The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-09

= Hhe whole fabric mas now dlsappeHTeoi
and in consequence, our col0re9 friends
IN Columbus have already held a mpeiing.
protesting against the Colonization Socie-
ty. ns mere trap 10 perpe,uhle slavery
and induce cOlored citizens TO leave. SO
Iimportant were the o6fc,al proceedings
deemed, an Extra was issued--doubtless
from the Standard Office. 7'i
NorE-We have placed The Wings in RonIan
the Locofocos in Italics and the Free, Soilera in
Small Caps, The next morning Messrs Holconb
and Mott had leave tn record their votes, which
they did in the Negative. J,..,. ,..,... -..,
We also avail ourselves Of an abstract
Of the Black Laws from the Courier,
There are great many who are not a.
ware ofthe exact nature of these Laws,
and at this time. an abstract of them will
prove interesting. .....-f .
"The Ist section (passed Jan. s, 1904 J
requires ofnegroes settling in the Sta'e,a
certificate Of his or her freedom. The
second requires to enter their rsmes, with
those of their children, in the county
Clerk 8 office who gives certificate there.
Of The Sd subjects ID pehalty offrom
$500 to $4,000. every person who EN-
plOys cOlored person without ceitifi
cate, as in the lst section The 4th re-
auires that certificate to be recorded with
I,he couty Clerk.--The 9Th Ia repealed.
The 9Th (passed Jan 25, 1907 prohibits
a black personfrom settling in the State,
unless he gives within twenty days there
latter. bond in $500. with freehold securi.
Ity, conditioned for his good behavior, and
',Ithat he wlln become atownshipc charge:
in case Of failure to give this bond, the
Overseers must remove him. The 7th re-.
quires Clerk 10, file this bond and give a
certificate oft. By the 9th any person
having or concealinga a black who is not
so bonded, is subject to penalty not ex-
! ceeding $l00 of which the informer has
0ne-half. and is moreover liable ior
r the black PERSONS maintenance. The
9th excludes the testimony ofblacks aud
mulattoes in all suits, civil or criminal
: where either party is white. By the l0Ih
I all prior conflicting acts are repealed
The 1lth (passed Feb 81, '34.) requires
+. the Clerk to keep book for the RECORD
r of certificates under the Cd section. The
' 18th to the 25th sections, inclusive, (pas
f sed Feb. 26, '39.) relative 10 the recovery
I of runaway slaves. and making every
! citizen slave catcher, were repealed
!. in 1s43, The 26,h prohibits the kee PIN
! of any free black or mullato person IL
!, any kind of restraint or confinement
? with view to transporting him from
!. the State, nor, by the 9Th, shall any sue
n person be carried out of tho State, unles
!. a property IN him or her be duly piover
according to the U. S. laws, before som
/, judge or justice Of the peace The 2st
/ subjects sny person offending against tn
last two sections to the penilentiary fu
4 three to seventeen years. These are al
| we presume, that the present bill pre-
/ poses TO repeal. ''
y The LIST section of the school law pr'
n vides for the education ofwhite youth onl
81 while, in the I'd. providing for an annu'
d tax for that object, the property of co
: ored persons is exempted from any sue
charge. This portion of the disabilitie
q is probably not affected nor, of course, /
in yet. the constitutional deprivation of. II
n. right of suffrage, although the Locofoc'
10 may go in for that next. ,..D.-.ll .a