command to be made ont, and forwarded to the Quarter Master General, at Tuskaloosa. by the first day of August next; which statement shall, be certified to be correct, to the best of his knowledge and belief; and any Brigadier General failing to perform the duties herein required, shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars; and the said Brigadier Generals shall be, and they are hereby authorized to issue all orders necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of this net; and any officer failing, refusing or neglecting to perform the duties so required of him, shall be arrested and tried by a court martial, to consist of not less than five commissioned officers; and, on proof of such failure, refusal or neglect, shall be fined one hundred dollars, and dismissed from office. The Brigadier General shall order and designate such court martial, and appoint the time and place of its meeting.

ter received to be

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all arms, ac- Arms and accou coutrements, and military equipments, hereafter received trements hereaf from the Government of the United States, shall be depos- keptited in the arsenal, kept and preserved in the boxes in which they are received, and no further distribution of arms, accoutrements, or military equipments of any description, shall be made, authorized or ordered from such: as are now, or may hereafter be, deposited in the arsenal, except in cases of insurrection, rebellion. invasion or imminent danger, in-whiel cases the Governor of the State shall have power to order such distribution as the public safety may require.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Governor Brig. Gens, to be of this State shall, so soon as convenient after the adjourn- notified. ment of the present General Assembly, cause the several Brigadier Generals in this State to be notified, through the Quarter Master General, of their duties under the provi- to be arrested. sions of this act, and shall cause such of them as fail, refase, or neglect to perform the duties herein required, to be arrested and tried according to law.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws contravening the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed,.

Approved, Feb. 21, 1848.

J

Neglecting duy

persons of color

to enter into bond.

Such free negroes not allowed to leave vessel.

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To amend the laws in relation to Free Negroes brought by vessels into the Bay of Mobile.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the State of Alabama, in General Assembly convened, Master or consig. That it shall be lawful for the master or consignee of any nee bringing free vessel coming into the Bay of Mobile, from any other State into the bay of or foreign port, having on board any free negro or person Mobile from other of color, employed on board of such vessel as cook, stew. States required ard, mariner, or in any other employment, to file with the • Mayor of the City of Mobile a bond, with sufficient sureties, resident in the county of Mobile, in the penal sum of not less than two thousand dollars nor more than five thousand, as the Mayor may prescribe. (with reference to the number of colored persons on board) payable to the Governor of the State of Alabama and his successors in office, the condition of which bond shall be, that such negroes or persons of color, and each and every of then, shall not be permitted to leave such vessel, for any purpose whatsoever, during the stay thereof within the waters of this State, and that such vessel shall, on its departure, carry away, or cause to be carried away, out of this State, ail such free negroes, or free persons of color, and every one of them so brought in such vessel: And, further, that such vessel shall not come with said persons within three miles of the City of Mobile, uor within one mile of the shore (except in passing out of the Bay,) and that during the stay of such vessel no communication shall be suffered between such negroes and persous of color with the negroes and persons of color of this State. And the Mayor of said city shall receive such bond, file it in his office, to be preserved till wanted for suit, and if forfeited; the same shall be handed over to the proper Solicitor for suit. And all suits under this section shall be by motion of the Solicitor of the Circuit, before the Circuit Court, after three days notice to the principal or any of the sureties on said bond, And the said Mayor shall be entitled to receive, for taking uch bond, the sum of fifty cents, to be paid by the obligor. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, by the authority Effect of Dona. @joresaid, That in all cases where such bond shall be given, all the provisions of the laws of this State, authorizing the arrest and imprisonment of such free negroes and persons of color, on warrant of the Mayor, or by the Sheriff or. ity Marshal, by reason of their coming into this State in ztien vessels, shall be suspended and inoperative: Provided, that no breach of the condition of said bond shall have been committed.

bond.

Proviso.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, by the authority Three days alforesaid, That three days time shall be allowed for the lowed for giving filing of said bond in the Mayor's office, authorized to be given by this act: Provided, that at the time when the list of persons on the vessel is given to the Mayor, as now required by law, notice shall be given to the Mayor of the intention of the master or consignee to give such bond: And provided further, that a full compliance be, in the meantime, observed of the terms of the condition of said bond. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That in case of dangerous or serious sickness of any of the free negroes, or persons of color aforesaid, so that it may become necessary, or proper, that such per- negroes may be son be conveyed to the Hospital of the United States, such removed to U. S. privilege shall be allowed as provided by the laws of the Hospital. United States; and so soon as discharged from the Hospi tal, such person shall be sent back to his vessel immediately, and the master or consignee of such vessel shall provide that the same be done, and on the failure or neglect so to provide, shall be proceeded against on the bond, as prescribed in the first section, and all the privileges of this act shall be inoperative as to such vessel.

Approved, March 6, 1848.

In case danger.

ous sickness, free

To provide for the leasing or renting the Salt reserve lands and to preserve the timber thereon.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in Genral Assembly convened,

and lease the

same.

That the Agent appointed by the Governor of this State to Agent shall taka. take charge of the lands known as the Salt reserve lands, charge of lands, lying on the Tombeckbee River in the county of Clarke, be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to lease or rent any part or all of said lands for a given time, not to exceed three years; on such terms and for such price, as he may think the best interests of the State may require. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That should there On efusal of oc any person or persons residing on or occupying any of shall be removed the said Salt reserve lands, who will not comply with the on notice. provisions of this act, by entering into an agreement with said Agent to lease or rent the lands so occupied by him or them, the said agent is hereby required to give notice to any or all such persons, that they must within twenty days after such notice, remove from and cease to occupy any of

be

cupant to lease,'

enment.

the said lands, and should any person or persons so noti fied fail or refuse to remove or cease to occupy the same, the said Agent is hereby authorized and empowered to proceed against him or them by bringing suit in behalf of the State of Alabama in any court having jurisdiction thereof, according to the laws now in force in such cases. Cutting or carrys Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any pering away timber son or persons, shall unlawfully enter upon and cut down. to be punished by fe and impris- carry away, or derstroy any tree or trees or any other timber on any of the Salt reserve lands, every sucl. person or persons being lawfully convicted thereof before a Justice of the Peace, shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten. dollars for every tree so cut down, carried away, or destroyed, and moreover shall be committed to the Jail of the county in which such offence shall have been committed. there to remain until he or they shall pay the fine and costs assessed against him or them, unless such person cr persons so convicted, shall, execute to the said justice a bond with good security payable to the State of Alabama for the amount assessed as aforesaid within twenty days thereafter, which bond shall have the effect of a judgment and should the same be not punctually paid it shall be the duty of such justice to issue an execution against such obligor or obligors and their securities jointly, and all money, received by said justice or his successor of succesors in of fice as the case may be, shall be paid into the Treasury of the State of Alabaina.

But party may give bond.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons, who may have been convicted once under the provisions of this act, shall commit an offence of the same kind a second time, he or they shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction thereof to be sentenced to the penitentiary or state prison, for a term not less than one year nor more than three, any laws to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the agent shall sell all the kettles, pans, and fixtures to and belonging to the said salt works, to the highest bidder for cast giving forty days notice thereof in the Southern Recorder and pay the money over to the State Treasury. Approved, March 6, 1848:

To require sheriffs to keep books, and for other purposes
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Fouse of Represen
tatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened,
That from and after the passage of this act, it shɩl be th

luty of the Sheriffs of the several counties in this State, to How books shall be kept. keep a well bound book or books, in which they shall enter he names of the plaintiff and defendant to all proecss, whether meshe or final, which may come to their hands to be exeuted; the time of the receipt of such process, and the court rom which it issued or which it may be returnable and the eturn made by them thereon; and if the process be a writ of execution, or order of sale, the date of the judgment or deree on which the same was issued. And he shall enter said book the amount received on such execution, sepeating the principal from the interest, and affixing the true ate of the receipt.

Shall enter items of charges made

be entered in a book.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in the book r books, kept as. aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the said by them. heriffs to enter the several items of costs by them charged Or execnting such process, or such as may in any way e incidental thereto; and all other costs taxed therein, and. such process be a fieri facias, or order of sale, then the aid sheriff shall enter in words and figures at length the fees y them charged as commissions, and the services by them Endered, for which such charge or charges may be made. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall, more- Property sold to ver, be the duty of said sheriffs, to keep a book or books, which they shall enter each and every article of propty sold by them, under execution or order of sale; the rocess under which the same was sold, when the same as sold; by whom purchased, and at what price. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said books, nd each and every of them, shall, at all times, be opento Books to be kept, e inspection of the public while in the possession of said open to inspection eriffs, and the same shall, by said sheriffs, within sixty circuit clerk. ays after the expiration of their term of service, be filed the office of the clerks of the Circuit courts of their reective comities, whose duty it is hereby made to receive d keep the saine in their respective offices; and copies of Copies may be e entries in said books, duly certified by said clerks, shall received as prima facie evidence of such entries, in the

rts, of this State, in favor of either party, to the process erein set forth.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any sheriff

and delivered to

given.

all fail or refuse to enter in said book or books, each Penalty on sheriff' d every item of costs by him received, by virtue of any for failure. cess, within ten days after the receipt thereof, he shall feit and pay double the amount of costs due said sheriff such case,to be recovered, by motion to the court, to which ch process may be returnable, at the suit of either party such process; such party giving one day's notice of such otion; and if any sheriff shall fail or refuse to comply with