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of any of the said jurors, or any exception to the form of the indict^ 
ment, shall be allowed. 
(Hovj executions are performed.) 
LI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in 
all cases where the punishment of death is inflicted, the execution shall 
be performed in a public part of the parish and with due solemnity 5 
and care shall be taken by the gaoler or deputy-marshal, that the cri¬ 
minal is free from intoxication at the time of his trial, and from thence 
to and at the time of his execution, under the penalty of five pounds ; 
and the mode of such execution shall be hanging by the neck, and no 
other; and the body shall be afterwards disposed of in such manner 
as the court shall direct: And provided also, that where several slaves 
shall be capitally convicted for the same offence, one only shall suffer 
death, except in cases of murder or rebellion. 
(Slaves giving false evidence bo vs punished.) 
LII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That in 
case any slave or slaves shall willfully, and with evil intent, give false 
evidence in any trial had under this act, such slave or slaves being 
thereof convicted, shall suffer the same punishment as the person or 
persons on whose trial such false evidence was given would, if con¬ 
victed, have been liable to suffer. 
(Hovj fees of slaves discharged by proclamation are paid.) 
LIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
where any slave or slaves shall be discharged by proclamation, the de¬ 
puty marshal or workhouse-keeper shall be entitled to receive all such 
fees as shall be due to him or them for such slave or slaves at the time 
of such discharge, from the public, upon application and due proof 
made, in the most solemn manner, to the assembly, or any committee 
thereof, and that such slave or slaves, during the time they were in 
the custody of such deputy marshal or workhouse-keeper, was and 
were found and provided with proper and sufficient provisions equal 
to what is allowed by this law. 
(Clerk of the peace to record slave trials.) 
LIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a 
record shall be entered up of all proceedings on the trials of slaves, for 
