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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0017 and id is 1 raw text is: 1820.
Ali Act torko orotate the town of Erie In the ebwa
1.y of Greene
Section 1. Ie t enacted b9 the Snacae and House qfkepreseniaizus of
Crovrd the Staqe of Alabama, in denerat .semablyil convened, ''hat all that
tractof eoitcy siturate on the east bank ol'the Tuscaloosa River in
ran e three cast and township twentyincluding all of the townknown
by the name of Erie agreeably to the plan of the same as adopt4by
thW proprietors thereof, is hereby incorporated and shall be called sLad
known by the name of Erie.
Sec. 2. And be it feithe enacted, Tat James A. Torbert, Thom-
Cotncil. aiHI. IIeradon, Francis T. Gaines, Durret White, Anthony 1. Kisy-
nard. Howell LO Rennon, and ifiram Shortridge be, and the safe aRe
hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name and style of the In-
tendant and Council of the 'Town of Erije, who shall hold their oflice
until the first Monday in, January, ne thoriand'eight hidrcd Opd
Corporate twenty two And the said 'corporation ie hereby endowed with thq
Powcr,. same power,, and privileges, and shall be. s-bject to the same. restdl6.
tions and regulations, anid in ill their rbfetding%, shall be goverimod
in the same manner asis provided forn an actentitled an act to locor-
poratO the town of Montgomery, in the county of. Montgomery, passed
-at Huntsville the third day of December, Anho Domini eightben hun-
dred and nineteen. [Approved, December 18th, 1320.].
An Act to, authorize Lenwel 1ead to emandpAte
a Negro. iun Slave wami'ed lishrmond.
Section 1. BE it entactred by the Senate and Huse of Rercsentatives
of the Staie of Ala!ama in General Assemb y convened, T hat Lemtel
llead, of the Codnty of Madison, be, and he is hereby authorized
and empowered to emancipate a certain ncero man slave called Wich-
mond Richardson, so soon as the said Lemuel Meidd, shall have exe-
cuted to the chief Justice or Chairnan of the county court of Madison
and his successors in office a bond wth sufficient security to be ap-
proved by the county court, conditioned that thesaidlnegro mat Rich-
mopd, commonly called Richmond Richardson, so liberated shall not
becomechargable to this State, or any county or town within the same.
[Approved, Dec. 4th, 1820,]
An Act to authorize !h NC111 . S. Jones and Aleaxaw.
der P. Jones to e anvcipate certaiA saves tuere-
in namieA.
Section 1. BE it enactedby the Senate and I-louse ofRepresentatives
of the State of Alabama in General AssemlY convene, That John
N. S. Jones and Alexander P. Jones of the county of Madison bo and
they are hereby authorized and empowe red to manunit nd set free
a mulatto woman, named Elizabeth, aged forty yearsi; a aluratto girl,
tiamed Evelina, aged thirteen years :a mulatto girl named Arn, aged
six years; and a mulatto child, named Shaudy, aged three years, so
soon as the said John N. S. Jones, and AlexanderP. Jones shall have
executed to the Chief Justice of the county court of Madison county
and hig successors In oflice, a bond with sulticient security, to be ap-
proved of by the County Court; conditioned, that the said slaves,
Elizabeth, Evelina, Ann and Sliandy,or either of them shall never be-
come chargable to the ette ofAlabaia or any County or Torn theto
in. [Approved. Dec. 1*14h. 1820.1](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsal0017&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)