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ans, free negroes, or free mulattoes, Be it therefore enacted by the 
authority aforesaid, that any Indian, free negro, or mulatto, granting 
or giving such ticket, with such intent, shall be deemed guilty of for* 
gery, and shall be liable to be tried for the said offence before the su¬ 
preme court of judicature, or in either of the courts of assize in this 
island where the offence shall be committed; and, on conviction, 
shall suffer the loss of freedom, transportation, or such other punish¬ 
ment as the court, in their discretion, shall think proper to inflict. 
(Whites granting such tickets punishable .) 
XXXVIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. 
That if such ticket shall be granted or given by any white person, 
with such intent as aforesaid, to any slave or slaves, before or after 
his or their absenting themselves from their owner, employer, over¬ 
seer, or manager, such white person shall be deemed guilty of forgery, 
and shall be liable to be tried for the same before the supreme court of 
judicature, or either of the assize courts of this island, where the of¬ 
fence shall be committed ; and on conviction, shall suffer such punish¬ 
ment as the court, in their discretion shall think proper to inflict. 
(Keepers of gaols , &c. to advertise runaway r ,—detain them until paid 
their fees,—attest the charges for mile-money , 6? c.) 
XXXIX. And to the end that the owners and proprietors of runa¬ 
way slaves may have a due knowledge where such slaves are confined, 
after their being apprehended and sent to any workhouse or goal in this 
island, in order that such owners and proprietors may apply for such, 
slaves ; Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That from 
and after the passing of this act, all and every of the keepers of the 
workhouses, or gaol-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 St. Jago de la Vega, the Royal Gazette of Kingston, 
and the Cornwall Chronicle, the heighth, names, marks, and sex, 
and also the country, where the same can be ascertained, of each and 
every runaway slave then in their 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 j 
and, for the expense of such advertisement, they the said workhouse- 
