The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-06-23
An Act TO enforce the 18Th Article of the Con.
StttutiOn
APPROvED JUNF IA 1870 I


APPROVED JUNE Is, 1852
SECTION /. Be ii enacted by the Genero, A.
sembLy Of the State of Indiana, That il shall
not be lawful for any negro or mulatto to
come into, settle in, or become an inhabitant
Of the State.
! 2. The clerks of the several crcnit
courts in the State shall (give) notice, by
publication in the newspaper published in
their respective counties having the great
est circulation, and if no newspaper be pub
lished therein, then by printed handbills post
cd up IN three OF the Eaost public places i'm
each township of said county, requiring all
negroes and mulattoes, who were inha Bit
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! Ii shall be the duty Of Cch clerk of
the said circeit courts to provide a suitable
book, to be called the register of negroes and
mu!attoes, in which he shall ord the name,
age, description, place of birth and residence
OF every negro or mula'to who may present
himself or herself before him for the pur-
pose Of being registered, and also the names
oil the witnesses by whom the right of such
negro or mulatto to reside within the State of
Indiana, shall have been proven.
2 4. The clerk of said circuit court, when
any negro or mulntto shall come before him
Tor the purpose OF being registered, shall have
power to cause to con before him such wit
nesses may be necessary to prove the
right of naturalization of such. negro or mulat.
to, by process of Subpoena, ahd shall pro.
coed to hear and determine the right of such
negro or mulatto.
5. When the right of any such negro
or mulatto shall have been proven to the sa-
tislaction of such clerk, he shall register the
said negro or mulatto in his register of me-
groes and mulattoes, and shall also issue to
such negro or mulatto 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 eyiden e OF the facts stated in all prose-
cntions against the employers of negroes or
mulattoes, unless it is shown that the said
employer had notice that the same was OBJ
tanned by fraud or other undue means, tr was
not genuine, and the same shall be PRIMa
FACIA evidence only in all other cases and
shall be issued to such negro CT Iauletto with
out charge. 49,
6. All contracts made with negroes or
mulattoes, VINO shall have come into the
State of Indiana subsequent tosthe first day
Of November, A. ID. 1851, are hereby decIar-
ed 10 be null and void.
Z. Any person who shall employ 9 me-
gro or-mulatto who shall come int the State
of Indiana subsequensto the slstday of Oc-
tober,in the year one GouEant eight hun
dred and f!tysone, er shall encourage such
negro o. yn.latto to remain in the State, shall
be fined in any sum not less than ten nor
more than Eve hundred dollars
+ ) s. This act shall apply only to con-
sequent to the passage of this act.
% 9. Any negro or mulatto' who shall
come into or settle in this State contrary
thereto, and in violation of the provisions 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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