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9 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 343-4.
~1806, Jan. 25. Virginia: Imported Slaves to be Sold.~
"An Act to amend the several laws concerning slaves."
Sec. 5. If the jury before whom the importer is brought "shall find that
the said slave or slaves were brought into this commonwealth, and have
remained therein, contrary to the provisions of this act, the court
shall make an order, directing him, her or them to be delivered to the
overseers of the poor, to be by them sold for cash and applied as herein
directed."
Sec. 8. Penalty for bringing slaves, $400 per slave; the same for buying
or hiring, knowingly, such a slave.
Sec. 16. This act to take effect May 1, 1806. _Statutes at Large of
Virginia_, New Series, III. 251.
~1806, Jan. 27. Congress (House): Bill to Tax Slaves Imported.~
"A Bill laying a duty on slaves imported into any of the United States."
Finally dropped. _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 8 Cong. 2 sess. V. 129;
_Ibid._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. V. 195, 223, 240, 242, 243-4, 248, 260, 262,
264, 276-7, 287, 294, 305, 309, 338; _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 1 sess.
pp. 273, 274, 346, 358, 372, 434, 442-4, 533.
~1806, Feb. 4. Congress (House): Proposition to Prohibit Slave-Trade
after 1807.~
Mr. Bidwell moved that the following section be added to the bill for
taxing slaves imported,--that any ship so engaged be forfeited.
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