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[No. 370.] AN ACT
For the relief of Mrs. Miriam M. Rattenberry.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly con-
vened, That Miriam M. Rattenberry be, and she is hereby
declared able and capable in law, of taking by descent,
distribution or in any other lawful manner, th- estate
of her late brother, Rowland M. Lake, in the same manner
as if he had not been an alien, and as if she had not been
an alien: Provided, That nothing herein contained, shall
be construed to the prejudice of the rights of the creditor
of the said estate.
SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That the State of Alabama
does relinquish and grant to the said Miriam M. Rattenberry
all right, title and interest in and to the estate of the said
Rowland M. Lake, which now exists or might vest in the
State by virtue of the law regulating- esebeats, and that
said Miriam M. Rattenberry is hereby authorized and en-
titled to receive, take and hold all the estate of her late
brother, the said Rowland M., saving, always the rights of
creditors, as hereinbefore provided for.
SEc. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws conflicting
with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby
repealed, as far as regards this act.
APPROVED, January 9, 1858.
[No. 371.] AN ACT
For the relief of the estate of Albert Russell deceased.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly con-
vened, That the court of probate of Madison county shall be,
and is hereby empowered, for good cause shown, to author-
ize Martha J. Russell, as administratrix of the estate of
Albert Russell, late of said county, deceased, or her success-
ors in said administeation, to keep the estate of said decedent,
together, for a further period, not exceeding six years from
the first day of January, 1858, and to cultivate with the
slaves of said estate, the plantation in said county belonging
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