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AN ACT <
Tb iater or imentl so act, paqsed December the Wd, 1822,'entitled.
I An act to establish a public road from the hous6 of John Gandy, in
Morgan county, to Baltimore or.Morgan's'iprings in Blount county.
Section 1. le it enacted by the Senate and Hotse of Rep-i
res:entatives of the stat pf flabama in General Assembly con.
-vened, That Abraham Stout and his associates, be, and they
are hereby authorised to erect two turnpike gates at some
convenient. place on the road established by the above recit-
ed act should they conceive it their interest so to do, provided
they shall receive no more than half the amount of toll agree
&bIle to the rates prescribod in the fourth section of said act.
Sec.P. .Ind be it further enacted, That if any person shall
pass round said gate or gates with intent to avoid the pay-
inent of the toll, he or she shall for every 'such offence, for-
feit and pay to the said Abraham Stout and his associates
the sumo of five dollars,to be recovered before any justice of
the peace, with legal costs for the same, in lieu of the forfeit.
ure prescribed in the fourth section of the above recited act.-
(Approved, December'18, 1824.)
AN ACT
To authorise Mary Ann Kennedy to emancipate a certain slave therein
named.
Section 1. Be it enarted by the Senate and House of Represen.
tutives of the state of Alabata in General Assembly convened,
That Mary Ann Kennedy be, and she is hereby, authorised
to emancipate a certain negro man slave named Joshua, oth-
er wise called Joshua Thernion, on condition that said Mary
Ann Kennedy enter into bond with good and sufficient se-
curity, to be ipproved of by the judge of the county court
of Franklin county, payable to the Governor of the state and
1;is successors in office, in the penal sum of one thousand
dollars, conditioned that said Joshua shall never become a
public charge to any county, town, city, or parish within
the state of Alabama.
(Approved, December 14, 1824.)
AN ACT
For the emancipation of slaves Gcorge'and Sarh.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen.
Iatives of the state of labiama in General .qssenbl/ convened.
That George and Sarah, slaves of Thomas Wright, be, and
they are hereby emancipated and set free from slavery, say-
ing however the rights of creditors, and on the express con-
dition that the said Thomas Wright enter into bond with
security in the penal sum of one thousand dollars to be ap-
proved by the judge of the county court of Greene, to be
filed in the office of the secretary of state, and made payable
to the Governor for the time being, and his successors in of-
fice, conditioned, that the said Thomas Wright shall main-
tain said slaves George and Sarah, and that they or either of
them shall never become a charge to any county within thia,
state. [Approved, Decenther 20, 1824,]](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsal0055&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)