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An Act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of the late John Lenox, of the county of Arkansas, and more effectually to secure the ultimate payment of the debts due from the estate of the said deceased, to the State Bank, and for other purposes. 1844-1855 148 (1844)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsar0067 and id is 1 raw text is: 148 An Act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of the late John Lenox, of the county of Arkansas, and more effectually to se- cure the ultimate payment of the debts due from the estate of the said deceased, to the State Bank, and for other purposes. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Representatives of the said deceased surplus proceeds among creditors. authorized to keep his negroes, &c., 4. Financial Receiver and Attorney of on the plantation left by him, to cul- the Branch Bank at the Post of Ar- . tivate It, and pay his debts. kansas, may suspend calls on the 2. To dispose of the crops at discretion debt due said bank by said estate for -and make annual settlement with two years, &c. the probate court-character of in- 5. Said bank debt not to be barred by ventory-when to be filed. any statute-In force from passage. 3. Judge of probate court to distribute SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the administratrix or other legal representative or re- presentatives of John Lenox deceased, late of the county of Arkansas, be, and they are hereby authorized to keep the negroes and other pro- perty of the estate of said deceased, on the plantation upon which they were left by him, and to employ them in the onilivation and im- provement of said plantation, in such manner as they may believe best calculated to enhance the value of said property, and enable thern in the shortest time, out of the proceeds of the crops, to pay off the debts and incumbrances of said estate. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said legal representative or representatives shall sell or dispose of the annual crops of cotton rais- ed on said plantation, and so much of the corn and other products as may not be necessary for the use of the plantation, and family of the deceased, at such time and place, and upon such terms, as to them shall seem best calculated to promote the interest of said estate, and soonest enable them to pay off the debts of the estate out of the proceeds; and shall file annually on the first Monday in January in the office of the clerk of the probate court of the county of Ar- kansas, an inventory of any additional property, which may come to their hands, possession or knowledge, of said estate, together with a true account of any negroes or other property which may have been lost or destroyed and a settlement under oath, containing a true account of the crop sold, and the amount received or due for the same. The amount expended in the hire of overseers, the payment of physicians, mechanics and other necessary expenses, and a list of the debts proved or allowed against such estate, with the amount paid and still due. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the judge of the court of probate of the county of Arkansas, shall examine each settlement so filed, and ascertain the amount in tne hands of said administratrix, or other legal representative or representatives of said estate, after the pay- ment of said expenses, and after appropriating a sufficient additional sum for the necessary support of the family of said deceased, shall order the payment pro rata of the debts of said estate due. Suc. 4. And be itfurther enacted, That the financial receiver and

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