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An Act to authorize the sheriff, or coroner of the county of Shelby, to sell lands and slaves levied on by execution, at the town of Montevallo. 1828 30 (1828)

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AN ACT
To amend an sct entitled an act to provide fin* the estahlishment ot
the permanent. scat of justice in the county of Walker, passed the fif.
teenth of January, 1828.
Section I Be it Inarted by the Senate and Ilouse Of Rrenscn-
trivi're's Of I1w Staite qf .111abmna in (eneral Axsentbly convenId,
Repeal    That the proviso to the first section of atn act entitled an
act to provide for the establishment of the permanent seat
of justice in the county of Walker, passed on the fifteenth
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-
Conn'rs to eight, he and the slune is hereby repealed, and that hereafter
select a site the commissioners appointed by the above recited act be
for senat Or and they are hereby authorized to select an eligible site for
jUtice in 7     yae     ~                             IIt
miles of the the seat of justice within seven miles of the center of said
centre    county.
Sec. 2. And be tfurther enacted, That Samuel Thomp-
commis'ers son, Moses Barton and Lamuel Reed, he and they are here-
appointed  by appointed commissioners for the purpose of selecting
some eligible site on the river, and wherever the commis-
sioners aforesaid shall ha.e selected such site, that they
To makere. shall report tite same to the Sherifl of sad county, who
turn of site shall open a poll at each and every election precinct in said
to sleiff, k county, giying at least thirty days notice of the same by ad-
hte yt I   vcrtisementatoneor moreplacesin each captain's company
adv'rtismci't in the county aforesaid.
Sec. 3. And be itfurther enacted, That all the persons en-
who toate titled to vote for members of the General Assembly shall be
entitled to vote for either of the sites so selected; those vot-
ing for the river shall write on their ticket the word River,
and those voting for or near the center shall write on their
ode orvo. ticket the. word Center; and the place gctting the greatest
ting      number of votes shall be the perimaent seat of justice for
the county of Walker.
Sec. 4. And be itfurther enacted, That the comiission-
Commis'ers ers appointed by the act that this is intended to amend, and
when to re. those appointed by this, respectively shall make report of
P.O*t to he- the sites so selected, on or before the first day of March
next, to the Sheriff aforesaid; all laws and parts of laws
contravening the provisions of this be and the same is here-
by repealed.                    A pproved, Jnnuary 29, 1829,
AN ACT
To authrirze the sheriff, or coroner of the county of Shelby, to sell lands
and slaevs ied on by execution, at the town of Mantevallu
Section 1. !e it eiictid by ihe Senate anld House of' flmpwosen-
tatives of'le State o/' .111laadia. in General Assembly COnened,
Sheriff or That from and after die6passage of this act, it shall be. the
coroner in duty of the sheriff or coroner of the county of Shelby, when-
certain cl- ever any lands shall be levied onby them, by virtue of an
ea to Sell execution, lying west of the ridge dividing the Cahawba-'
evaiola  and Coasa vallies, and vest of the Sulpher Springs, to offer
the same for sale at the town of Montevallo, in the street
in front of the Bell Tavern in the same manner, and under
the same regulations that they are now required. to offer
lands for sale at the court-house of said county.

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