lsewhere, except reby amended, shall stent with the pr tely. the said mayor should examine in stances of such servants and passe containing the names of all the he should judge fit to be landed whereby any such German passen his or her master or mistress sho the mayor or a recorder of the keep an exact record thereof, clea county, city, borough or township tress resides, and that the said ma city should in like manner keep a servants, therein expressing the P SEC. 2. And whereas, since the Pennsylvania, the offices of mayo Philadelphia have been vacated, ar the said city, collectively, or any this commonwealth,* are empower special matters and things, form performed by the mayor, recorde city, but no provision has been hit tering the names of the German at the port of Philadelphia, and of the indentures of such passenge selves servants for their freight. justice require that the officer, wh *Act of 14th March, 17 ourt of this State, shall be the register arriving in the port of Philadelphia, ers and authorities of a justice of the county of Philadelphia, as far as the for the support and efficacy of his office, the importation of German passengers, ervants, and not otherwise. And that received from the captain of any vesassengers the list of their names, shall, reter, receive all the said passengers on children, and enquire whether any of impotent, or otherwise likely to become , and make report thereof in writing if he approves thereof, shall enter the purpose to be kept by him, and transto the office of the secretary of the suand give his order and license to land rned sound, without any defect in mind pretences, her enacted by the authority aforesaid, uch German passengers, men, women they shall be bound to serve, and all s made within the said city, shall be before the said register, or his lawful ified, and the full contents thereof enhe same manner, and to the same effect -nd assignments of servants were here General A from and aft of any vessel or sent to him every ca per sold and dispersed among the peop much injury hath arisen to the mora have been greatly endangered in the remedy whereof, SEC. 2. Be it enacted, and it is her sentatives of the Freemen of the Comm in General Assembly met, and by the from and after the first day of May of any vessel, or any other person or or willingly import, bring or send, o imported, brought or sent, or be aid into this commonwealth, by land or or person under sentence of death, or incurred by a criminal prosecution, or sent to him or her from any priso in any place out of the United States e or any one of the d to serve, and all SEC. 3. And be it further enacted That every captain or master of a ve who shall, as aforesaid, import, bring cure to be imported, brought or sent, therein, into this commonwealth, b shall, as factor or agent of the person or as consignee, sell, or offer for sale, described, knowing him or her so months' imprisonment, without bail forfeit and pay, over and beyond the every such person so brought, impo procured so to be, or sold or offered 19 orted or sent, or having been aiding - 3, p. 497.) ation of German redemptioners, who are minors. the passeng wn charge lls of ladi ezzlement fuse or negl directed, he the sum of sted as is he SEC. 2. An That every I Commonweal master, capta her freigh hildren, the which he or s in his or her United States is provided in Port of Phila sch ship or chandize on b ered on shore by the Senate and House of Represenalth of Pennsylvania, in General Assemenacted by the authority of the same, tresses of German redemptioners who all arrive at the port of Philadelphia act, shall give to the said redemptioner every year of his or her term of servihe duty of the register of German pasme fully in their indentures. (Passed orded in Law Book No. 12, p. 97.) them; and an accept such ter whose beh goods, wares a every offence f rered and a ected; and, m ave aving been al ntering into su Oners, who are minors House of Repres in General A ority of the same redemptioners rt of Philadelpis said redemptio her term of servi er of German p lentures. (Pa No. 12, p. 97.) own charge, the master or captain s bills of lading, or be answerable for bezzlement thereof. And if any n fuse or neglect to give a bill of ladin directed, he shall, for each and ever the sum of one hundred dollars, to ated as is hereinafter provided and SEC. 2. And be it further enacted That every passenger brought in a commonwealth, as aforesaid, on pa master, captain, owner or consignee or her freight, if a single person, an children, the freight of his or her which he or she agreed in Europe, in his or her contract mentioned, o United States equivalent thereto, an is provided in the twenty-first sectio port of Philadelphia, shall be imm such ship or vessel, and all his or h chandize on board thereof, to him of ered on shore without any further them; and any master, captain, own accept such tender, and to put on sh on whose behalf the tender was n goods, wares and merchandize, as af every offence forfeit and pay the sun covered and appropriated as is her rected; and, moreover, shall be liabl |