The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-07-08
An Act to enforce the 18Th Article Of The Com.


APPROVED JUNE Is, 1851
SECTION /. BE IL enacted by the General As
senlbis Of the STATE Of Indiana, That it shall
not be lawful Tor any negro or mulatto to
come into, settle in, or become all inhabitant
of the State.
Il. The clerks of the several circuit
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
lshed therein, then by printed hantblls post.
ed up in three of the most public places in
each township of said county, requiring all
negroes and muiattoes, who were inhabit-
ants of the State prior to the first day Of No.
vember, A. d. 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 a suitable
book, to be called the register OF negroes and
mulattoes, in which he sha record the name,
age, description, place of birth and residence
of every negro or mulato 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 Ut
! Indiana, shall have been prove B.
| 4. The clerk of said circuit court, when
any negro or mu' alto shall come before him
Tor the purpose OF being registered, shall have
power to cause to Co before him such wit
nesses az may be necessary to prove the
right of inhabitaticn Of such negro or uldt
to, by process Of subpoena, and shall pro-
coed to hear and determine the right OF such
negro or mulitto.
; 5. When the right Of any such negro
or muiatto shall have been proven to the sa.
tisuc,ion os such clerk, h s.iali register the
said negro or mulatio in his register of ne
groes and mulaItoes, and shall also issue to
such negro or muiatto a certificate. under the
seal of the said court AMI ottested by such
clerk setting forth the facts continued in
such register; which certificate shall be con-
elusive eviden oi tie lac stated in ala prose-
cutioDs against the employers Of negrU or
muiattoes, unless it is shown that the said
employer hal notice that the same was OBJ
tained by fraud ar Other undue means, wds
not genuine, and the shall be PRIM!.
FACIA ev dence only in all other cases al d
shan be issued to such negro mulatto with
out charge.
! D. 8. All contracts made with negroes or
muiattoes. no shall have come onto the
State OF Indiana subsequent to the first day
of November, A. d. 1871, are hereby declar-
ed To be null and void.
"a. Any person who shall employ ne
gro or mu,atto who shall come into tn, State
o. Indiana subsequei 10 the LIST day of Oc-
tober, in the year one thousand eight hun
dred and ti.ty-one, Or shall encourage such
negro or mulatto TO remain in the State, shall
be fined in any sum not less than ten nor
more than FIVE hundred dollars.
IS. This act shall apply only to con-
tracts made with negroes and Hlulattoes SUBJ
sequant to the passage of this act.
3 8. Any negro or mulatto who shall
come into 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 fiued in any sum not Tess
than ten nor more than FIVE hundred dollars.
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