07, "_An Act for the Introduction of Negroes and Mulattoes into_"
the territory was passed.

"Sec. 1. That it shall and may be lawful for any person being the
owner or possessor of any negroes or mulattoes of and above the
age of fifteen years, and owning service and labor as slaves in
any of the States or territories of the United States, or for any
citizens of the said States or territories purchasing the same to
bring the said negroes and mulattoes into this territory.

"Sec. 2. The owners or possessors of any negroes or mulattoes as
aforesaid, and bringing the same into this territory, shall,
within thirty days after such removal, go with the same before
the clerk of Court of Common Pleas of proper county, and in
presence of said clerk the said owner or possessor shall
determine and agree to, and with his or her negro or mulatto,
upon the term of years which the said negro or mulatto will and
shall serve his or her said owner or possessor, and the clerk
shall make a record.

"Sec. 3. If any negro or mulatto removed into this territory as
aforesaid shall refuse to serve his or her owner as aforesaid, it
shall and may be lawful for such person, within sixty days
thereafter, to remove the said negro or mulatto to any place [to]
which by the laws of the United States or territory from whence
such owner or possessor may [have come] or shall be authorized to
remove the same. (As quoted in Phoebe v. Jay, Breese, Ill. R.,
208.)

"Sec. 4. An owner failing to act as required in the preceding
sections should forfeit all claim and right to the service of
such negro or mulatto.

"Sec. 5. Declares that any person removing into this territory
and being the owner or possessor of any negro or mulatto as
aforesaid, under the age of fifteen years, or if any person shall
hereafter acquire a property in any negro or mulatto under the
age aforesaid, and who shall bring them into this territory, it
shall and may be lawful for such person, owner, or possessor to
hold the said negro to service or labor--the males until they
arrive at the age of thirty-five, and females until they arrive
at the age of thirty-two years.

"Sec. 6. Provides that any person removing any negro or mulatto
into this territory under the authority of the preceding
sections