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An Act to exempt from road duty, on certain conditions, all male Slaves on the Island of Ossabaw. 1822 110 (1822)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0150 and id is 1 raw text is: Slaveft,.. SLAVES.. AN ACT 1o repeal so much of any acts at present'of force in this State a,- subjects Slaves of the county of Chatham to work on the public Roads of Uryan, and to regulate tire futur; road lab, r of such Slaves. W irtuxms, by divers acts of the General Assembly of this state, certain slaves belonging to inhabitants of the county of Chathain have been and now are subject to perform road work on the Ogechee cause- way and other public roads of Bryan county ; and it having becomue u .necessary that such-slaves should still he so subject Be it therefor enacted bylie Senate and House of Representataes rf th State of Georgia in General .1sacmibty met, and it is kercby enacted by the ailuority Pf te same, That all laws and parts of laws heietofore enacted, so far as they require any slaves of the county of Chatharn to work on the causeways and public roads of Bryan county, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 2. .And be it further enacted by the authority 'afresaid, That from and after the passage of this act, all slaves of the coun;ty of Chatham, hitherto liable to perform road work in the county of Bryan, shall be and they are hereby declared to ce liable to such work in the public roads of Chatham county, under the present existing laws. ALLEN DANIEL, ,pieaker of the House of Representatives. MATTHEW TALiiOT, President of the Senate. sstiWene to Decemhr 1,.1W2. JOHN CLARK, Governor. AN ACT 1o exempt rom roa6 duty, on certain conditions, all male Slaves o the Island of Ossabaw. WHiERErAS, all male slaves on the Island of Ossabaw are required to perform road duty on the main:

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