The Evansville daily journal., 1853-06-21
TO NEoRoEs .AND mrLLAroEs

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~ soe.who were inhsSsan,s Of the S,s,o Of Indiana.
Es,ore the nrst Gay Of November A. D. thou
IN hi: State and being now In vandertursh county, in
the % appear OF the oaec tho Clerk Of
ausn ieernng thereto will be heard and; etc rnined
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An Act toenforcs the lsth Article of the Con.
stitution.
APPROVED JUNE ls, 1881
SECTION I. BE itenacted by the General As.
sembiy Of the State If Indiana, That il shall
not be lawful for any negro or mulatto to
come into, settle in, or become an inhacNah,
of the State.
W. The clerks Of the several circuit
courts in the State shall (give) notice, by
publication in the newspaper published in
their respective counties hsviag the great.
est circulation, and if no newspaper be pub.
lished therein, then by printed hahdbills post.
ed up in three Of the most public places in
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. D. 1851; and entitled to reside
therein, to appear before him foe register.
3 3. II shall be the duty Of erch clerk of
the said circuit courts to provide q suitable
oook, to be called the register of negroes and
muiattoes, in which he shall record 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.
a. The clerk of said circuit court, when
any negro or mulatto shall come before him
Tor the purpose of being registered, shall have
power to cause to cone before him such wit.
neeses al may be necessary to prove the
right OF inhabitation of such negro or mula,.
10, oy process of subpoena, and shall pro.
ceed to hear and determine the right Of such
negro or mulatto.
8: When tho right of any such negro
or mulatto shall have been proven to the sa.
tlstacilo1 OF such clerk, he shall register the
said negro or mulatto in his register of ne
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 eviden e OF the facts stated in all prose.
cutions 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 vas
not genuine; and the same shall be- psIaa
rAcIA evidence only In all other cases and
shall be issued to such negro or muls,to with
out charge.
! 6. All contracts made with negroes or
mulattoes, who shall have come into the
State of Indiana subsequent to the first day
of November, A. D. 1851, are hereby declsr.
ed to be null and void.
z. Any person who shall employ me-
gro or mulatto who shall come into the State
OF Indiana subsequent to the 3lst day of Oc. |
tober, in the year one thousand eight huh
dred and filty-one, or shall encourage such |
negro or mulatto 70 remain in the State, shall
be fined in any sum hot less than ten nor
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9. Any negro or mulatto who shall
come into or settle in this State contrary
thereto; and id violation of the proyi ions Of
the constitution, and of the irst section Of
this act, shall be fined in any sum not less
than ten nor more than five hundred dollars.
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