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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0170 and id is 1 raw text is: 177 1834
be recovered by any person suing for the same, in any court' -
having cognizance of the same, one half for the use of the in-
former and the other to be paid into the county treasury of the
county in which said town is situated.
Sec. 10. .Ind be it further enacted, That in cese, at any On failure of
time, the intendatnt and council should fail to hold elections un- electi c
der this charter, it may be the duty of any of the citizens residing held.
on the cast side ofthe Coosa, in said town, three in number or
more, to advertise an election for officers; and a council, so elect-
ed, shall be deemed and held equally legal and valid, as ifthey
n ere elected according to the foregoing provisions of this act,
Approved, January 18, 1834.
rNn. 140.) AN ACT
'I'o allow the executors of William Murroll half pay for a slave killed while under
* sentence of death.
Sectqon 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives qf the State of.Alabama in Gene at AIsseibly
convened, That the sum of two hundred and twenty five dol-
lars be and the same is hereby appropriated for a paymentr of
the executors of William Murrell for slave Dave, who was
killed while under sentence of death, and the comptroller is
hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the treasury for the
same, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not other.
wise appropriated. Approved, January 18, 1834.
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iNi. 141.) AN ACT
To ottach the Militia of Sumpter county to the Oth Briande of Alabama Militia.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives of the State ofl abama in General Assembly
convened, That hereafter the militia of Sumpter county be
and the same is hereby attached to the sixth brigade of Alaba-
ma militia. Approved, January 18, 1834.
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[No. 142.] AN AC'
To authorize John t. Sally, George Grisham and Allen Levi to open and make
naviable lig Swain p Creek in I.owudes County.
Section 1. He it enacted by the Senate and Iouse qf Re-
presentatvesof the State qf Alabama in General AIssembly
convened, That John M. Sally, George Grisham and Allen Toll bo- lerl-
Levi be and they are hereby authorized to improve the navi- ed.
gation of Big Swamp creek in Lowndes county, from a point
near Hayneville to its junction with the Alabama river, so as
to make the same navigable for emall keel boats and barges, and
shall be entitled to the sole and exclusive privilege of using the
same for the period of twenty years, and shall be allowed to
charge such toll as shall be allowed by the commissioners court
of roads and revenue for the county of lawndes: Provided,
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