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riage shall be deemed guilty ofa misdemeanor,l
and, moreover, shall pay penalty OF five
hundred dollars to any person sueing for the

versles at law and In equity, Wnere tine nights
of persons or property of persons of color
shall be put in issue, and would be concluded
by the Judgment or decree of court; and also
in pleas of the State, where the violence
fraud or injury alleged shall be charged to
have been done by or to persons of color. In
all other civil and criminal cases such eyi-
dence shall be deemed inadmissible, unless
by consentof the parties ofrecord: Prooiaed,
That this section shall not go into effect until
jurisdiction in matters relating to freedmen
shall be fully committed to the Courts ofthis
State: Prorided, further, That no person
shall be deemed incompetent to bear testi-
mony in such cases, because of being party
to the record orin interest. ~
"a 10.i Be it further enacted, That whenever
aperson of color shall be examined as wit
ness, the court shall warn the witness to de-
clare the truth. l ys .5sil7.
9' II. BE at further enacted, That any person
of color, convicted by due course of law, of
an assault with an intent to commit rape
upon the body of white female, shall suffer
DEATH @ ~ 19 slf5' Hse
10. BE it further enacted, 6 That the crimi-
nal laws of the State, embracing and affect
/ ing a white person, are hereby extended to
persons of color, except where it is otherwise
provided in this act, and whenever they shall
be convicted of any act made criminal, if
committed by white person, they shall be-
punished in like manner. except in such cases
when other and different punishment may
| be prescribed OF allowed by this act.
49, BE it further enacted, That at the time
now provided for the election of wardens of
the poor, the Justices of the Court of Pleas
and Quarter SESSIONS of each county, under
the rules and regulations now prescribed,
may, in their discretion, elect two distinct
and Independent courts of wardens one OF
whom shall act as the wardens of the white
poor, and the other as the wardens of the
colored poor. aai a4i I
IA. BE 1T further enac ed, That the persons
constituting each court shall be qualified as
now provided; and the wardens severally,
and each court shall have all the powers and
authorities now conferred on them, and they
and the officers of each court, and all other
persons whatever, shall be subject to all the
duties, liabilities and penalties imposed on
| them by chapter sc of the Revised Code
| Is. BE it further enacted That the follow
ing laws and parts of laws are hereby repeal
ed: First Certain laws contained in the Re-
| vised Code, namely: The entire chapter one
hundred and seven entitled "saves and free
negroes" except sections ffty-four, fifty five,
ffty-sx, tifty-seven, fifty eight and sixty
| and these sections shall be so amended as to
read, "persons of color" instead of free ne
groes in all cases where the latter words oc-
cur Section two of chapter fourteen enti-
| tied "boats and canoes.' Sections ten, eleven,
twelve, thirteen, eighty-one, eighty-two,
eighty-three, eighty-four, eighty-fve, eighty
six, eighty-seven, eighty mine, ninety. ninety
one, ninety-two, ninety-three Of chapter
thirty-four entitled" Crimes and Punish
ments." Sections seventeen, nineteen and
twenty-one of chapter thirty seven, entitled,
chapter forty-eight, entitled Fences. =
Section twenty-eight, chapters fifty-nine, en-
/ titled" Insolvent Debtors" Section thirty
nine of chaptereighty -four, entitled Pilot" !"
Sections fifteen sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen and twenty of chapter eighty-six.
Secondly. Certain acts passed since the en-
actment of the Revised Code, to wit: an act
ratified on the sixteenth day of February
eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, chapter
thirty entitled sAn Act for the hiring out
/ of free negroes in certain cases." an act
ratified on the same day, chapter thirty-one,
entitled g An Act to prevent the sale of splr-
ituous liquors to free persons of color" an
act ratified on the thirty-first day of JAN
uary, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
chapter thirty-seven, entitled "An Act to
prohibit emancipation of slaves by will y
an act ratified on the twenty third day
of February, eighteen hundred and sixty
one, chapter twenty-three, entitled An
act to amend the sixteenth and seventeenth
sections of chapter thirty -four, Revised
Code;" an act ratified on the same day,
chapter thirty-four, entitled An act to
amend chapter one hundred and seven. sec
tion sixty-six, of the Revised Code, relating
to free negroes having arms" an act ratified
son the same day, chapter thirty-fye, entitled
"An act to change the rules of evidence in
indictments for trading with slaves" an ACT
/ ratified on the same day, chapter thirty six
entitled San act to prevent free negroes
from hiring or having the control of slaves ,
an act ratified on the twenty first day oi
September, eighteen hundred and sixty-o
chapter twenty-six, entitled "An act to
amend section fifteen, of the one hundred
and seventh chapter, of the Revised Code ,
an act ratified on the twentieth day of De
! cember, eighteen. hundred and siXty-two
chapter sixteen, entitled AN act to author
ize the Governor to employ slave labor in
erecting Notifications and other works" 3
jyj IS. BE at further enacted, That all othel
acts and parts of acts passed before the
present session of the General Assembly
i besides those enumerated in the foregoing
section, the subjects whereof are revised ano
re-enacted in this act, or which are repugnan
to the provisions herein contained are hereby
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