An Act Concerning Free Negros and Mulattoes, ch. 94, §§ 1-3, 1805 Va. Acts 51, 51 (Samuel Pleasants 1806).
"CHAPTER XCIV.
An ACT concerning Free Negros and Mulattoes.
[Passed February 4th, 1806.]
Section 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That not free negro or mulatto shall be suffered to keep or cary any fire-lock of any kind, any military weapon, or any powder or lead, without first obtaining a license may at any time be withdrawn by an order of such court. Any free negro or mulatto who shall so offend, shall, on conviction before a justice of the pease, forfeit all such arms and ammunition to the use of the informer.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of every constable to give information against, and ptosecute every free negro or mulatto who shall keep or cary any arms or ammunition contrary to this act.
Sec. 3. If any free negro or mulatto who shall have been convincted of keeping or carrying arms or ammunition, shall a second time offend in like manner, he shall, in addition to the forfeiture aforesaid, be punished with stripes, at the discretion of the justice, not exceeding thirty-nine."
Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia: Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Richmond, on Monday the Second Day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Five (Richmond, VA: Samuel, Pleasants, Jr., 1806), 51. Chapter 94—An Act Concerning Free Negros and Mulattoes, §§ 1-3, Passed February 4, 1806.
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