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Section. 5th. Be it further enacted, That the said patrols in their respective divisions, are hereby
authorized and required to enter into any disorderly house, or into any other house, vessel or boat,
sustected of barboring, trafficking, or trading with negroes, whether the same be occupied by white
persons, free negroes, mulattoes, mustizoes or slaves, and to apprehend, and correct all slaves
found there, by whipping, as therein before directed; and the said patrols are moreover authorized,
and required, to give information of such white persons as may be found in such house, vessel
or boat, and to detain in their possession such produce, or articles for trafficking, as may
be found in such house, vessel or boat, if such detention be authorized by any three householders,
or by any Justice of the Peace, until the same shall be recovered according to law; and the said
patrols are moreoverauthorized, and required to disperse any pretext whatever, except for
ordinary labour, without at least two respectable white persons being with them, who will
give satisfactory assurance of their orderly conduct; and should it be necessary for the pur-
poses herein mentioned, the said patrols may correct said slaves, so assembled, by whip-
ping, not exceeding ten lashes each.
Sect. 6 Be it further enacted, That if any person competent to take an oath, shall before
a Justice of the Peace, make oath or affirmation, in writing, that he, or his neighbor or
neighbors have, in his belief, been pillaged by runaway slave or slaves, or that his neigh-
horhood is infested by the same, the said Justice shall send a certified copy of the
said oath or affirmation to the captain or other commanding officer of the militia com-
pany, in the bounds of which the person so complaining may reside, who shall on receiv-
ing the copy as aforesaid, order out so many men of his company, as he shall
judge necessary to scour the country, and arrest the said runaway slave or slaves;
and for every slave so arrested and delivered over to jail, or his owner, the said
owner shall pay five dollars to the captain of said company, to be equally divided
between all those, who were ordered on said duty.
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