The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-06-13
An Act TO enforce kie 18th Article Of the Con.
StitutiOn.
CAPpRovED JUNE Is, 1881

APPROVED JUNE Is, 1881
SECTION l. BE ii enacted By the General As
sembly of the State of Indiana, That it 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 circuit
courts in the State shall (giwe9 notice, by
publication in the newspaper published in
their respective counties having the great
est circulation, and ri no newspaper be pub
lished therein, then by printed handbil.s post.
ec up in three OF the most pubic places in
each township of said county, requiring 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 foe register.
3. Ii shall be the duty Of ea CHI clerk of
the said circuit courts to provide a suitable
book, to be called the register of negroes and
mulattoes, in which Le'shall record the name,
age, description, place of birth and residence
OF every negro o. mala'ts who may present
himself or herself before him for the pur-
pose of being registered, and also the names
of the witIesses by whom the right of such
negro or mulatto to reside within the State oil
Indiana, shall have been proven.
4. The clerk of said circuit court, when
tny negro or mulatto shall come before him
for the purpose of being registered, shall have
power to cause to cone before him such wit
nesses as may be necessary 10 prove the
right of inhabtation Of such negro or mulat
tG, by process OF subpoena, and shall pro
coed to hear and determine the right of sucl
negro or malatto.
5. When the right of any such negro
I loxt Ill IL
tsiaciion of such clerk, he shall register the
said negro or mulatto in his register of ne
groes and mulattees, and shall also issue tt
such negro or RHlatto a certificate, under the
seal of the said court and attested by such
clerk setting forth the facts confirmed il
such register; which certificate shall be con.
elusive eyiden e of the facts stated in all prose-
cations against the employers Of negroes OIL
| mulattoes, unless it is shown that the sale
employer had notice that the same was oh.
tanned by fraud or other undue means, or was
not genuine, and the same shall be EaIMA
FAcIA evidence only in all other cases and
shall be issued to such negro or -mUiasto with.
out charge.
: g. All contracts made with negroes G.
Eulattoes, who shall have come into the
State of Indiana subsequent to the first Dag
of November, A. d. 1851, are hereby dac!ar-
ed &c he aull and void.
I q. 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 yearsone thousand eight hun
drcd and fiity-one, shall oncousa ge such
negro or mulatto foreman in sae State, shall
be fined in any sum not less than ten mel
more than FIVE hundred dollars.
s. This act shall apply only 20 con-
tracts slade with negroes and nuiattoeS sub
sequent to the passage of this act.
9. Any negro or mulatto who shall
come into or settle i'm this State contrary
thereto, and ia 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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