The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-07-06

On or before the first DAY of NovemSer n Va LII ,sn:
IN his State and being in v.nae,saaa to reside
Tine to appear The Of III. Sey ~
matters reerring thereto will heard and when all
In accordance With the annexed s. paSs ss
An Act to enforce the 18th Article of the con-
situation.
APPROVED JUNE Is, 1887
SECTION l. BE it enacted By the General DC.
sembly Of the State of Indiana, That it shall
not be lawful tor any negro or mulatto to
come into, settle in, or become an inhabitant
of the State.
2. 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
lished therein, then by printed handbills post.
ed up in three of the most public places in
each township of said county, requiring all
negroes and muiattoes, 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 foe register.
3. Ii shall be the duty Of rch 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 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
Of the witnesses by whom the right OF such
negro or mulatto to reside within the State of
Indiana, shall have been proven.
4. The clerx Of said circuit court, when
any negro or mulatto shall come before him
for the purpose of being registered, shall have
power to cause to con before him such wit.
nesses as may be necessary to prove the
right of inhabituticn of such. negro or mulat.
to, by process of subpoena, and shall pro-
coed To hear and determine the right of such
negro or mulatto.
; 5. When tho right Of any such negro
or mulatto shall have been proven to the sa.
tisiac,ion 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 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,,r was
not genuine, and the same shall be psIMA
FAcIA evidence only in ali other cases and
shall be issued to such negro or mulatto with
out charge.
8. All contracts made with negroes or
muattoes, VINO shall have come into the
State of Indiana subsequent to the first day
of November, A. D. 1851, are hereby declar-
ed to be null and void.
=. Any person who shall employ ne
gro or mulatto who shall come into the State
OF Indiana subsequent TO the 3lst day of DC.
tober, in the year one thousand eight hum
dred and fity-one, or shall encourage such
negro or mulstto to remain in the State, shall
be fined in any sum not less than ten nor
more than Eve hundred dollars.
8. This net shall apply only to con.
tracts made with negroes and nulattoes SUBJ
sequent to the passage of this act.
; 9. Any negro or mulatto who shall
come into or settle in this State contrary
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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VIM. HOLDEN,