riff of any county in this state as formerly, or at JOHN POLLOCK, THOMAS KIRKER, December 24, 1812. Speaker of the senate. CHAPTER XXXIII: An act authorising aliens to hold lands in this state, by purchase or otherwise.. thorised to Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Ohio, That it shall be lawful Aliens au for any and all aliens that now may have, or that hold lands. hereafter shall be entitled to have, within this &c. state, any lands, tenements or hereditaments, either by purchase, gift, devise or descent, to hold, possess and enjoy the same, as fully and completely as any citizen of the United States or this state can do, subject to the same laws and regulations, and not otherwise. Sec. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after the passage thereof. ELIAS LANGHAM, Speaker of the house of representatives, NATHL. MASSIE, 3d February, 1804. Speaker of the senate. Colored per sons must produce a certificate of freedom Residents the clerk CHAPTER XXXIV. An act to regulate black and mulatto persons. Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Ohio, That from and after the first day of June next, no black or mulatto person shall be permitted to settle or reside in this state, unless he or she shall first produce a fair certificate from some curt within the United States, of his or her actual freedom, which certificate shall be attested by the clerk of said court, and the seal thereof annexed thereto, by the said clerk. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every black or mulatto person residing within this state, prior to 1st June 1804 on or before the first day of June, one thousand toenter their eight hundred and four, shall enter his or her names with name, together with the name or names of his or her children, in the clerk's office in the county in which he, she or they reside, which shall be entered on record by said clerk, and thereafter the clerk's certificate of such record shall be sufficient evidence of his, her or their freedom; and for every entry and certificate, the person obtaining the same, shall pay to the clerk twelve and an half cents: Provided nevertheless, That nothing in this act contained shall bar the lawful claim to any black or mulatto person. Proviso be Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That no Penalty for person or persons, residents of this state, shall bẹ hiring per sons not hay permitted to hire, or in any way employ any black ing a certif. or mulatto person, unless such black or mulatto person shall have one of the certificates as aforesaid, under pain of forfeiting and paying any sum not less than ten, nor more than fifty dollars, at the discretion of the court, for every such offence, one half thereof for the use of the informer, and the other half for the use of the state, and shall moreover pay to the owner, if any there be, of such black or mulatto person, the sum of fifty gents for every day he, she or they shall in any wise employ, harbor or secrete such black or mulatto person, which sum or sums shall be recoverable before any court having cognizance thereof. latto persons Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any Penalty on person or persons shall harbor or secrete any persons har black or mulatto person, the property of any per- boring or se son whatever, or shall in any wise hinder or pre- creting ne vent the lawful owner or owners from re-taking or mu and possessing his or her black or mulatto servant or servants, shall, upon conviction thereof, by indictment or information, be fined in any sum not less than ten, nor more than fifty dollars, at the discretion of the court, one half thereof for the use of the informer, and the other half for the use of the state. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That every Certificate black or mulatto person who shall come to reside to be record in this state, with such certificate as is required ed in the first section of this act, shall, within two years Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That in case apy person or persons, his or their agent or when per Proceedings agents, claiming any black or mulatto person that sons or their now are, or hereafter may be in this state, may agents claim apply, upon making satisfactory proof that such any negro or black and mulatto person or persons is the property of him or her who applies to any associate judge or justice of the peace within this state, the associate judge or justice is hereby empowered mulatto and required, by his precept, to direct the sheriff or constable to arrest such black or mulatto person or persons, and deliver the same in the county or township where such officers shall reside, to the claimant or claimants, or his or their agent or agents, for which service the sheriff or consta ble shall receive such compensation as they are entitled to receive in other cases, for similar services. Penalty on Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That any persons re person or persons who shall attempt to remove, moving any or shall remove from this state, or who shall aid negro, &c. and assist in removing, contrary to the provisions of this act, any black or mulatto person or persons, without first proving, as hereinbefore directed, that he, she or they, is or are legally entitled so to do, shall, on conviction thereof before any court having cognizance of the same, forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars, one half to the use of the informer, and the other half to the use of the state, to be recovered by action of debt, qui tam, or indictment, and shall moreover be liable to the action of the party injured. ELIAS LANGHAM, Speaker of the house of representatives. NATHL. MASSIE, Speaker of the senate. 5th January, 1804. CHAPTER XXXV. An act to amend the act, entitled "An act regulating black and mulatto persons." bond Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly Negroes not of the state of Ohio, That no negro or mulatto permitted to person shall be permitted to emigrate into and settle with settle within this state, unless such negro or mu- out giving latto person shall, within twenty days thereafter, enter into bond with two or more freehold sureties, in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, before the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which such negro or mulatto may wish to reside, (to be approved of by the clerk) conditioned for the good behaviour of such negro or mulatto, and moreover to pay for t support of such person, in case he, she or they should thereafter be found within any township in this state, unable to support themselves; and if any negro or mulatto person shall migrate into this state, and not comply with the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the overseers of the poor of the township where such negro or mulatto person may be found, to remove immedi ately, such black or mulatto person, in the same manner as is required in the case of paupers. Sec. 2. BE it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerk, before whom such bond may be given as aforesaid, to file the same in his office, and give a certificate thereof to such negro or mulatto person; and the said clerk shall be entitled to receive the sum of one dollar for the bond and certificate aforesaid, on the delivery of the certificate. Clerk to file bond His compen salon Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That if any Penalty for person, being a resident of this state, shall em- harboring ploy, harbor or conceal any such negro or mu negross |