bling them to evade detection, shall be liable to be tried for the extending to life. same at the quarter sessions, or special slave court, hereinafter appointed, and on conviction shall suffer such punishment as the court shall think proper to direct, not extending to life. (45) XLVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any white person, or person of free condition, shall wilfully and knowingly employ, harbour, or conceal any runaway slave, he, she, or they shall be liable to be indicted in the court of quarter sessions of the parish or precinct where such offence has been committed, and on conviction shall suffer such punishment, by fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or by imprisonment not exceeding three months, as the court shall think proper to inflict, and also the further sum of three shillings and four pence per day for every day such slave or slaves may have been so runaway, to be paid to the o. aer or possessor of such slave, to be recovered in the same manner and by the same remedy as the fine: Nevertheless, That nothing in this clause shall prevent the injured party from prosecuting under the act commonly called the inveigling act, if it shall be deemed proper. (46) New clause. Free persons harbouring runaways fined, and imprisoned, and to pay hire of slave, at 3s. 4d. per day, recovered in XLVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for any justice of the peace, and he is hereby authorised and required, upon complaint made to him on oath, that any slave or slaves are runaway, or ou suspicion, or probable intelligence of the same, and that he, she, or they have absconded themselves from the service of their owners or employers, to grant a warrant to search for and apprehend all such runaway slaves, as also such slaves as the complainant shall have just cause to suspect to be guilty of wilfully entertaining, harbouring, or concealing such runaway slaves; and it shall and may be lawful for any person or persons, so authorized by warrant as aforesaid, to enter any negro house or houses, or other place occupied by any slave or slaves, to search for any slave or slaves, having first given notice to the master, owner, manager, or overseer on the plantation to which such house or houses, or other places as aforesaid belong, or proprietor or occupier of any house; and after such warrant obtained, and notice given as aforesaid, to break open the door or doors of such negro houses or rooms, into which admittance shall be refused: Provided such warrant be executed by a lawful constable, or some white or free specially sworn as a constable for the purpose. (47) XLVIII. And whereas, the more effectually to conceal runaway slaves, or prevent their being apprehended, tickets are given by ill disposed persons of free condition: Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any white person, or person of free condition, granting or giving a letter or ticket to enable any slave to absent himself or herself from his or her owner or possessor, shall be liable to be tried for the said offence before the supreme court of judicature, or in either of the courts. of assize, or courts of quarter sessions in this island where the offence shall be committed, and on conviction shall suffer such punishment, by fine or imprisonment, or both, as the court in their discretion shall think proper to inflict, not extending to life. (48) person, XLIX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any slave or other person or persons whatsoever, who shall apprehend any runaway slave or slaves, shall, for every quarter sessions. Proviso, that prosecution may be had under inveigling act. New clause. Justices to grant warrant against runaways and harbourers, being slaves. Persons so authorised, by such warrants, giving notice to owners, may forcibly enter on negro houses to search. Proviso, that the warrant be executed by a lawful constable or by a white or other special constable New clause. Persons giving slaves fictitious tickets, punished by fine or imprisonment, or both. Persons apprehending runaways to receive reward of 10s. and one so apprehended, be entitled to receive, from the owner, employer, overseer, or inanager of such slave or slaves, the sum of ten shillings and no more, besides mile-money, at the rate of one shilling per mile for the first five miles, and six pence per mile for every mile afterwards: Provided nevertheless, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to extend to an allowance of the said sum of ten shillings and mile-money in addition to the sum allowed to maroon negroes for apprehending runaways: And provided also, that it is not hereby intended to deprive the said maroons of their legal and established reward of forty shillings for each negro. (49) L. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the person or persons so apprehending such runaway slave or slaves shall convey him, her, or them to their respective owner, employer, or manager, or to a justice of the peace, who shall or may commit him, her, or them to the nearest workhouse, and the workhouse-keeper is hereby required and ordered to receive such slave or slaves into custody, and to pay the party delivering such slave or slaves the said sum of ten shillings and mile-money as aforesaid, and no more, for cach slave so delivered, under the penalty of five pounds. (50) LI. And to the end that the owners or proprietors of runaway slaves may have a due knowledge where such slaves are confined after their being apprehended and sent to any workhouse in this island, in order that such owners or proprietors may apply for such slaves, Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the commencement of this act all and every the workhouse-keepers in any of the parishes of this island shall, and they are hereby obliged, once in every week, to advertise in the Gazette of Saint Jago de la Vega, the Royal Gazette, and the Cornwall Chronicle, the height, names, marks, and sex, and also the country, where the same can be ascertained, of each and every runaway slave then in custody, together with the time of their being sent into custody, and the name or names of the owner or owners thereof, if known, and that upon oath, under the penalty of ten pounds for every slave so neglected by him to be advertised; and for the expence of such advertisement they, the said workhouse-keepers, shall and may, and they are hereby authorised to charge the owner or proprietor of such runaway slaves so advertised, at and after the rate of three shillings and four pence per month for each paper, and no more, which said sum of three shillings and four pence per month for each paper to be paid to the printers of the several papers respectively the amount of whose accounts, after being properly authenticated upon oath, shall be paid annually by the treasurers for the time being of the several workhouses in this island; and that it shall and may be lawful for the workhouse-keeper to detain and keep in custody such runaway slave or slaves until the owner or owners thereof, or some person on their behalf, properly authorised, shall pay unto such workhouse-keeper what shall have been paid to the person or persons who apprehended and brought such slave or slaves into custody, with two shillings and six pence in the pound for laying out the money, the cost of advertising at and after the rate abovementioned, and six pence for every twenty-four hours such siave or slaves shall have been in custody for maintenance, and two pence per day for medical care and extraordinary nourishment where necessary, the expenes of clothing when supplied, and also the charges of advertising above directed, and no other fees LIV. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no slave or slaves so detained as a runaway slave or slaves shall be sold by any workhouse-keeper until such special sessions has been convened and held, and such investigation, inquiry, and examination had, and without the same being certified by the justices attending such special sessions under their hands and seals, and the sale of any such runaway slave or slaves made without such certificate being obtained shall be, and the same is hereby enacted and declared to be null and void to all intents and purposes, and no right, title, or interest whatsoever shall pass thereunder to any purchaser whomзocver, any thing in this act, or in an act of the lieute B Workhouse-keeper alone to attest on oath that charges legal. slaves sent to workhouse under any sentence not to pay fees. Workhouse and gaol keepers to find slaves food, and clothing if necessary, unde. penalty. Persons in workhouse alleging themselves to be free, custos or senior justice to convens special sessions of not less than 3 justices, & to give public notice of their meeting. If person appears free to discharge him, ctherwise to remand him. Proviso, that such decision not to prejudice title of such person to freedom; or of alleged owner. Slave not to be sold out of workhouses without a certificate of justices at special se sions; otherwiss void. 32, .3, . 11.1 Workhouse-keeper receiving such replevin, &c. to advertise same, ani name, marks, &c. of slave for four weeks, under pain of fine. Charges to be paid by owner recovering. Notice of intent to defend action being given, the workhouse-koper to detain alledged slave. Unless security be of fore, and notice there of given. Shaves going off the island or conspiring to do, and slaves abett ing others, to be pupished as court directs, not extending to life. Amendment. mant-governer, council, and assembly of this island, made and passed in the thirty-second year of his late majesty's reign, entitled "An act for establishing public workhouses in the several parishes of th's island," or any other act, law, usage, or custom to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. (54) LV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the commencement of this act, every workhouse-keeper in this island, who shall have any action in replevin, homine replegiando, or ejectment, brought against him for any negro or other slave or slaves in his custody, shall, under a penalty for every offence not less than five pounds, nor exceeding fifty pounds, as shall be inflicted by the judges of his Majesty's supreme court of judicature or courts of assize in this island, immediately after he receives such replevin, homine replegiando, or ejectment, give notice in the several County newspapers of such action and at whose suit it is brought, and the name or names of such negro or other slave or slaves, together with his, her, or their mark or marks, and the best information he can get concerning the real owner of such slave or slaves, and shall continue such notice for four weeks before the trial shall be had upon such replevin, homine replegiando, or ejectment, or such slave or slaves be taken out of the custody of such workhouse-keeper: the costs of which and all other expences incurred, shall be paid to such workhouse-keeper by the person who shall recover such slave or slaves, and if any person or persons shall give notice to such workhouse-keeper of his, her, or their intention to take the defence of any action so brought, such workhouse-keeper shall detain in his custody the slave or slaves, for or by whom such action shall be brought, until the trial of such action or order of the court thereon, under the penalty of one hundred pounds, unless the security offered in cases of homine repleando, shall justify before a judge of the grand court or courts of assize, in such sum as such judge shall think proper, notice of such justification and the time and place thereof, and the judge before whom the same is to be taken, being given to the person intending to take the defence of such action. (55) LVI. And whereas several slaves have found means to runaway from their owners and depart from this island, to the great damage of such owners, in evil example to other slaves, who may be thereby induced to attempt or conspire to do the same: And whereas there is reason to suspect that such slaves have been aided and assisted in such escape and departure by other persons, and there is not any adequate punishment provided by law for such running away or departure, cr attempting or conspiring to runaway and depart this island, or for persons aiding, assisting, or abetting such runaways, for remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the commencement of this act, if any slave shall runaway from his, her, or their owner or owners, employer or employers, and go off, or conspire or attempt to go off this island, in any ship, boat, canoe, or other vessel, or craft whatever, or be aiding or abetting, or assisting to any other slave or slaves in such going off this island, he, she, or they, so runing away and going off, or conspiring or attempting to go off, er so aiding, assisting, or abetting in such going off, being thereof convicted, shall suffer such punishment as the court shall think proper to direct, not extending to life. (56) LVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Free persons akting slaves in going off the island, fined £390 an i imprisoned at court's discretion, not exceeding twelve months. 1 be convicted before pria cipal. That if any white person or person of free condition, shall knowingly be aiding, assisting, or abetting, any slave or slaves in going off this island, he, she, or they being convicted thereof by bill, plaint, or information, in the supreme court of judicature, or either of the courts of assize of this island, shall forfeit the sum of three hundred pounds for each slave, one moiety whereof shall be to our Sovereign Lord the King, lis heirs and successors, for and towards the support of the government of this island, and the contingent charges thereof, and the other moiety to the party or parties at whose suit or complaint such person was convicted, and shall also suffer imprisonment at the discretion of the said court, for any space of time not exceeding twelve months, without bail or mainprise.(57) LVIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Accessary may That it shall and may be lawful to proceed against the person or persons so aiding, assisting, or abetting any slave or slaves in going off this island, whether the principal or principals be convicted or not, any thing in this or any other act, law, custom, or usage to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. (58) LIX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no negro or other slave shall be allowed to travel the public roads with dogs or cutlasses, or other offensive weapons, without a ticket from his owner, or to hunt any cattle, horses, mares, mules, or asses, in any part of this island, with lances, guns, cutlasses, or other instruments of death, unless in the company of his or their master, overseer, or some other white person, by him or them deputed, or by permission in writing; and if any negro or other slave shall offend, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, he, she, or they, being thereof convicted before three justices, shall suffer such punishment as they shall think proper to inflict, not extending to life or transportation for life. (59) Slaves not to travei with dogs or weapons, or to hunt with deadly mit from owner or white weapons, without perperson, deputed by owner: punishment not to extend to life, or transportation for life. Owners, overseers, &c. to prevent drum beating, &c. by strange slaves, or to give notice to next magistrate or commissioned offcer, under penalty of £50. LX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any master, owner, guardian, possessor or attorney, overseer or book-keeper of any plantation or settlement, shall hereafter suffer any strange slaves to assemble together and beat their drums, and blow their horns or shells upon any plantation, pen, or settlement, or in any yard or place, under his, her, or their care or management, or shall not endeavour to disperse or prevent the same, by immediately giving notice thereof to the next magistrate or commissioned officer, that a proper force may be sent to disperse the said slaves, every such master, owner, guardian, possessor of attorney, overseer or book-keeper, shall for every such offence, upon conviction thereof, upon an indictment in the supreme court of judicatare, or courts of assize or quarter sessions, of the parish wherein such offence shall be committed, pay a fine of fifty pounds to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, for and towards the support of the government of this island, and the contingent charges thereof: Provided nevertheless, That infor- Proviso, information to mation of such offence shall be made upon oath, before any be laid in fourteen of his Majesty's justices of the peace, within the space of fourteen days after the commission of the offence. (60) LXI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all officers, civil and military, shall be and are hereby empowered and required to enter into any plantation, settlement, or other place, to disperse all such unlawful assemblies, and to suppress and prevent all unlawful drummings or other noise, as before-mentioned, any law, custom, or usage, to the co days. Officers, civil ani midrummings, and to enlitary, to suppress such assemblies and that purpose. ter plantation, &c for |