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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0506 and id is 1 raw text is: 1857-'58 282
[No. 260.] AN ACT
To authorize Robert T. Dade to transfer certain slaves to
Henry C. Mitchell, a minor.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives of the State qf Alabama in General Assembly con-
vened, That Robert T. Dade, administrator of the estate of
Jacob Mitchell, late of the county of Mobile, deceased, be,
and he is hereby authorized to deliver to Henry C. Mitchell,
one of the heirs of said Jacob Mitchell, the slaves alloted
to Henry C. Mitchell on the division of said estate.
SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That said Henry C.
Mitchell be, and be is hereby authorized to receive said
memovesaver. slaves from said administrator, to receipt therefor, and to
remove the said slaves to the State of Mississippi, as fully
as if he were twenty-one years of age; and that the deliv-
ery of said slaves to him by said Robert T. Dade, and his
receipt therefor, be a full and effectual discharge of the said
Robert T. Dade, as administrator aforesaid, from further ac-
counting for said slaves: Provided, however, That this act
shall in no wise be construed to affect the liability of the
said Robert T. Dade, as administrator aforesaid, to account
to said Henry C. Mitchell for any property, moniesor effects
to which said Henry C. may be entitled as one of the dis-
tributees of said estate, other than the slaves aforesaid.
APPROVED, January 14, 1858.
[No. 261.] AN ACT
To authorize L. V. Underwood to hire out the slaves of
his wards, in certain counties in Mississippi.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the &'eate and House of ]ep-
resentatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly con-
vened, That from and after the passage of this act, L. V.
Underwood, guardian of the minor heirs of William T.
Harwell, deceased, be, and he is hereby authorized in his
discretion, to hire out the slaves belonging to his said wards
in the counties of Kemper, Noxubee, or Lauderdale in the
State of Mississippi : Provided, That the securities on the
guardian bonds of said Underwood, shall consent in writing](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsal0506&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)