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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0264 and id is 1 raw text is: [No. 120.] AN ACT
For the Relief of Africa Rountroe.
Section 1. Ie it enacted b** the Snate and House of Represen-
tatives of the State of dia>a ma, in General Assembly convened,
That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for
Africa Rountree, of the county of Morgan, to take, receivc, hold P
and enjoy, by purchase, gift or inheritance, any property, cither Prvleges.
real or personal, free from the hindrance, molestation or control of
her husband, Thomas 1. Rountree, and the same to dispose of by
will, gift or sale, in the same manner as if she were a fene sole:
Provided, that the provisions of this act, shall apply only to such Proviso.
property as she shall acquire by her own 'crtions, or from other
persons than her husband, and shall not operate to the prejudice
of existing creditors, as to the property heretofore acquired.
Approved, December 11, 18'10.
[No. 121.] AN ACT
To Divorce Sarah A. Jones, from her Husband, Jonathan Jones.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen
latives of the State of Alabama, in General .Assembly convened,
That in conformity with a decree of the chancery court, held at
Columbiana, in the county of Shelby, the twenty-first of October, Divorce.
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty, the bonds of matri-
mony heretofore subsisting betwen Sarah A. Jones, and her hus-
band, Jonathan Jones, be, and the same are hereby dissolved, and
annulled; and the said Sarah A. Jones, is hereby divorced from her
husband, Jonathan Jones, and restored to all the rights and privi-
leges of an unmarried woman.
Approved, November 25, 1840.
[No. 122.] AN ACT
For the benefit of Robert Mitchell.
Section. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houseqf Represen-
tatives of the State of .dlabama in Generaldssembly convened,
That the Comptroller of Public Accounts be authorized to issue
his warrant on the treasurer for the sum of six hundred and sixty-
two dollars and fifty cents, in favor of Robert Mitchell, out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; it being the one
half of the assessed value of a negro slave, Jesse, exc'Ited by the
sheriff of Coosa county, in pursuance of the sentence of a compe-
tent court.
Approved, January 9, 1841.
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