The capture of a fugitive slave517
The capture of a fugitive slave517. If a man has caught either a male or female runaway slave in theopen field and has brought him back to his owner, the owner of the slaveshall give him two shekels of silver
The capture of a fugitive slaves 18. If such a slave will not name his owner, his captor shall bring himto the palace, where he shall be examined as to his past and returned to
The capture of a fugitive slave519. If the captor has secreted that slave in his house and afterward thatslave has been caught in his possession, he shall be put to death
The capture of a fugitive slaves 20. If the slave has fled from the hands of his captor, the latter shallswear to the owner of the slave and he shall be free from blame
$21. If a man has broken into a house he shall be killed before the breachnd buried there
Highway robberyS 22. If a man has committed highway robbery and has been caught, thatman shall be put to death
Highway robberys 23. If the highwayman has not been caught, the man that hasrobbed shall state on oath what he has lost and the city or districternor in whose territory or district the robbery took place shall restore tohim what he has lost
Highway robberyS 24. If a life[has been lost), the city or district govemor shall pay onemina of silver to the deceased's relatives
Theft at a fireS 25. If a fire has broken out in a man's house and one who has come toput it out has coveted the property of the householder and appropriatedany of it, that man shall be cast into the self-same fire
Duties and privileges of an officer over the levyS 26. If a levy- master, or warrant-officer, who has been detailed on thekings service, has not gone, or has hired a substitute in his place, thatevy-master, or warrant-officer, shall be put to death and the hired sub-titute shall take his office
Duties and privileges of an officer over the levys 27. If a levy-master, or warrant-officer, has been assigned to garrisonduty, and in his absence his field and garden have been given to anotherwho has carried on his duty, when the absentee has returned and re-gained his city, his field and garden shall be given back to him and heshall resume his duty
Rights and duties of an officials sonS 28. If a levy-master, or warrant-officer, has been assigned to garrisonduty, and has a son able to carrv on his official duty, the field and gardenshall be given to him and he shall carry on his father's duty
Rights and duties of an official's sonS 29. If the son be a child and is not able to carrv on his father, s dutvone-third of the field and garden shall be given to his mother to educatehim.
Penalty for neglect of an officials beneficeS 30. If such an official has neglected the care of his field, garden,orhouse, and let them go to waste, and if another has taken his field,garden, or house, in his absence, and carried on the duty for three years,if the absentee has returned and would cultivate his field, garden, orhouse, it shall not be given him; he who has taken it and carried on theduty connected with it shall continue to do so
Penalty for neglect of an official's benefice5 31. If for one year only he has let things go to waste and he has re-turned, his field, garden, and house shall be given him, and he himselfshall carry on his duty.
An officials ransom, if capturedS 32. If such an official has been assigned to the kings service(and cap-tured by the enemy) and has been ransomed by a merchant and helpedto regain his city, if he has had means in his house to pay his ransom, hehimself shall do so. If he has not had means of his own he shall beransomed by the temple treasury. If there has not been means in thetemple treasury of his city, the state will ransom him. His field, garden,house shall not be given for his ransom.
Duties of district governorss33. If either a governor or a prefect has appropriated to his own use thein his place, that govemor, or prefect, shall be put to daag ed substitutecorvee, or has accepted and sent on the king's service a
Governors not to oppress subordinatesS34. If either a governor, or a prefect, has appropriated the property of aevy-master, has hired him out, has robbed him by high-handedness at atrial, has taken the salary which the king gave to him, that governor, orprefect, shall be put to death
The benefice of a levy- master, warrant-officer, or tributaryinalienable535. If a man has bought from a levy-master the sheep, or oxen, whichhe ng gave him, he shall lose his money
The benefice of a levy- master warrant-officer or tributarynaenaes 36. The field, garden, or house, of a levy-master, warrant-officer,orributarv shall not be sold
The benefice of a levy-master, warrant-officer, or tributaryinalienable$37. If a man has bought ficld, garden, or house, of a levy-master,awarrant-officer, or tributary. his title-dced shall be destroved and heshall lose his money. He shall return the field. garden or house to itsowner
Not to be bequeathed to an official s familys38. A levy-master, warrant-officer, or tributary, shall not bequeath any-thing from the field, garden, or house of his benefice to his wife ordaughter, nor shall he give it for his debt
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