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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0172 and id is 1 raw text is: htlo. 92.] AN ACT
To establishd a it oad therein named.
Section 1. Be i enacted by the Senate atnd House of'Re-
presentatives of jthe ute qf Aluania in General Assembly
convened, That Clement Billingslie, 13. B. Lamar, Willis. At- comnv'rs to
kins, Henry Lucas, Green Wood and Thomas M. Cowles bc laY out road.
and they are hereby appointed commissioners, or a majority of
them, to mark and lay out a road, the nearest arid best route
from the Line creek road, commencing at or near Killerease's
creek, and crossing the Tallapoosa river at the old Augusta fer-
ry; thence to Buck's bridge on Hachanuha creek; thence to
the Tickabatcha town, in ''alilaponsa county.
Sec. 2. And be i/ further enacled, That before the said oIIeI or com-
commissioners enter upon the dischlrge of their duties herein missioners.
assigned them, they shall take and subscribe to the following
oath, to wit: I do solemnly swear, ihat I will truly and faith-
itlly, to the best of my judgment, mark out a road agrecably to
the first section of this act, and report the same to the commis-
sioners of roads and revenub for Montgomery county.
See. 3. And be i/fiurther enacted, That the judge of the Overseer.
county court and commissioners of roads and revenue shall, on
the receipt of the report of the said commissioners, appoint an
overseer to open the same, who shall be governed in all cases,
by the laws now in force, in opening new roads.
Approved, January 16, 1834.
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[No. 92.] AN 1CT
To authorize William 1'ilson to cmanacipate certain slaves therein named.
Section 1. le it enacted by the Yenate and louse of Rle-
presentatives of the State qfl A./labamu in General dssenbly
convened, That WVilliam Wilson, of the coonty of D)allas, he (n oditinq or
and he is hereby lauthorized to emancipate and set free a cer- einillieipatioii
tain male slave named Jim, and a certain female slave named
Livina, on condition that the said slaves shall remove, within
one year, beyond the limits of this State, never more to return.
Sec. 2. And be itfurther enacted, That if the said slaves Pennty for
dhall return within the limits of this State, after they shall he returiig.
to removed and emancipated, they shall be apprehended by
the sheriff of the county where they may be found, and by him
advertised and sold as slaves for life; and the proceeds of such
sale, after paying all necessary expenses, shall he paid into the
county treasury of the county where they shall be sold.
See. 3. And he it further enacted, That in case the said Rights ofre-
Wilson shall so emancipate the said slaves, it shall in no wise itor, savest
prejudice the rights of any creditor or creditors of him the said
Wilson, but they shall be subject to. be sold to pay any and all
of his just debts. Approved, January 16, 1834,](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsal0172&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)