Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-02-04


Property.
Sec l. Bsa enacted By the Governor and Legis-
lathe ASSEMBLY Of the Territory Of Kaasds, That
every person, bond or free, who shall be convicted
of actually raising rebellion, or Instruction Of
slaves, free negroes muattoes, in this Territory,
shall suffer death.
Sec. .. Every free person who shall aid or assist
In any rebellion or insurreetion Of slaves, free
groes, or mulattoes, or shall furnish arms, or do
any overt act In furtherance Of such rebellion or
instruction, shall suffer death.
X Sec. 3. If any free person shall, by speaking,
writing, or printing, advise, persuade, or induce
any slaves to rebel conspre against or murder any
citizen of this Territory, or shall bring into print
write, publish or circulate, or cause 10 be brought
into printed, written, published, or circulated, or
shall knowingly aid or assist in the bringing into
printing, writing, publishing, Circulating IN this
Territory, any book, paper, magazine, pamphlet or
circular, for the purpose OF exciting insurrection
rebeion reyolt conspiracy on the part OF slaves
free negroes, or muattoes against the citizens OF
the Territory, or any part of them, such person
shall be guilty of felony, and suffer death.
Sec A. If any person shall entice, decoy, carry
away out of this Territory any slave belonging TO
another, with intent TO deprive the owner thereof
of the services of such slave or with intent to effect
or procure the freedom OF such slave, he shall be
adjudged guilty of grand larceny, and, on convie-
ton thereof, shall suffer death, or be imprisoned
at hard labor for not less than ten years.
Sec. 5. If any person shall aid or assist in en-
ticing, decoyng, or persuadng, or carrying away
or sending out Of this Territory, any slave belong
ing to another, with intent to procure effect the
freedom of such slave, or with intent TO deprive
the owner thereof of the services Of such slave, he
shall be adjudged guilty of grand larceny, and, on
conviction thereof Mall suffer DEATH or be mpris-
oned at hard labor for not less than ten years.
Sec 8. If any person shall entice, decoy, or car
ry away out Of any State other Territory OF the
United States, any slave belonging to another with
intent to procure or effect the freedom of such
slave, or to deprive the owner thereof of the SER
vices of such slave and shall bring such slave into
this Territory, he shall be adudged guilty of grand
larceny, in the same manner AZ ii such slave had
been enticed, decoyed, or carried away out OF this
Territory and in such case tho larceny may be
charged to have been committed in any county OF
this Territory, into Or through which such slave
shall have been brought by such person, and, on
conviction thereof the person offending shall suf-
fer death, or be imprisoned at hard labor for not
less than ten years.
Sec Z. If any person shall entce, persuade, or
induce any slave to escape from the service of his
master owner, in this Territory, or shall aid or
assist any slave in escaping from the service OF his
master or owner, or shall aid, assist harbor, or
conceal any slave who may have escaped from the
service Of his master or owner, shall be deemed
guilty Of felony, and punished by imprisonment at
hard labor for term of not less than five years
Sec. 8. If any person in this Territory shall aid
or assist harbor or conceal any slave who has es-
capped from the service of his master or owner, in
another State or Territory, such person shall be
punished in like manner as if such slave had es-
capped from the service of his master or owner in
this Territory
Sec. 8. II any person shall resist any officer while
attempting to arrest any slave that may have es-
| capped from the service of his master or owner, or
shall rescue such slave when in custody of any OFF,
Ger or other person, or shall entce persuade, aid,
or assist such slave to escape from the custody OF
any officer or other person who may have such
slave in custody, whether such slave have escaped
| from the service of his master or owner in this
Territory, or in any other State Territory, the
person offending shall be guilty of felony, and
punished by imprisonment at hard labor for term
of not less than two years.
Sec. TO- If any marshal, sheriff, or constable, or
the deputy of any such officer, SHALL when required
By any person. refuse to aid assist in the arrest
and capture of any slave that may have escBped
| from the service Of his master owner, whether
such slave shall have escaped from his master or
owner IN this Territory or any State or other Ter
rtory such officer shall be fined in sum of not
| less than one hundred nor more than five hundred
| dollars.
| Sec. IL. If any person print, write, introduce
into, publish, circulate, or cause to be brought
into, printed, written, puDnSneu, or clrcuaJeO, or
shall knowingly aid assist in bringing into print
ing publishing, circulating, within thisTerritory,
any book, paper, pamphlet, magazine, handful, or
| circular, containing any statements, arguments,
opinions, sentiment, doctrine, advice or inuendo,
calculated to produce disorderly, dangerous, or
rcbellious disaBection among the slaves in this
Territory, to induce such slaves to escape from
the service of their masters or to resist their au
thority, he shall be guilty of felony, and be pun
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not less than five years.
| Sec IL. If any free person, by speaking or by
1 writing assert or maintain that persons have not
the right to hold slaves in this Territory, or shall
introduce into this Territory, print publish write
circulate, or cause to be introduced into this Ter
ritory, written, printed published or circulated in
this Territory, any book, paper, magazine pamph-
let, circular, containing any denial of the right
of persons to hold slaves in this Territory, such
person shall be deemed guilty of felony, and pun
ished by imprisonment at hard labor for term Of
not less than two years.
Sec. 49, No person who is conscientiously OPP
posed to holding slaves, who does not admit the
right to hold slaves tn this Territory shall SIT
juror the trial of any prosecution for any viola
ton of any of the sections of this act.
This act to take effect and be in force from and
after the fifteenth day of September, A. D., 1855.
]. III. STRINGFELLOW,
/ Speaker of the House.
Attest: ]. NJ. LYLE, Clerk.
i THOMAS JOHNSON,
/ President of the Coun Gil
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