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such person so offending shall be guilty of a

such person so offending shall be guilty of a
misdemcanor.
SEC. XVI. If any person shall knowingly
and wilfully pretend, or falsely assert in wri'
ting, that any servant has been hired or re-
tained for any period of,time whatsoe' r Or
in any station or capacity whatever, other
than that for which, or in which, such SER
want shall have been hired or retained, such
person so offending shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor.
SEC. XVII. IF any person shall knowingly
and wilfully pretend, or falsely assert in wr-
ting, that any servant was discharged, or left
his service, at any other time than that at
which he was discharged or actually lett such
service, or that. any such servant had not been
hired or employed in any persons service,
contrary to truth, then, in either OF theae
cases, such person shall be guilty of a mis-
demeaner.
SEC. XVIII. If any person shall offer
himself es' servant, asserting or pre-
tending that he hath served in any ser
vice in which he shall not actually have
served, or with false. forged or counterfeit
certificate Of his character, or shall in any
wise, add to, or alter, effAce or erase any
date, matter or thing contained in, or referred
to, in, any certificate given to him. by his last
or former actual master or employer, or by
any other person duly authorized by such
master or employer TO give the same, then, in
either Of these cases, sach person SO offend
ing shall be guilty Of 9 misdcmeanor.
SEC. XIX. If any person, having before
been in service, shall, when offering to hire
himself as servant ill. any service whatso-
ever, falsely and wilfully pretend not to have
been hired or retained 10 any previous service
az serys #, such person so offending shall be
guilty of misdemeanor.
Sec. Xxx. In Gaze of conviction Of either
of the misdemeanors specified in the five
sections last preceding, the punishment shall
be Gue not exceeding one huRdred dollars
and in case the fac shall not be Immediately
paid, there shall be substitution of other pun,
isbments. as hereinafter provided. a
SEC. XXI Every wiiful tresspass is hereby
declared to Be a rn:sdemeanor, and any per
son guilty thereof may be either sued FOR
damages, or prosecuted for the misdemeanor,
at the option Of the party injured and, in
case Of conviction Of the misdemeanor, the
punishment shall be fine apportioned to the
damage done, and the circumstances of enor-
nifty attending the trespass, with substitution
of other puni.hment, as hereinafter provided,
if the fine be not Immediately paid
Sec. XXII. No person of color shall mi
crate into and reside in this State, unless
within twenty days after his arrival within
the same; he s!all enter intoa bond with two
freeho:ders as sureties, to be approved by the
Judge of the District Court or Magistrate,
ia a pcnslty Of one thousand dollars. cnndi-
toned for his good behavior, and for his sup
port, if he should become unable 10 suppoi t
hiloself And in case any SUCH person shall
!ail to execute the bond as aforesaid, the Dis
trict Judge or any Magistrate is hereby au.
thorized and required, upon complaint and
due proof thereof, to issue his warrant COM
,nanding such person OF color to leave the
State within ten days thereafter. And II any
such person, so ordered to leave the State
shall not leave the state within the time pre-
scribed in such warrant, he shall, upon con-
viction thereof, be Liable to such corporal
punishment as the Court in lis discretion
Shall think fl to order. And if any such
person 80 convicted and punished, shall still
remain within the State more than fifteen
days after the punishment shalt have been
inflicted, or having left the State, Shall return
t, the same, he shall. upon conviction thereof,
be TRANSPORTED beyond the limits of this State
!or life. or be kept to hard labor, with occa'
si..nal solitary confinement. iur period not
exc: cding five years. And if any person OF
color, who shall haze been convicted of any
inf.mou, of1eace in any other State or cfun
try, shall come or be brought into this State,
such person Of colrr, on conviction thereof,
shall be transported beyond tic limits of this
State for life, or be kept to har] labor, with
occasional solitary confinement, for any pc
riod not eroecdins Fifteen years.
pRov.SIoXs EXTENDING ro ALL CLASSES OF
OFFENCES AND ALL COURTS SOME pRDpis
IoNsUyDLR OTHER HEADS EXTENDING
TO ALI. COURTS.
SEC. XXlII. On the trial Of ary person. for
felony, when the crime charged shall include
au assault against the person, it shall be law
full for the Jury to acqait CT the felony, anl to
end against tue person indicted verdict Of
guilty Of assault, if the evidence shall warrant
such finding; and when such verdict shall
be found, the Court shall have tue power by
sentence, to impose upon the person so found
guilty, punishment by fine Imprisonment,
hard labor, corporal punishment, and solitary
confinement, one or more, as may, III the
opinion Of the Judge, berequircd by the degree
of the offence. In like manner tbere may be
conviction Of any less offence contained in a
greater which is charged, and punishment at
the discretion of the Court, according to the
nature Of the offence of which the accused
has been found guilty.
SEC. XIV. When several persons Of color
arc convicted of one capital offence, the jury
which tries them may recommend one or
more to mercy, for reasons which in their
opinion mitigate the guilt the District Judge
shall rep .rt the ease with his opinion, and
the Governor shall doin the matter as Seems
to him meet. The same. may be done when
one only is convicted OF q capital offence
before sentence of death shall~be executed in
any case, time for application to the Cover,
nor shall be allowed.
SEC. XIV. Hard labor shall be work or
the roads, streets, or public works, under
the supervision Of a. superintendent of con-
yicts, If there be suchi.-ap officer, who chr
be conveniently employed or under the
supervision of the Sheriff., a Constable
Jailor, or other pcrsonithat may be appointed
by the District Judge, or by the Sheriff; or il
shall be work on any building, or other IN
dcrtaking, or in any business of q private in
aividusl, who will pay reasonable wages, anc
can be safely entrusted with the supervision
the Judge OF the Sheriff, under the direc
tions Of the District Judge. making. choice
Of the place and manner Of employment from
ti.ae to time. In any cass the work may
according to the directions of the Judge, b'
without unusual pain or restraint, or it may
be done in chain gang, or with'rball anc
chain, or under other pain or burden and i
NAV be without, or may be attended Will
confinement. A Magistrate shall as to case
before him. have the power which is here