persons shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not
exceeding fifty dollars, and moreover may be imprisoned at the
discretion not exceeding two months.

6. Be it further enacted that if any white persons for pay or
compensation, shall assemble with any slaves for the purpose of
teaching and shall teach any slave to read or write, such persons or
any white person or persons contracting with such teacher so to act,
who shall offend as aforesaid, shall for each offence, be fined at
the discretion of a jury in a sum not less than ten nor exceeding
one hundred dollars, to be recovered on an information or
indictment. Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1831, p. 107.

I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia that no slave,
free Negro or mulatto, whether he shall have been ordained or
licensed or otherwise, shall hereafter undertake to preach, exhort
or conduct or hold any assembly or meeting, for religious or other
purposes, either in the day time or at night; and any slave, free
Negro or mulatto so offending shall for every such offence be
punished with stripes at the discretion of any justice of the peace,
not exceeding 39 lashes; and any person desiring so to do, shall
have authority without any previous written precept or otherwise, to
apprehend any such offender and carry him before such justice.

II. Any slave, free Negro or mulatto who shall hereafter attend any
preaching, meeting or other assembly, held or pretended to be held
for religious purposes, or other instruction, conducted by any
slave, free Negro or mulatto preacher, ordained or otherwise; any
slave who shall hereafter attend any preaching in the night time
although conducted by a white minister, without a written permission