The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-21


or shall give OF sell to any such desertini
freedman, free negro, Or mu alto. am
, faci, raiment, or other thing, he shai
be guilty Of q misdemeanor, and upoI
conviction, shall Be fined not less thar
twenty-five dollars and nos more than tvs
hundred dollars and the costs. snd e said
hne and costs shall not be immediately psid
the court shall sentence said convict
to not exceeding two months Imprisonment
il the county Jail, and he shall moreover
be liable to the party injured n damages,
Provided Il any person shall, or shall at
tempt % persuade, eniice, or cause any
freedman or fee negto or mulst'o % de-
sert from the legal employment Of any per-
son, with the view to employ said Tree linen,
Tree negro or mulatt0 without the limits Of
this State, such person on conviction, shall
be fined not less than fifty dallars and not
mO;e than fve hundred dollars and the
costs, Ard if SAID ine and costs shall not Be
Immediately paid, the court shall sentence
said convict 20 not exceeding SIX months
imprisonment in the county jail.
SEC. 10. Be u further enacted, That It
shall be lawful for any freedman, free ne
gro, mulat o, &c charge any white person,
| freedman, free negro or mulatto, by aida
Wit, with any criminal offence against his
person or property or the person or properly
! Of any other freedman, free negro or mn-
| iatto aud upon such afiidavit the proper
| process shall be issued and executed as Il
said affidavit was made bg white per81n,
and ,it shall be lawful Tor any freshman,
free negro or mulattl, 10 any action, suit or
| controversy pending or about 10 be institu-
ted in any court Of lag or equity 81 this
/ State, 70 make al ueedful and awful aida
Wits as shall be necessary for the Institution,
prosecution or defence Of such suit Or con
troversv.
SIC. II. Be it further enacted, That the
penal laws Of this STATE, in all cases not
| otherwise spec ally provided for shall ap-
ply and extend to all freedmen, free negroes
and Guulstioes.
SIC. u. Be il further eaacted, That this
act take effect and be in force from aud
after its passage.
EXEMPTIONS Law.
The following exempti3n law has passed
the House Of Representatives OF Mississippi
by vote Of So 10 p.
Az ACT
entitled an act to amend the exemption
laws Of this state.
SECTION I. Be Il enacted By ne Legislafure |
Of Mississippi, That there shall be exempt |
ed to every head Of family from seizure or |
sale under all executions aud attachments, |
or other like process, the sum Of three thou |
TO be selected by the debtor, and the sum OF i
five huudred usrs, to be in like manhs r 1
selected for every member Of his family, /
exclusive Of said head Of family. which i
said property, when so selected, shall not
be liable TO seizure and sa e, under any le-
gal process, for the payment of money, Ell
Their in the hands Of the said debtor or his /
vendee: Provided, that nothing in this act
contained shall be so construed as 20 ex- 4
empt any property from sale for the psy-
me mt Of the purchase money, OF for merhan- /
ics' lien; Provided, thst the property here
in exempted shall descend 70 the widow aud
children Of said debtor on his death.
SIC. 2. Be further enacted, That in adj /
ditiOn TO the property aforesaid, every head
of 3 family shall be entitled 90 retain Of the
proceeds Of his labor, annually, the sum Of
twenty dollars for every child under his
charge actually sent 10 school; for the edu-
cation Of such child or children.
SIC. 3. Be Il farther enacted, That the
valuation provided for in the first section
Of this act shall be made by three disinter-
ested freeholdsrs OF householders Of the
county Of the residence Of said debtor by
the sheriff or other officer having in his
hands said execution or attachment, OF 9th
er legal process for the collection Of money,
a lis Of which property shall be returned
BY said Sheriff or other officer to the Pro-
bate Clerk Of ssid county, and BY him duly
fled in his office, and by him recorded ia
book kept for that purpose.
SIC. 4. Be it further enacted. That every
person beng a house keeper in this state,
or having a child or children, or other per
sons dependent on him or her for sup
port. shall be deemed the head Of the fami-
~. within the meaning and provisions Of
this act.
sEo. S. Be Il further enacted, That the
provisions OF this act shall apply 10 all
judgments or DEGREES heretofore rendered !
or that may hereafter be rendered, for the
recovery of money, except as provided in
the first section Of this act.
SIC. 8. Be % further eHacfsd, That all
laws and parts oflaws coming IN conflict with
any Of the provisions Of this act, be and the
same are hereby repealed, and that this act
be in force and take effect from and after its
passage.
The CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Cd Thursday, 9Th inst Judge Gholson in
series Of resolutions relative 70
tho action Of the Congress Of the United
States, providing for all amendments 10 the
for the abolition Of slavery in
the ,eversl ststes as iolloWs;
WHEREAs, The Congress Of the United |
States did, BY resolution, approved first Of
February, 1854, propose to the Legislatures
OF the several states IS an amendments %
the Constitution of the United States, which
when ratified by three-fOurths Of said Lee
gislatures, shall be Uaiid to all intenis aud
purposes, ss part Of said Constitution.
And where's, the amendment 50 proposed
by the Congress, consists Of the two distinct
and separate propositions as follows, to wit
Article -, Section 1. Neither slavery nor
involuntary servitude, except as a punish
ment for crime, whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted, shall exist within
the United States, or any place subject TO
their jurisdiction.
Sec. .. Congress shall have power to en-
force this by appropriate legislation
Nov, therefore, be it resolved by the
Legislature Of the State Of Mississippi, That
the first section Of the above recited Article
Is, be, and the seme is hereby essented 70,
and ratified as an amendment 70 the Con
5ttution Of the United States.
Resolved, further, That it be referred 70
70 report 10 the House,
what, if any action is becoming and proper
on the pat Of the House in reference % the
second section Of said article IS.