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An Act for the benefit of Shadrac, Sampson, Joel, James, and David Dickinson, of Clark county, Arkansas, minor heirs. 1852-1853 310 (1852)

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An act for the benefi. of Shadrac, Sampson, Joel, James, and David
Dickinson, of Clark county, Arkansas, minor heirs.
SECTION                        SECTION
1. Authorizes guardian of said minors  hiring was done in good faith, and
to hire out slaves of said minore,  for the interests of said minors.
until each of them arrive at 21 years 3. Act to take effect and be in force
of age.                        from its passage.
2. Said guardian to take oath that the
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
Arkansas, That Henry K. Hardy the present guardian of said mi-
nor heirs, be permitted to hire out the slaves of said minors, on the
first day of January in each year, till said minors, and each of them,
shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years.
SEc. 2. Be it jfIrther enacted, That said guardian shall render an
account of the hiring of said slaves, under oath, that the hiring was
done in good faith, and as he believes, for the interest of said
minors.               0
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and
after its passage.
Approved 11th January, 1853.
An act for the relief of William K. Inglish and Finis Leech, of
Saline County.
SECTION                        SECTION
1. Directs swamp land commissioners swamp land scrip, for services in
to pay Win. K. Inglish, $2 per day,  reviewing and locating land in cer-
and to Fins Leach $3 per day ij  tain counties named.
WHEREAS, William K. Inglish, as locating agent, and Finis
Leech, as surveyor, located the swamp and overflowed lands, in
the counties of Saline, Hot Spring, and Dallas, under the direction
of the Swamp Land Commissioners, and in accordance with in-
structions, and were paid therefor, but the locations were rejected
by the Surveyor General; And whereas, Under the directions of
the Swamp Land Commissioners, said Inglish and Leech reviewed
and corrected said locations and were employed in said review
about sixty days, for which they have been paid nothing; Where-
as, Also, said English as agent, and said Leach, as surveyor, loca-
ted the swamp and overflowed lands for Clark, Montgomery and
Polk county, under the direction of one of said Commissioners,
which locations were confirmed; but said Commissioners have paid
said Inglish and Leach nothing therefor, though they were engaged
in said work one hundred and eighty days; Therefore,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas.
That the said swamp land commissioners be, and they are hereby

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