The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-06-22
An Act to enforce the 18th Article of the con
Stitution.
GAPPRovEp JUNE Is. 1870 ,


al Aa 20 enforce the 18th Article Of the Con.
stitution
APPROVED JUNE Is, 1859
SECTION l.. BE aenactsd by TIE Genera, AZ.
senably Of the State Of Indiana, That yt oil
"o' oc ia"iui LOT any negro or mulatto To
come into, settle in, or become an inhabit.n,
Of the State.
2. The clerks Of the several circu;,
courts in the State shall (give) notice, tv
publication in the newspaper published in
their respective counties having the great.
est circulation, and if no newspaper be pub.
ished therein, then by printed handbills post
ec up in three of the most public places in
each township of said county, recurring all
negroes and mulattoes, who were inhabit.
ants of the State prior to the first day of No.
vember, A. ID. 1851; and entitled to reside
therein, to appear before him for register.
3. Il shall be the duty Of erch clerk OF
the said circuit courts to provide suitable
book, to be called the register of negroes and
mulattoes, in which he shall record the name.
age, description, place of birth and residenc e
OF every negro or muato who may present
himself or herself before him for the pur-
pose OF being registered, and also the names
OF the Witnesses by whom the right OF such
negro or mulatto to reside within the State of
Indiana, shall have been proven.
3 A. The clerk of said circuit court. when
any negro or mulatto shall come before him
Tor the purpose ofbeing registered, shall have
power to cause to cone before him such wit.
nesses "a may be necessary to prove the
right OF inhabitaticn of such negro or mulat.
to, by process of subpoena, and shall nro.
coed to hear and determine the right of sucb
negro or mulattc.
3. When tho right Of any such negro
or mulatto shall have been proven to the sa.
tisiaction of such clerk, he shall register the
SAID negro or mulatto in his register of ne.
groes and niulattoes, and shall also issue 10
such negro or muiatto a certificate, under the
seal of the said court and attested by such
CLERK setting forth the facts contained in
such register; which certificate shall be con.
elusive eviden 'eof the facts stated in all prose-
cutlons against the employers Of negroes or
muiattoes, unless it is shown that the said
employer had notice that the same was OBJ
tanned by fraud or other undue means, rr was
not genuine, and the same shall be PR1NA
FAcIA evidence only in all other cases and
shall be issued to such negro or mulatto with
out charge
I q. All contracts made with negroes or
mulattoes, vino shall have come into the
State of Indiana subsequent to the first day
OF November, A. D. 1851, are hereby declar-
ed 10 be null and void
: Z. Any person who she'll employ a me-
gro or rnulatlo who shall come into the State
OF Indiana subsequent to the 3lst day of Oc-
lober, in the year one thousand eight hun
bred and fty-one, or shall encourage such
negro or mulatto to remain in the State, shall
be fined in any sum not less than ten nor
7 0. rms act snail apply only to Con.
tracts made with negroes and naulattoos -
to the passage of this act.
9. Any negro or mulatto who shall
cor.e irto or settle in this State contrary
thereto, and in violation of the provi ions OF
the constitution, and of the first section OF
This act, shall be fined in any sum not less
than ten nor more than five hundred dollars.
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