Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-04-21
Look out Ttaders

We have been requested by several of oul
fellow-parishioners, to publish the follow inc
act 10 relation to traffic with slaves:s
AN
ins 70 slaves without the consent, ia wri-
ting, Of their owner Or employer.
Srcrlox l. Be Il enacted BY tie Senate and
House of Representative Of Me State Of Louis-
ara. il General Assen6iy convened, That any
person who shall buy, sell, or receive of t.
Or trom any slave, M corn: hay, fodder,
meal, spirituous liquors, or other produce or
commodity whatever, without the consent
in writing, Of the owner, oversser. OF employ
er Of such slave, shall be guilty Of a high
of. be fined 10 q sum of not less than fifty nor
more than five hundred dollars, shall be i'm.
prisoned in the Parish Jail, not less than one
nor more than twelve months, one half Of the
fine TO be paid to the inforner and the other
half to the Parish.
In the Indictment or information for the
offence specified in this section, it shall not
be necessary to charge the kind or quantity
Of the produce or commodity 30 bought, sold
or received. moi the nane Of the slave, nor
the name of his owner, and on the trial of
such Indictment, it shall not be necessary to
prove the name or ownership of such slave,
but il shall oe deemed and held sufficient to
prove that euch buying, selling, or receiving
was Of, to OF from . slave, If he be 4 person
Of color.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, &c., That it any
slave shall be sent or found in any store house
warehouse, OF any tipplios shop. or other
place fitted up or kept fot trading, unless
sent BY his owner, overseer, or employer,
after the hour Of nine o'clock at night, or be-
fore daybreak in the morning, or on the Sab
bath day or if any slave shall be found at
At any time in any Of the aforementioned
places, unless sent as Aforesaid, where be shall
have been permitted to iemain for the space
of five minutes with the door of the place
closed or if any slsvE shall be seen to carry
into the afore mentioned place any article or
commodity supposed for sale, and not bring
ing the ssme out, or if he shall bring out Of
such place any article "r commodity which
may have bken purchased or received there
in; or if any slave. being ateamster, or dri-
yer Of any team, cart. wagon, or other vehi-
Gle, shall be seen to leave bis team before or
lear the door Of any such storehouse, ware
house, tipping shop, or otter place 6ttet up
" kept for trading, and enter such place and
remain for the space OF five minutes, at any
hour Of the day or night without the consent
Of his owner, overseer or employer, and shall
be seen to carry into the Aforesaid place any
article or commodity supposed for sale, and
not bring the same out " If he shall bring
which msY have been puchased or received
therein, without the consent Aforesaid, or If
the owner of the aforementioned place of
A~@sn0 ar slavn mr. aav pnPcon ne ~hatcnAv
er description, 10 seen to 60 to the Aforesaid
teamster's vehicle, be it Of any description.
and take or receive herefrou', o! receive
from It, by the teamste:, or any one else. any
article or commodity Whatsoever, supposed
for sale, and take the ame into the Aforesaid
place for trading, ana not bring the same
out; or if they bring out Of the place Of ira
ding any article or commodity supposed to
have bren purchased OF received therein, and
put The same into or upon the web Gle, OF de-
liyer to the teamster in any manner whatso-
ever, the same shall Ie taken .. presumptive
evidence against the person owning or keep
ing such s~torehouse, warehouse, tipping
shop OF other place lifted up or kept for ira
ding, Of the offence described in the two pre-
ceding sections, to Ie rebutted, however like
other p~te>umptives.
SEC. 3. BE It fuyher enacted, &C., That no
person prosecuted under the provisions OF
the two preceding Sections shall plead that
the articles sold N purchased were given,
sold or purchased by any person in his en-
pIoy, withour hi knowledge.
SIC. 4. B. it further enacted, &C., That in
all trials for trading with slaves, the accused
shall be permitted to prove the consent Of
the owner or employer Of the slave by pro-
duction Of the original writing, or if lost, by
parol evidence ofthe execution Of said con-
sent, in the maine. required by the first Sec
zion Of this act.
SIC. S. Be it further enacted, &c, That all
laws c%ontrar, to the provisions Of this act,
or IN the same subject matter, be and the
sam. are hereby repealed.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, &C., That this
Act shall take effect from and after its pas
cage. Wv. w. PUGH,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
VIZ. F. GRIFFIN,
President Pm. lem. of the Senate.
Approved March 10th, 1857.
RoBkar C. W,ckLlFFs,
Governor Of the State Of LOUISIANA.
A true copy.
ANp1Ew s. HERRoN,
Secretary OF State.