"SEc. 30. When any person or
persons, shall on conviction OF ANY
crime, or breach Of any penal law be
sentenced to pay fine or fines, with or
without the costs ofprosecuI'on, II shall
and may be lawful for the court before
whom such conviction shall be had, to
order the Sheriff to sell or hire the per-
xon or persons so connected, to ser0lce to
ann person or persons ,0ho ~lH pay The
.sa;d fus aud costs for such term as the
Court OiH think reasonable.
And such person, OF persons, 40 sen
fenced and hired or sold, shall ahscond
from the service OF his or her master
or mistress, before the term Of such SER
vice shall be expired, be or she so abb
scond,ng, shalt on conviction before
Justice. oflhe peace, be WHIPPED
WITH THIRTY.NIyVE STRIPES
and shall moreover serve Two dayS Tor
every one 80 lost.
SEC. 81. Thejudses Of the several
courts of record in this territory shall
siys this act 10 charge to the grand jury
at each and every court, liz winch q.
grand jury shall be sworn:
JESSE B. THOMAS,
Sneaker of the House Of Represents
lVes. -
President Of tie Council.
Approyed--Sept. II. 1907.
WILLIAM II. HARRISON. !
From the journal of the Sonata Of Me
STATE of Ohio, LIST session Of Tie l9M
General assembly, held in the 1SUn
of Colambus.-W The follotOing is e.
traetcd from de proceedings Of Tscs>
dav, January 80, 1921, to be foaad on
pages 3o4 and 3O5. 4
An act supplementary to the act fo:
the punishment Of certain offences there
in named being under considerations;
Mr.. Fhhiau then movedto strike out
the 18th section of said bill as follows:
Belt further enacted, That when any
person shall be,,inprisoned, either upon
execution or otherwise, for non pay
,tnent of fine, or costs, or both, 1t shall
be lawful for the sheriff oflhe county to
sell out such person as servant to any
,person within this Slate, who will pay
the whole amount duo, for the shortest
.period Of service, of which sale public
notice shall be given at east4en days;
and upon such sale being effected. the
sheriff shall give to hepurcbascr GER
.tiicate thereof, and deliver over the pri-
seoaer 10 him; from which time the reIa-
aiIn between such purchaser and the
an,isoner shalt be,that Of n aster and eer-
want, until the time of service expires,
a I'd for injuries done by either, remedy
q ,alI be had in the same manner as is or
may be provided by law in the case Of
master and ndapprentices; but nothing here
in contained shaIl bo construed to pre-
vent persons being discharged from inn
prisonmept according 10 the provisions
ofthe 9th section Of the act TO which
this is supplementary. if it shall be con-
sideyed expedient to grant such dis
charged from imprisonment according
to the provisions Of the 9th section Of
she act TO which this is supplementary,
ifit shah be considered expedient 10
grant such discharge: Provided, That
the court in pronounciDg sentence upon
any person or persons convicted under
this act 10 which this is supplementary,
may direct such person or persons to be
detained in prison until the tins be paid
or the person or persons otherwise dis
posed OF agTeeably to the provisions Of
this act:
That motion was decided in the af.