Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-12-17
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second section of this act such Chairman of the Court
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions shall commit such free
person of color to the public JAIL with order to the
Sheriff to expose him to public sale, to the highest bid
der at the Courthouse door, of his county, after giving
four weeks notice of the same In the nearest public jour
na and at least four public in his county and the
said purchaser shall and may exercise all the rights OF
ownership said free person of COLOR for one year
from such SALE " gt srs---E
Sec A. Be it further enacted That if any such free
person of color SHALL during the year OF such slavery be
able to give his bond contemplated in the second sec
ton of this act to take effect at the end of his slavery
he shall be permitted to do so but If he shall fail to
render the bond until after the expiration OF his slavery
it shall be the duty of the purchaser to return him into
the hands of the Sheriff.
Sec s. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the Sheriff. upon the return of any such free
person of color upon giving six weeks notice in some
public journal, and at least four public places in his
county expose the free person of color so returned
at public SALE to the highest bidder and such free per-
son of color so sold shall remain slave for life Pro
Uide That any person so sod should be tho proper
y of any individual he shall have his right OF recovery
by due course OF law. ..
Sec g. Be it further enacted, All monies arising from
the sale of such free persons of color shall be paid over
to the Chairman OF the board of Suerntents to be ap
propriated by him to the of Common Schools in his
county, IN the same manner as county taxes 1or scnoo
purposes.
Sec 7. Be it further enacted That upon the forfeiture
of the bond of any free person of color the shall be
placed in the Lands of the county Solicitor for collection
who shall prosecute the same against the securities only
and the amount of sae if such shall have been made OF
the free person of color sha in all cases. be subtraced
from the amount adudged against the securities and the
remainder only shall be recovered OF them.
Sec. 8. Be further enacted That two years shall be
allowed from and after the passage of this act to all free
persons of color who in this State, to remove
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after that time without the permission of the General
Assembly, shall be arrested and sold provided in this
act.
Sec 9. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be
lawful for any master of vessel owner thereof
for any other person persons whatever to bring i'm
port induce, aid assist in the bringing importing,
inducing any free person OF color within the limits OF
this State, directly or indirectly and any person so Of
finding shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
on conviction shall be fined in a of not less than
five hundred than five thousand dollars Pro
vded, That cooks and other hands employed on board
of vessels shall not be considered coming within the
provisions of this act.
| SEC 10. Be it further enacted, That the Governor
of the State do issue his proclamation, commanding all
free persons OF color who in the State, to re-
move from the before the first day of January,
1860 and the Secretary of State publish this act
| Der of times in all the journals of this State.
SEC. IL. Be 1t further enacted, That all laws
trary to the meaning and spirit of this ac hereby
repealed.
A BILL TO PERMIT FREE PERSONS AFRICAN DESCENT
| TO SELECT THEIR OWN MASTERS BECOME SLAVES
Sec l. BE 1t enacted by the General assembly Of the
State Of North Carolina, IS hereby enacted by the
authority of the That it shall be lawful for any
free person OF African descent, in the State who
may hereafter be within its limits being the age of
fourteen years. to choose his or her MASTER and be-
slave, upon the terms and conditions herein after
named PrOUided said slaves shall not be subjected to
forced sales for any debt incurred by judgment
deed against the chosen MASTER prior to the period of
ensavement
SEC. q Be u further enacted That whenever any free
person of African descent aforesaid desires to choose
master, such person my file petition in the Court
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the county which he
or she resides setting forth his her desire to choose
owner and stating the of such person he she
desires to select owner which petition shall be
signed by the petitioner in the presence of at least two
subscribing witnesses And thereupon the clerk of the
Court in which such petition shall have been filed, shall
give notice thereof by posting such notice at the Court
house door for four weeks; and said clerk shall issue
summons to the petitioner and the person designated in
the petition as the proposed MASTER citing them to ap
pear before said Court at the thereof next succeed
ing the expiration Of the publication of said notice. and
shall also issue subpGnea for the subscribing witnesses
to the petition which summons and subpGnea shall be
executed in the like process in other
cases.
SEC. g. Be 1t turtle, enacted, That upon the appear
ance in open Court of both the petitioner and the per-
son designated in the petition the desired master the
Court shall proceed to examine each party separately
as well the subscribing witnesses to the petition and
such other person the Court may fit and at such
examination, the County Solicitor shall be present. and
see that full examination is had and he shall represent
the petitioners in such examination And if upon such
examination the Court shall be satisfied that there
fraud nor colusiOn between the parties that the pro-
posed master is person of good repute and there is no
good reason to the contrary the said Court shall have
power by decree entered into the records of the Court
to grant the prayer of the petitioners and from the
try OF such Decree the property in said person OF Afr
can descent slave shall vest In the person chosen
MASTER and his rights and liabilities and the cond
ton of the petitioner shall in all respects be the
though such petitioner had been born slave to the
master so chosen.
SEC. 4. Be further enacted, That when any such
petitioner as hereinbefore mentioned shall be female
having children under fourteen years of age and shall in
her petition ask that such children shall become the
slaves of the same person chosen by her her MASTER if
the Court SHALL after examination, in this act before
provided grant the prayer of the petitioner as to her
SELF it shall also decree such children in like manner to
be the slaves of the same Prov1ded That where
the mother OF such children of African descent under
the age of fourteen years. shall be deceased that
the next friend of such children shall have authority in
their behalf to proceed in the manner to the seec
ton of master for them the mother might do under
the provisions of this act.
Sec 5. BE further enacted That the County So
citor shall be entitled fee of ten dollars for each
examination attended by him under the provisions of
this act which shall be taxed costs the proceed
ngs and all the costs of the proceedings shall be paid by
the master to whom the slave may be decreed and after
petition shall have been filed under the provisions of
this Act and during the pendency of the proceedings
uDder the same no proceedings shall be had against the
prisoner under any law prohibiting free persons of color
from remaining in coming to this State
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