The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-04-18
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AN ACT TO SECURE TO AGRICULTURAL
LABoRERs THEIR PAY IN KIND.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted blythe Gen
erm assembly of the State Of North
Carolina, and 1t is hereby enacted By
the authority Of the same, That when
ever servants and laborers in Agricul-
ture shall, by their contracts in writing,
already or hereafter made, be entitled,
for wages, to a part of the crops cultl-
waited by them, such part shall not be
subject to sale under executions, against
their employers, or the owners OF the
land cultivated.
Ind be a. further enacted, That this
| act shall be in force from and after its
ratification.
Ratified the End day of March, 1866.
AN ACT TO PUNISH PERSONS PURSUING
AND INJURING HORSES AND OTHER
LIVE STOCK, WITH INTENT TO STEAL
THEM.
SECTION l. Be 1T eooctedby the Gen.
eral assembly Of the State Of North
! Carolina, and 1t is hereby enacted By
, the authority Of the same, That if any
person shall pursue, kill or wound any
horse, mule, ass, jenny, cattle, hog,
/ sheep or goat, the property of another,
/ with the intent unlawfully and feloni-
! ously to convert the same to his own
use, he shall be deemed guilty of mis-
! demeanor, and, on conviction, shall be
! punishable, in all respects, as if convic-
ted of larceny, though such animal may
not have come into the actual posses
sion of the person so offending. And
all persons commanding, counselling,
advising, aiding or abetting any of such
unlawful acts, shall be punished in like
manner, and may be prosecuted alone,
or with the principal actor
Ratified the End day of March, 1866.
AN ACT TO PUNISH vAGRANCY.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Gen.
eraS assembly Of the State Of North
Carolina, and 1t as hereby enacted by
tie authority Of the same, That if any
person who may be able to labor, has
no apparent means of subsistence, and
neglects to apply himself to some hon
est occupation for the support of HIM
self and his family, if he have one; or,
if any person whatever shall be found
spending his time in dissipation, OF
gaming, or sauntering about without
employment, or endeavoring to main
tain himself OF his family by any undue
or unlawful means, such person shall be
deemed vagrant, and guilty of mis-
demeanor. And it shall be the duty of
any justice of the peace of the county
wherein such persons. shall be found,
upon due proof Of such offence, to issue
a warrant for the arrest of the offender,
to be brought before him or some other
Justice of the peace, whose duty it shall
be, if, ON examination, such person shall
be found vagrant, to recognize him
with good security for his appearance,
at the first Court to be held for said
county, whether it be Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions of Superior
Court, to answer such offence. And if
he fail to give such recognizance, he
shall be imprisoned until the session of
said court: Provided, hoacecer, That if
such offender shall, at the said Court,
enter into recognizance, in such sum
as the Court shall prescribe, condition
ed for his good behavior and industri-
Gus, peaeeable department for one year,
he may be discharged on payment of
the costs and charges which shall have
accrued but, if he shall fail to enter in
such recognizance, and pay such costs
and charges, he shall be prosecuted as a
vagrant, and upon conviction the Court
shall fine or imprison him, or both, or
sentence him to the workhouse for such
time as the Court may think fit.
Be at further enacted, That this act
shall 90 into effect from and after Its
ratification.
Ratified End day of March, 1866.
AN ACT TO PREVENT ENTICING SER
WANTS FROM FULFILLING THEIR CON-
TRACTS OR HARBoRING THEM.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Gen
eraJ assembly Of the State Of North
Carolina, and 1t is hereby enacted by
the authority Of the same, That if, after
the ratification of this act, any person
shall entice, persuade and procure any
servant by indenture, or any servant
who shall have contracted in writing,
to serve his employer, to unlawfully
leave the service of his master or en-
ployer; or, if any person shall know
ingly and unlawfully harbor and detain
in his own service, and from the service
Of his master OF employer, any servant
who shall unlawfully leave the service
Of such master or employer; then, in
either case, such person and servant
may be sued, singly or jointly, by the
master, and on recovery he shall have
Judgment for the actual double value OF
the damages assessed.
Ratified End day of March, 1866.
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