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for the re

covery of

lands by ejectment,

any writ of ejectment, or other action for the Limitation recovery of the possession, title or claim of, to or for any lands, tenements or other hereditaments, but within twenty years next after the right of such actions or suits shall have accrued.

etc.

Sec. 3. Provided always, and be it further en- Proviso. acted, That if any person or persons is or shall be entitled to have, sue or bring any such action or actions as aforesaid, shall be within the age of twenty-one years, insane, feme covert, imprisoned or beyond sea, at the time when any such action or actions, may, or shall have accrued, then every such person or persons shall have a right to have, sue or bring any of the action or actions aforesaid within the times hereby before limited in this act, after such disability shall have been removed.

Prosecu feitures or

tions for for

penal stat

utes to be within two

commenced

years.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all actions or prosecutions, which at any time hereafter shall be commenced for any forfeiture upon any penal statute made or to be made, shall be commenced within two years next after the offense committed against such penal statute: Provided always, That when any action, informa- Proviso. tion, indictment or other suit, is or shall be limited by any statute to be had, sued, commenced or exhibited within a shorter time than

Causes of actions already accrued, when barred.

Commencement of this act.

Repealing clause.

is hereby limited, then and in every such case, the action, information, indictment or other suit, shall be brought within the time limited by such statute.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all causes of action enumerated in this act, which have already accrued, shall only be barred by counting the time of limitation given to those actions respectively, from the passage of this

law.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from and after the first day of May next, and that all acts and parts of acts, coming within the purview of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

ELIAS LANGHAM,

Speaker of the house of representatives.

NATH. MASSIE,

Speaker of the senate.

January 4th, 1804.

CHAPTER IV.

An act, to regulate black and mulatto persons.

per

side in this ing a certifi

state, without produc

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Ohio, That from and after the Black or mulatto perfirst day of June next, no black or mulatto per-mitted to reson, shall be permitted to settle or reside in this state, unless he or she shall first produce a fair certificate from some court within the United States, of his or her actual freedom, which certificate shall be attested by the clerk of said court, and the seal thereof annexed thereto, by the said clerk.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every black or mulatto person residing within this state, on or before the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and four, shall enter his or her name, together with the name or names of his or her children, in the clerk's office in the county in which he, she or they reside, which shall be entered on record by said clerk, and thereafter the clerk's certificate of such record shall be sufficient evidence of his, her or their freedom; and for every entry and certificate, the person obtaining the same shall pay to the clerk twelve and an half cents: Provided

cate.

prior to 18t

Residents June, 1804, to names with the county.

enter their

the clerk of

The clerk's

certificate

evidence of

freedom.

Proviso.

Residents prohibited from hiring

black or mulatto per

sons not hav

cate.

Penalty.

nevertheless, That nothing in this act contained shall bar the lawful claim to any black or mulatto person.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That no person or persons residents of this state, shall be permitted to hire, or in any way employ any ing a certif- black or mulatto person, unless such black or mulatto person shall have one of the certificates as aforesaid, under pain of forfeiting and paying any sum not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, at the discretion of the court, for every such offense, one-half thereof for the use of the informer and the other half for the use of the state; and shall moreover pay to the owner, if An addition- any there be, of such black or mulatto person, the sum of fifty cents for every day he, she or they shall in any wise employ, harbor or secrete such black or mulatto person, which sum or sums shall be recoverable before any court having cognizance thereof.

One-half to

the inform

er, the other

to the state.

al sum to the owner, if

any.

How recovered.

Penalty on

persons har

creting ne

gro or mu

latto per

sons.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any boring or se person or persons shall harbor or secrete any black or mulatto person, the property of any person whatever, or shall in any wise hinder or prevent the lawful owner or owners from retaking and possessing his or her black or mulatto servant or servants, shall, upon conviction thereof, by indictment or information, be fined

How recovered.

persons har

creting ne

in any sum not less than ten nor more than fifty Penalty on dollars, at the discretion of the court, one-half boring or sethereof for the use of the informer and the other gro or muhalf for the use of the state.

latto persons.

mulatto

persons,

coming to

reside in this legal certifi cord the

state with a

cate, to re

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That every Black or black or mulatto person who shall come to reside in this state with such certificate as is required in the first section of this act, shall, within two years, have the same recorded in the clerk's office, in the county in which he or she means to reside, for which he or she shall pay to the clerk twelve and an half cents, and the clerk shall give him or her a certificate of such record.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That in case any person or persons, his or their agent or agents, claiming any black or mulatto person that now are or hereafter may be in this state, may apply, upon making satisfactory proof that such black or mulatto person or persons is the property of him or her who applies, to any associate judge or justice of the peace within this state, the associate judge or justice is hereby empowered and required, by his precept, to direct the sheriff or constable to arrest such black or mulatto person or persons and deliver the same in the county or township where such

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same.

Proceedings or their

when person

agents claim

any negro or

mulatto.

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