The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-28

General Regulation.
The Governor Captain General of the island sh II
take the proper measures order that every wear by
the month Of January, lists Of the colonsts NAV be-
meQc out or corrected; the lists shall state their
names sex ages, country, whether they are married
or single, their trades the period of their contract
and the name, profession and domicile OF their res
pective masters.
The ssl.e authority shall send to the Presidency
the said registers stating the number OF colonsts Of
each nation classified by sexes by ages, up to Is
years, from Is to SO, and from that age upwards;
by condition as unmarried, married or widowes;
by occupation, whether agricultural, industrial or
domestic; by the districts in which they reside; and
by The time of duration Of their contracts according
as they may be under five years, from five to ten
year.. from ten to fifteen years, and from fifteen
years upwards.
Given at the Palace. March 20, 1854.
Signed by the Royal Hand.
The President Of the Council of Ministers,
(Signed) LUIS J0sK SAKToRIUB.
Taking into consideration the reasons stated TO
me by my President of the Council of Minister'S and
in conformity with the opinion Of the Council,
have determined to approve the following regula-
ba for preparing lists and civil register OF slaves:
CHAPTERI.
Respecting Lists and FIRST Inscription of Slaves in
the Cfcii Register.
ART. /. On such days as the Captain General may
NIX, the municipal officers of the towns (pedansos),
accompanied by such functionaries or private ind
yiduals as the respective Governors or Lieutenant
Governors may appoint, will proceed to the prepar
ration OF the lists Of slaves throughout the island
exactitude the names of the slaves, their sex, the
nation to which they belong, and their age if it be
known, and If not known, what their age may ap.
pear to be; also the names Of their parents, if
known. their social position, their occupation, their
personal description, and lastly, the name profes.
lion, and domice of the owner
Ill. The municipal officers and the delegates 40
companyng them will sign all the lists of their dis
fYiCt IF ais will hair
lists, both being responsible to the Governor to
the tribunals, according to the gravity of the case.
for any mistake or any inexactitude showing
Nv. Any owner Of slaves who shall cause to be en-
tered in the lists greater number of slaves than he
really possesses shall pay fine Of from 5000 to $500
for every additional slave SO entered.
" The same penalty shall be inflicted on the
owner who shall enter any of his slaves with false
description, showing fraudulent intention.
VI: The "pedaneo" and delegates VIII nay b:
to in the two preceding Articles, shall H. cried and
punished as forgers of public d0cume, -
VI. After the expiration Of the I'm fxed for
the formation of the lists the "pe eos" will send
vernon of the respective District ceping certified
copy OF the same.
WILL In every chief town - district civil re-
gister OF slaves shall be .olshed, which shall
comprise all those slaves u may have their hsbi
tual residence within thu .me district, and which
VIII be entrusted to rt,lc functionary appointed
by the government
TX. The Governor Or Lieutenant Governor. ON
receiving the lists from the "pedAneos," win
transmit them wit, ais certificate to the keeper Of
the register, for ne inscription in the latter of al
the slaves comp sed in the lists without emitting
any OF the mal ks or circumstances noted therein.
Z. After the expiration Of the time fixed for the
formation Of the lists and when the civil registers
in the districts shall be opened the CaptainG
will fix further short period not to be extended,
during which the owners of slaves who, for any
reason whatever, may have omitted to enter any Of
their slaves, may present themselves to the "peda-
neo," together with the omitted slaves In question
XI. After the expiration of this second term.
the "pedaneos" shall transmit to the Governor or
Lieutenant Governor the lists which they may have
drawn up during this second period in the manner
the registers for all first inscriptions shall be irrev0
cably closed, excepting the inscription of newly
born children, or that which may be ordered to be
made BY the proper authorities after due examine
ton of the circumstances Of the case,
XII. The registers being closed, the Captain
General will fix further period, within which the
ow ners Of slaves shall receive, through the
"pedaneos" two certified copies of the inscription
Of each slave, which will be called "cedulas de
egstro" (register tickets).
XIII. The register tickets shall state briefly tho
description and circumstances of each slave, accord
ing to the tenor of the inscription and they will be
issued by the keeper Of the register, and counter
signed by the respective Governors or Lieutenant
Governors.
will cause new register tickets to be issued whom
they may be requested to oso by the owners Of
slaves in consequence of the original ones having
been lost and the keepers Of registers win also issue
such tickets by their own authority whenever they
may make any alteration in the original inscription.
when they enter for the first time in their register
any slaves proceeding from other districts and
registered IN the came according to the rules to be
The issuing Of the ticket shall Away he entered
in the register book, and If it should be issued In
duplicate the reason for SO doing will be stated
XIV. The registers being once closed, all slaves
who may not have been inscribed therein by their
owners shall be considered manumitted and free,
by virtue Of the law, with the exception of those
cases in which the proper authorities may direct the
slaves to be registered, accordingto the regulations
hereinafter laid down.
XVI After the expiration of the term. in which
the owners Of slaves are to receive from. the 'spe-
dnaeos" the register tickets, the slaves will not be
allowed to pass freely in the country or on the public
roads without carrying with them one Of the copies
of their ticket.
Any slave who may be found withoutthis docu.
rest by the authorities notice win be sent to the
owner THAI be may present the register ticket.
If within thirty days after that in which the
owner has received the aforesaid notice the reg lister
ticket shall not be presented, the slave shall be de-
cared free, and the proper authority will deliver TO-
him his letter Of freedom.
XVII. After the register has been closed, only the
following slaves will be inscribed in it for the first
time:-
l. Slaves born subsequently to the closing of tho
register
2. Those who may be declared slaves by sentence
Of the courts Of justice and after due proof Of their
legitimate origin.
3. Those whom the Captain General or his dele
gates the Governors, or Lieutenant Governors, may
direct to be entered as legitimatey imported into
the island not having been 10 the possession of
their owners during the period fixed for their in
scrption.
XVIII The newly horn sIavec oh All ho ont o,od ~
their owners within month"; to be re ,koned from
the day Of their birth, in the form prescribed in
Article II.
XIX. The men of color whose state of freedom or
Of slavery may be in question before the courts Of
justice, shall be entered with note Of this circum
stance but the sentence whereby they are declared
slaves will have no force whatsoever, SO long as it
has not been registered in the form hereinafter de-
scribed.
Xxx. Any person legitimately importing any slave
into the island Of Cuba, shall present him, within
eight days after his arrival to the superior political
authority Of the port in which he has been landed
in order that that functionarv after having duIv