| Date | 1825 |
|---|---|
| Law/Legislation | Law |
| Jurisdiction | DE |
| Title | Free, at place of election, penalty |
| Description/Full Text | If any negro or mulatto slave , servant or apprentice of any person not residing within the limits of any town in which an siding in town , & c . of election slrall be held , or within one half mile of the place of hold election if ing an election , that shall not be held within the limits of any town shall on the day of the General Election or of any special election , Servant , & c . be found within the limits of such town or within one half mile of be there on the place of holding any election that shall not be held within the day of elec limits of any town ; the master or mistress or masters or mistress tion es of every such negro or mulatto slave , servant or apprentice shall forfeit and pay two dollars to any person , who will sue for the same , to be recovered with costs before any Justice of the Peace of the 75 penalty on county . And if any free negro or free mulatto not residing within fiee negroes the limits of any town , where an election shall be held , or within not residing in town of one half mile of the place of election that shall not be held in any election , & c town , shall be found within the limits of such town or within one being there half mile of the place of election not held in any town on the day day of elec tion of the General Election or of any special election ; every such free negro or free mulatto shall forfeit and pay the sum of two dollars to any person who will sue for the same , to be recovered with costs before any Justice of the Peace of the county : and it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace to cause any negro or mulatto 76 imprison- slave servant or apprentice or any free negro or free mulatto that shall be found within the limits of any town , in which an election shall be held or within one half mile of the place of holding an elec tion that shall not be held within any town on the day of any elec tion contrary to the foregoing provision , to be brought before him and to be confined or imprisoned in the gaol of the county or other suitable and convenient place for any time not exceeding forty eight hours , and until the costs of the commitment and detention shall be paid : Provided that nothing in this section contained shall 77 exception extend to the case of any negro or mulatto slave servant or appren tice , or any free negro or mulatto directly going to any such town or place for necessaries for a sick person or to a physician or sur geon for medical assistance or surgical aid or on other necessary errand , and directly returning . And if any negro or mulatto slave , slaves , servant or apprentice or free negro or free mulatto 78 disorderly shall be guilty of any riotous or disorderly conduct to the distur conduct of de- bance of any election or persons going to or from the same or shall Free or slaves behave disorderly within any town , where an election shall be held or within one half mile of the place of holding an election not held within the limits of a town it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace to causc every such negro or mulatto slave , servant or ap prentice , free negro or free mulatto to be arrested and imprisoned for the space of twenty - four hours in the gaol of the county or other suitable and convenient place , and at the expiration of that time to be brought before the same or some other Justice of the Peace and further dealt with as to law may appertain . |
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