Sec. 2. "_And whereas_ it has been found by experience, that the act, intituled, _An act to prevent the exportation of slaves, and for other purposes_, has not produced all the good effects expected therefrom," any one exporting a slave to Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, or the West Indies, without license, shall forfeit L100 for each slave exported and L20 for each attempt. Sec. 3. Slaves to be tried by jury for capital offences. _Laws of Delaware_ (ed. 1797), p. 942, ch. 194 b. ~1789, May 13. Congress (House): Proposed Duty on Slaves Imported.~ A tax of $10 per head on slaves imported, moved by Parker of Virginia. After debate, withdrawn. _Annals of Cong._, 1 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 336-42. ~1789, Sept. 19. Congress (House): Bill to Tax Slaves Imported.~ A committee under Parker of Virginia reports, "a bill concerning the importation of certain persons prior to the year 1808." Read once and postponed until next session. _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 1 Cong. 1 sess. I. 37, 114; _Annals of Cong._, 1 Cong. 1 sess., pp. 366, 903. ~1790, March 22. Congress (House): Declaration of Powers.~ See above, pages 82-83. ~1790, March 22. New York: Amendment of Act of 1788.~ "An Act to amend the act entitled 'An act concerning slaves.'" "Whereas many inconveniences have arisen from the prohibiting the exporting of slaves from this State. Therefore "_Be it enacted_ ..., That where any slave shall hereafter be convicted of a crime under the degree of a capital offence, in the supreme court, or the court of oyer and terminer, and general gaol delivery, or a court of general sessions of the peace within this State, it shall and may be lawful to and for the master or mistress to cause such slave to be transported out of this State," etc. _Laws of New York, 1789-96_ (ed. 1886), p. 151. ~1792, May. Connecticut: Act of 1788 Strengthened.~ "An Act in addition to an Act, entitled 'An Act to prevent the Slave Trade.'" This provided that persons directly or indirectly aiding or assisting in slave-trading should be fined L100. All notes, bonds, mortgages, etc., of any kind, made or executed in payment for any slave imported contrary to this act, are declared null and void. Persons removing from the State might carry away their slaves. _Acts and Laws of Connecticut_ (ed. 1784), pp. 412-3. ~1792, Dec. 17. Virginia: Revision of Acts.~ "An Act to reduce into one, the several acts concerning slaves, free negroes, and mulattoes." Sec. 1. "_Be it enacted_ ..., That no persons shall henceforth be slaves within this commonwealth, except such as were so on the seventeenth day of October," 1785, "and the descendants of the females of them." Sec. 2. "Slaves which shall hereafter be brought into this commonwealth, and kept therein one whole year together, or so long at different times as shall amount to one year, shall be free."