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Capital crimesnot speciallyprovided for.
Other offences.
Former provi-sions, &c. to re-main in force.
Abduction offree negroes,&c.
This law notapplicable toslaves.
Statute II.March 2, 1831.[Obsolete.]
Fort Adams.Ft. Hamilton.Ft. Columbus.
conviction of larceny, where the property stolen is under the value offive dollars, or upon a second conviction of receiving stolen goods,knowing them to be stolen, where the property stolen is under the valueof five dollars, shall be sentenced to suffer imprisonment and labour fora period not less than one year nor more than three years.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That all capital felonies and crimesin the District of Columbia , not herein specially provided for, exceptmurder, treason, and piracy, shall hereafter be punished by imprison-ment and labour in the penitentiary of said district, for a period not lessthan seven nor more than twenty years.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That every other felony, misde-meanor, or offence not provided for by this act, may and shall be pun-ished as heretofore, except that, in all cases where whipping is part orthe whole of the punishment, except, in the cases of slaves, the courtshall substitute therefor imprisonment in the county jail, for a period notexceeding six months.
Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That all definitions and descrip-tions of crimes: all fines, forfeitures, and incapacities, the restitution ofproperty, or the payment of the value thereof; and every other matternot provided for in this act, be and the same shall remain, as heretofore.
Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That if any free person shall, inthe said district, unlawfully, by force and violence, take and carry away,or cause to be taken and carried away, or shall, by fraud, unlawfully se-duce, or cause to be seduced, any free negro or mulatto, from any partof the said district to any other part of the said district, or to any otherplace, with design, or intention to sell or dispose of such negro or mu-latto, or to cause him or her to be kept and detained as a slave for life,or servant for years, every such person so offending, his or her counsel-lors, aiders, and abettors, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished byfine, not exceeding five thousand dollars, and imprisonment and confine-ment to hard labour, in the penitentiary, for any time not exceedingtwelve years, according to the enormity of the offence.
Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shallbe construed to apply to slaves not residents of the District of Columbia ;but such slaves shall, for all offences committed in said district, bepunished agreeably to the laws as they now exist: Provided, That this actshall not be construed to extend to slaves.
Approved, March 2, 1831.
Chap. XXXVIII. —An Ad making appropriations for certain fortifications duringthe year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.
Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any unappro-priated money in the treasury, for certain fortifications, viz:
For the preservation of George’s island, Boston harbour, five thousanddollars.
For fort Adams, Rhode Island , one hundred thousand dollars.
For the completion of fort Hamilton, New York , ten thousand dollars.
For repairing fort Columbus and Castle Williams, New York , twenty-five thousand dollars.
For fort Monroe, Virginia , eighty thousand dollars.
For fort Calhoun, Virginia , eighty thousand dollars.
For the completion of fort Macon, seventy thousand dollars.
For the completion of the fort on Oak island, North Carolina , ninety-five thousand dollars.