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An Act to provide for the sale of Lands and Slaves at the towns of Courtland and Toscumbia, in certain cases. 1823 114 (1823)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0037 and id is 1 raw text is: 114 Section 1. BHe it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep. Vroperty resentaltirs of the State of dlabauma, in General .1sembly not e coll neld, That hereafter no property which timai be acquiir- for the ed by Cinthia Johnson (so long as l may Iive separate debtsoflier rind riap from Jesse Jolson. her lutsband) shall be taken to satisfy any debis which have been, or,hereafter may be, contracted by Jesse Johison, her husband. ay u Sec. 2. iAd be it furthicr rnacid. That the said Cinthia c.as Iue Johnson. so lonas she remains separatenndapart from feme sole. her said husband. shall he able and capible in law of suing and being sned. in the same manner as a femne sole, in any court of law or equity within I his slate. (A pp-rovedl, Dec'. 17, 12. AN ACT To alter the name of, and legitimate a certain person therein rmined. Section I . Be it enacted by the Senate and House ,f lNcp- rcsentatives of the State of Alabama, in Geintrd J,heid/!y convened, That from amd after the passage of this nti. the niame of Matilda Sluitfell, be changed to that of i'rdill!a Proslar. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid Matildn, tlhc natural child of Anihony Preslar is ierby legitimated. (Approved, Dec. 9, 1823.) AN ACT To provide for the sale of Lands and Slaves at the towns of ('ourtland and Ttiscumbia, in certain cases Preamble. Whereas, from the peculiar situation of th scttlements in the county of Lawrence in this state, it is often projudivial to the interest of both deblors and cmreditors, that lands and slives taken in execution in raid county and ly ing and be- ing in the iorthrern parts thereof, sould he exposed to sile at the court-house in said countv. Sheriff to Section 1. Bc it enacted /g I& Sewtic and House of Rep- pell lai & i-reseiatives of thc Siote of .4lahuma. in Genral Assemd Slavsi, 'convenfd, That it -hall lie thc dat) of (te shterilffor coroner wi thincer- of said cointy of Lawrence, fromi and afner the first day vf tain limits, Jntiary next, to ex pose to sale all lands which may it at Court- levietd on by executtion lyinr 111( being in said count'y if ld Lawrnce. and noth1 of the line which divides towuishps n1ubiher five an1d six, and all aes which llay he tak;n in exeultionl helol!giig to deetWidants residing, in -aiil county and north of the line aforesaid, on file puble sqoare ill the town of Courtland int said couiity of' Lawnm ce, on the salc da sin Cal I month flow prescribed by law, after having ad- vertised the tiic and place of sale according to law. Sec. 2. .And be it further enacted, That so nuch of the Repeal. second section of an act, entited An act concerning exc- cutions and sales by sheriffs, and for other purposes, passed at Cahawba on the twentieth December, one thouband

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