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An Act for the relief of William Harvick, of Monroe county. 1852-1853 273 (1852)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsar0108 and id is 1 raw text is: 273 An act for the relief of William Harvick, of Monroe county. SECTION SECTION 1. Guardian of the heirs of Win. M'Gill with such money. dec'd, of Monroe county, to keep 2. Confirms sale of a slave by said on the farm of his wards, for 10 guardian to Thos. E. Barner, of years, all the slaves of said estate, provided said guardian fle in pro- provided said guardian shall, at the hate court his account current he- probate court held next after first fore 1st May next, and charge him- Monday in Jan'y, in each year, self with the amount for which said make settlement for all money re- slave was sold and interest at 6 per ceived from labor of said slaves, cent, from 1st August, 1851. and said court shall charge himl 3. This act in force from its passage. SECTION. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assseobly oft te State of Arkcaansus, That William Harvick, of' Monroe county, be, and he is hereby, fully authorized and empowered as guardian of the heirs ft law of William McGill, deceased, late 1of said county of Monroe, to keep together on the premises and plantation of his said wards, for the full terin and period of ten years from this date, the negro slaves belonging to said wards; Provided, The said William har- i as such guardian, shall, and will, at the term of the probate court, to be held in and for said county of Monroe, next alter the first Monday in January, in each year, make settlement for all sum or sums of money which he may or shall derive or realize from the labor and service of such slaves, either by the sale of produce raised or made by them, or from the labor of such slaves performed in any other way; And provided further, That such probate court shall charge him with all such sum or sums of money. SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That the sale made by the said William Harvick of a certain negro slave, named Martin, belong- ing to his said wards, to one Thomas E. Barner, of Monroe county, Arkansas, some time during the summer of 1851, be, and the same is hereby, in all things, confirmed, and the same hereby declared to be as lawful and effectual in communicating title to such slave, as if the same had been made under the existing laws of this state; Provided, The said William Harvick shall file, in the probate court of said county of Monroe, his account current of moneys re- ceived and paid out on account of said wards, on or before the :first day of May next, and shall charge himself therein with the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, the consideration money for whidh said slave was sold, and interest on said sum, at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the first day of August, A. D. 1851, when said sale was made, and when said sum came into his hands as such guardian, in lieu of said slave. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved 23d December, 1852. 35

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