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cea and vestry shall, by advertisement in the public newspapers, ap¬ 
point for that purpose, and that such horses, mares, mules, and gel¬ 
dings, be then and there sold and disposed of at public outcry ; and 
if any master, owner, proprietor, attorney, guardian, executor, ad¬ 
ministrator or other person as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse so do¬ 
ing, each and every of them shall, for every neglect or refusal, re¬ 
spectively forfeit the sum of thirty pounds, to be recovered in a sum¬ 
mary manner before any two justices of the peace for the parish or 
precinct where such neglect or refusal shall happen, by the oath of 
one or more credible witness or witnesses ; which penalty shall be to 
the use of the person informing. 
(Penalty for permitting slaves to keep horses.) 
LXIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
from and after the passing of this act, no master, owner, proprietor, 
attorney, guardian, executor, administrator, or other person, in pos¬ 
session of any plantation, pen, or settlement, shall knowingly per¬ 
mit or suffer any slave or slaves, to keep on such plantation, pen, or 
settlement, any horse, mare, mule or gelding ; and, in case of so do¬ 
ing, shall for every offence, forfeit the sum of thirty pounds, to be 
recovered in manner aforesaid. 
{Oath to be made that slaves have no property .) 
LXIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
every master, owner, proprietor, attorney, guardian, executor, ad¬ 
ministrator, or other person, at the respective times of their giving in 
an account of their slaves and stock to the justices and vestry, shall 
also make oath, that none of the said horses, mares, rnuies, or geld¬ 
ings, so given in, do belong to any negro or other slave ; and that 
such person, so giving in, or his, her, or their, employer or employ¬ 
ers, hath not, nor have, in his, her, or their possession, to his, her, 
or their knowledge or belief, any horse, mare, mule, or gelding, be- 
longingto, or reputed to belong to, any slave or slaves; and in case 
any person or persons shall neglect or refuse so to do, every person 
so neglecting or refusing shall, for every offence, forfeit the sum of 
thirty pounds, to be recovered in the same summary manner, and to 
fee disposed of as herein before mentioned. 
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