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plement, if a male, until the age of twenty-five years, and if a female until the age of twentyone years, agreeably to the existing laws of this state, directing the manner of binding out poor children: Provided always, That it shall be the duty of the said trustees or overseers to give the preference to the owner or owners of the parent or parents of such abandoned children, if the said owner or owners shall see fit to retain or keep such abandoned children as are in their possession.

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2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the Owners of duty of the trustees or overseers aforesaid, the parents whenever in their opinion, any such abandon- to keep the ed child or children may be bound out, or children or upon application to them, or any of them, made by any person or persons, who may be willing to take any such child or children, without any premium, immediately to call upon the owner or owners of the parent or parents of such child or children, or other persons in whose possession the same may be, to deliver up to them such child or children, for the purposes of binding them out agreeably to the provisions of this act, and if the owner or owners of the parent or parents of such child or children, or other persons in whose possession such child or children may be, after demand being made as aforesaid, shall neglect of refuse to deliver up such child or children, then it shall be taken and deemed that the person or persons so neglecting or refusing to deliver up, do elect to keep such child or children without any further fee or reward, and it shall be the duty of the said trustees or overseers immediately to bind such child or children to the person or persons so electing to keep such child or children.

3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the Those un- duty of the trustees or overseers aforesaid, of be adverti. the different townships in this state, within the

bound to

sed.

month of April in every year, to publish in at least one of the public newspapers in the western, and one in the eastern parts of this state, for the space of four weeks, a correct statement (as near as may be) of the number, age and sex of abandoned children, within the bounds of their respective townships, and which at the time of such publication remain to be bound out, agreeably to the provisions of this act, in order that persons living in this state, and who may be willing to take such children, may know where to apply for the same, and the said trustees or overseers, shall be allowed a reasonable compensation for the performance of the duties required of them by this act, to be paid by the treasurer of this state, on a certificate to be signed by any three of the town. ship committee of the proper township,

4. And be it enacted, That if any trustee Penalty on or overseer of the poor in any township of this overseers, state wherein any abandoned child may remain

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unbound, shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties enjoined by this act, he shall forfeit and pay for each offence the sum of thirty dollars, to be recovered by any person who may sue for the same in any court having cognizance of the same.

AN ACT concerning the Abolition of Slavery
Passed February 22, 1811.

WHEREAS it appears that large sums of
money have been drawn from the treasury

by citizens of this state for maintaining abandoned black children, and that in some instances the money drawn for their maintenance amounts to more than they would have brought if sold for life-Therefore

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the council and general assembly of this state, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first Monday of May next, no monies shall be drawn from the treasury of this state for the maintenance and support of abandoned black children, who have been abandoned agreeably to the provisions of an act entitled "An act for the gradual abolition of slavery," passed the fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding; Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the treasurer from the payment of such sums as may be lawfully due for the said maintenance and support until the said first Monday of May next.

2. And be it enacted, That so much of the above recited act as comes within the purview of this act be and the same is hereby repealed.

Comp. 103

104. Sect. 3.

AN ACT to ratify an amendment of the constitution of the United States.

Passed February 22, 1804.

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the council and general assembly of this state, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the amendment to the constitution of the

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United States, proposed at the first session of mendment the eighth congress, by a resolution of the stitution Senate and house of representatives of the United States, in congress assembled, to the severCongress, al state legislatures, be, and the same is hereby, ratified by upon the part of this legislature, ratified and this state. made a part of the constitution of the United States; which amendment is in the following words, to wit:

Manner of

electing

Vice-President.

"The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for president and vice-president, one of whom, at least, shall not the Presi- be an inhabitant of the same state with themdent and selves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice-president; and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as president and of all persons voted for as vice-president, and of the number of votes for each, which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the president of the senate; the president of the senate shall, in the presence of the senate and house of representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted; the person having the greatest number of votes for president, shall be the president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as president, the house of representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the president. But in choosing the president, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state, having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist

of a member or members from two thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the house of representatives shall not choose a president, whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following; then the vice-president shall act as president, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the president.

"The person having the greatest number of votes as vice-president, shall be the vice-president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the senate shall choose the vice-president; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the No person ineligible whole number shall be necessary to a choice. for Presi"But no person constitutionally ineligible dent shall to the office of president, shall be eligible to for Vicethat of vice-president of the United States." President.

be eligible

AN ACT to regulate the Shad-Fisheries on South.
River, in the county of Middlesex.

Passed February 22, 1804.

No person

or other

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the couneil and general assembly of this state, and it is to set any hereby enacted by the authority of the same, net, seine, That from and after the passing of this act it device, ashall not be lawful for any person or persons to cross said set any net, seine, or other device across said river; river, nor any hoop-net, ware or fike, further nor any into the same, than the edge of the channel hoop-net, thereof, on the same side where such hoop-net, fike, fur

ware, or

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