Chap. 17.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the 9th section of chapter
103 of the Code of Virginia for 1860. defining a Mulatto, providing for
the punishment of Otfences by Colored Persons, and for the admission
of their Evidence in Legal Investigations; and to repeal all Laws in
relation to Slaves and Slavery, and for other purposes.

Passed February 27, 1806

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That every per-
son having one-fourth or more of negro blood, shall be
deemed a colored person, and every person, not a colored
person, having one-fourth or more of Indian blood, shall be
deemed an Indian.

2, All laws in respect to crimes and punishments, and in
respect to criminal proccedings, applicable to white persons,
shall apply in like manner to colored persons and to Indians,
unless when it is otherwise specially provided.

3. The following acts and parts of acts are hereby re-
pealed, namely : All acts and parts of acts relating to slaves
and slavery; chapter one hundred and seven of the Code of
eighteen hundred and sixty, relating’to free negroes; chapter
two hundred of said Code, relating to offences by. negroes
chapter two hundred and twelve of said Code, relating to
proceedings against negroes; chapter ninety-eight of ‘said
Code, relating to patrols; sections twenty-five to forty-seven,
both inclusive, of chapter one hundred and ninety-two of
said Code; sections twenty-six to thirty, both inclusive, and
sections thirty -three to thirty- seven, both inclusive, of chap-
ter one hundred and ninety- eight of said Code; the fifth
aragraph, as enumerated in section two of chapter two
hundred and three of said Code; all acts and parts of acts
imposing on negroes the penalty of stripes, where the same
penalty is not imposed on white persons; and all other acts
and parts of acts inconsistent with this act.
. This act shall be in force trom its passage.

Chap. 17.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the 9th section of chapter
103 of the Code of Virginia for 1860. defining a Mulatto, providing for
the punishment of Otfences by Colored Persons, and for the admission
of their Evidence in Legal Investigations; and to repeal all Laws in
relation to Slaves and Slavery, and for other purposes.

Passed February 27, 1806

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That every per-
son having one-fourth or more of negro blood, shall be
deemed a colored person, and every person, not a colored
person, having one-fourth or more of Indian blood, shall be
deemed an Indian.

2, All laws in respect to crimes and punishments, and in
respect to criminal proccedings, applicable to white persons,
shall apply in like manner to colored persons and to Indians,
unless when it is otherwise specially provided.

3. The following acts and parts of acts are hereby re-
pealed, namely : All acts and parts of acts relating to slaves
and slavery; chapter one hundred and seven of the Code of
eighteen hundred and sixty, relating’to free negroes; chapter
two hundred of said Code, relating to offences by. negroes
chapter two hundred and twelve of said Code, relating to
proceedings against negroes; chapter ninety-eight of ‘said
Code, relating to patrols; sections twenty-five to forty-seven,
both inclusive, of chapter one hundred and ninety-two of
said Code; sections twenty-six to thirty, both inclusive, and
sections thirty -three to thirty- seven, both inclusive, of chap-
ter one hundred and ninety- eight of said Code; the fifth
aragraph, as enumerated in section two of chapter two
hundred and three of said Code; all acts and parts of acts
imposing on negroes the penalty of stripes, where the same
penalty is not imposed on white persons; and all other acts
and parts of acts inconsistent with this act.
. This act shall be in force trom its passage.