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An Act to authorize Celia Burgess, a free woman of colour, to emancipate her daughter Fanny. 1828 93 (1828)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0108 and id is 1 raw text is: Perteot shall enter into bnd, in good and sufficient securi- tv, mide pavable to the Governr few thti being .I'd his on Cl er sltecessors in office, in the sun of twelve hundred d Hir, tond to be appi oved of by the judge of the county court of Tus- ciodooa counTy ; ani also, the sAd Zadock Love in a shini- lar oond. of the sam e amount, conditioned, in ench ise, that the slaves, by this act emancipted, shall never become chargeabl to the state of Alabama, or any county, cit., or town thereof. Approved, Jniary 14, 18., AN ACT Tn sucoI~ora Za1charlish IIiul~y to (11ancipa~llt ecrin slaves iterei nameid, I f; lie it ernactedh the o'enate andl House of Rpren- tatihs of I he State uif Alaboma in (Ineral Axiinbiy emenied. Thit Zachariah Holly be, and he is hereby authorized and tlo.ia, Net. empowered to emantipate and foever free fion, slavery & and bondage certain sla es, to wit: Maria, Nelly, and Nel- ly's two children, Mat !a and Nelon, and their offspring, the property of said Zadhariah Holly, so soon as he shall hil e executed to the judge of the county court of Perry nnd to be rounty and his successors in office, a bond with sufficient given sevcuity , to be appro, ed of by said judge, conditioned that said sla es sh'll not become chargeable to the State of Ala- bama or any county or town therein: Provided, That noth. ing herein contained shall be so construed as to prejudice the creditors of said Zachariah Holly. Approved, Janucry 16, 1829. A N ACT To change the oame of, and legitimate a certain person therein namined. Sectim I . le it enactefid by the Senate and loise f lf Repreih-. ltates of Ii State of .1/ab,,na in General A iembly cowvened, That John Preston Farrar, the natural child of Elias E. J. 1. Parror byrn, be and the same i' hereby legitimated, and made ca- gitinat'd puble in law of inheriting the estate of the said ElIns E. Byrn in as full and ample a manner as if tile said John Preston Farrar had been born in lawful wedlock. Sic. 2 Andhe itfirther enacted, That the name ofsaid Name chan. John Preston Farrar shall hereafter be called and known e to Dy rIl by the name of John Preaton Byrn. Approved, January 29, 1829. AN ACT To authorize Celia llurgess a free woman of colour to emancipate her daughter Faruny. Section 1. 13e it enactedby th' Senate and 1House of Urepresen- totiveS of ehe State of Alabama.in Ceneral dsgimblu convened, That Celia Burgess, a free woman of colour, of the coul ty of Tuscaloa, be, and she is hereby authorizrd to emanci- pate acertain female slave by the name of Fanny, daghter of said Celia, upon condition that said Celia Burgess shall execite to the judge of the county court of Tuscaloosa county and his successors in office, bond with approved se- curity in the sun of one thousand dollars, conditioned that aqid slavc Fany shall never beconi a public charge to the

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