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The form for a free negro or mulatto entertaining a slave on the Sabbath day, or in the night between sun-set and sun-rise, are so nearly like the foregoing, that it is presumed they can with ease be made out from it.

Warrant for Harboring or Concealing a Slave.

To A B, Constable, or any other lawful officer to execute. Whereas B C hath complained upon oath before me C D, one of the Justices of the Peace of and for the said county, that a certain negro slave named belonging to him the said B C, hath for several weeks now last past, been absent and withdrawn from the service of him the said B C, and that the said B C hath probable cause to suspect, and doth suspect, that F G, planter, of in the county aforesaid hath tempted and persuaded the said slave to leave the service of his said master, out of an intent and design to carry him the said slave out of this state: [or thus, doth harbor and conceal the said slave, for the intent and purpose of carrying the said slave out of this State. These are therefore to command you to take the body of the said F G, and bring him before some two Justices of the Peace for the said county to be examined touch-ng the premises, and to be otherwise dealt with according to law, Given under my hand and seal the

Lord

day of

Warrant for Stealing a Slave.

in the year of our C D.........(seal)

State of North-Carolina, Wake County.

To A B, Constable, or some other lawful officer to execute. Forasmuch as B C, planter, hath complained on oath before me, CD, one of the Justices of the Peace for the said county, that a certain negro slave named belonging to him the said B C, is absent and withdrawn from the service of him the said B C, and that he hath great reason to suspect and doth suspect, that a certain G H, late of this county, labourer, hath feloniously stolen the said slave; [or thus, hath feloniously by violence taken and carried away the said slave, with intention to sell and dispose of the said slave to some other person: or thus, hath by seduction or other such unjust means, taken and carried away the said slave with an intention to sell and dispose of the said slave to some other person, or to appropriate the said slave to his own use] These are therefore to command you to make diligent search and inquiry for the said GH, and him having found, to bring before me or some other Justice of the Peace, for the said county, to be examined touching the premises, and to be otherwise dealt with as the law directs.

Given under my hand and seal the Lord

day of

in the year of our C. D......... (seal)

Warrant for carrying away a free Negro with intent to sell him. State of North-Carolina, Wake County.

To A B, Constable, or some other lawful officer to execute. Forasmuch as B C hath complained on oath to me, CD, one of the Justices of the Peace for the said county, that DE, a free negro, late of this county, hath disappeared ever since the day of last past, and that he hath great reason to suspect, and doth suspect, that EF, late of this county, labourer, hath feloniously taken and conveyed the said D E, out of this state into some other state, with an intention to sell or dispose of the said D E as a slave: These are therefore to command you to make diligent search and enquiry for the said E F, and him having found, to

bring before me, or some other justice of the Peace of and for the said county, to be examined touching the premises, and to be otherwise dealt with as the laws of this state do direct. Given under my hand and seal, the ⚫ur Lord

day of

in the year of

For the form of the Examination and Mittimus,-See EXAMINATIONS. COMMITMENT.

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We command you to summons

personally to be and appear be fore the Justices of our court of pleas and quarter sessions, to be held for the county of at the court-house in

on the day of next, then and there to testify, and the truth to say, on behalf of in a certain mâtter of controversy in our said court depending, and thến and there to be tried, between this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of

plaintiff, and

money. Whness

Clerk of our said court, at

in the year of our Lord

defendant. And pounds, current the day of

VAGRANTS.

(Warrant against.)

State of North-Carolina, Wake County.

To A. B. Constable, or any other lawful officer to execute. Prasmuch as BC, of this county, planter, hath made affirmation of bath before me, CD), one of the Justices of the Peace of and for the said County, that D E is a person who has no apparent means of subsistence, and neglects applying himself to any honest calling, and is now seen lurking about within the limits of this county, endeavouring to maintain himself by gaming or other undue means; These are therefore to com mand you to bring the said D E, before me or some other Justice of the Peace for the said county, to be examined touching the premises, and to be otherwise dealt with as the law directs. Given under my hand and seal the Lord

day of

in the year of our CD......... (seal)

Mittimus for want of Security for Good Behaviour.

State of North-Carolina, Wake County.

CD, one of the Justices of the Peace of and for the said County. To the Keeper of the Common Jail of the said County, greeting: Whereas DE, hath been complained against by B C, as a person who hath no apparent means of subsistence, and who neglects applying him

self to any honest calling, and who saunters about and endeavors to maintain himself by gaming or other undue means; and thereupon the said DE hath been brought before me, and hath been examined, and proofs Heard by and before me concerning the premises; and upon such proofs, I the said Justice have been convinced of the truth of the said charge, and have required the said D E to provide and produce sureties for his good behaviour; and he the said D.E hath refused and neglected to produce the same: These are therefore to command you to receive into your said gaol the said D E, for the crime aforesaid, there to remain for the space of ten days, at which time the said D E is to be set at liberty, he paying all charges arising from his said confinement. Given under my hand and seal the day of Lord

in the year of our

C D (seal)..

WILL.

(Form of.)

In the name of God, Amen. I, A B, of

being of sound and

make and publish this my

day of in the last will and testa

perfect mind and memory (blessed be God) do, this year of our Lord

ment, in manner following, that is to say, First, I give and bequeath, &c.

And I hereby make and ordain my worthy friend, CD, executor of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof, I the said A B have to this my last will and tenement, set my hand and seal, the day and year above written.

Signed, sealed, published and declared, by the said A B, the testator, as his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who were present at the time of signing and sealing thereof.

EF,

GH,

A B.

1 K.

Codicil,

Í, A B, of, &c. do make this codicil to be taken as part of my last will and testament, as follows, that is to say. Whereas I have by my said will given to my sons W B and S B, the sum of each, for mourning Now I do hereby revoke and make void the said legacies to my sons; and I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said son W B, the sum of over and above the sum of which I have given him by my said will. In witness whereof I have to this codicil annexed to my said will, set my hand and seal the day of, &c.

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Another Form.

I, A B, of, &c. do this day of, &c. make and publish this codicil to my last will and testament in manner following, that is to say. I give to my niece, M S, one g›ld watch and one silver coffee pot. And whereas in and by my last will and testament I have given and bequeathed to my daughter-in-law the sum of I do hereby order and declare that my will is, that only the sum of be paid unto her, in full of the said Jegacy I have as aforesaid given and bequeathed unto her, and that the

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remaining part of the said legacy be given and paid to my nephew E H And lastly it is my desire that this my present codicil be annexed to, and made a part of my last will and testament to all intents and purposes. In witness, &c.

The following Article of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is omitted in its proper place; hence the insertion here:

ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT.

If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receivé, or retain any title of nobility or honor, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever, from any Emperor, King, Prince, or Foreign Power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them.

[NOTE. This article was proposed at the Second Session of the Eleventh Congress.]

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