"nor on his arms, the bed and bedding and wearing apparel of himself or his family."

  "Section 3. Every pedler or hawker is expressly forbidden by this act from selling, or causing to be sold, or from delivering or causing to be delivered, to any slave or slaves, with or without the permission of his or their master, any kind of arms or ammunition whatever, under the penalty a fine of five hundred dollars, or one year imprisonment, at the discretion of the court before whom the said prosecution shall be instituted, either by indictment or otherwise, and the fines which may be recovered by virtue of this section, shall be for the benefit of the territory, and paid to the treasurer of the same. [Pg. 226]

   "Section 5. If any pedler or hawker shall sell any species of spirituous liquors, arms or ammunition whatever, to any negro, or if any such trader shall purchase any poultry, stock, or article of any description, from any slave, without the consent of his master, mistress or overseer, of said slave, such pedler or hawker, on conviction of the same, before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be rendered incapable of receiving a license thereafter, and forfeit goods and chattels found in his possession, one half to state and one half to the informer. [Pg. 227]

"Section 29. In case of seizure for payment of taxes, no distress shall be made on the tools or other utensils necessary to the profession of the person subject to taxation, nor on his arms, the bed and bedding and wearing apparel of himself or his family." [Pg. 459]

[A GENERAL DIGEST OF THE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF LOUISIANA: PASSED FROM THE YEAR 1804, TO 182,7 INCLUSIVE, AND IN FORCE AT THIS LAST PERIOD, WITH AN APPENDIX AND GENERAL INDEX. BY L. MOREAU LISLET, ESQ. Counsellor at Law. PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE. VOL. II. NEW-ORLEANS: PRINTED BY BENJAMIN LEVY, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, CORNER OF CHARTRES AND BIENVILLE STREETS. 1828.