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An Act to be entitled an act to manumit and set free from slavery Sophia, a person of colour, the property of Eli Fenn, and to give her a name. 1831 225 (1831)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0228 and id is 1 raw text is: as, by such requisition, they are hot only subjected to much. inconvenience, but ex)osed to great hazard. Sec. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the autheirity of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for all owners of male slaves on the Island of St. Catharine, either to perform ioad dutyin conformity to the laws now in force, or to commute for the performance of such duty, by paying for each male slave liable to work on the public roads the sum of three dollars per annum. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the owners or ma-, nagers of such slaves shall be summoned in the manner pointed out by the law regulating roads in the county of Liberty, and on refusing to deliver to the person summoning a list of such slaves, or neglecting to perform the duty en- joined, or to commute for their labor, shall be subjected to all the pains and penalties which the existing road laws inflict. Sec. 3. And be it furihr enacted, That all fines which may be incurred under this act, shall be paid into the bands of the Commissioners of the road district where the labor of such slave may be apportioned, to be by them applied to the use of such road district-any law to the contrary notwith- standing. ASBURY RULL,. Speaker of the House of Representatives.- THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate. Assented to, Dec. 26, 1831. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. AN ACT to be entitled an act to manumit and set free from slavery Sophia, a person of colour, the property of Eli Fenn, and to give her a name. .Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it ts hereby enactedby the authority of the same, That from and (Lawe -ofl188.4, 14- 225 SLAVES.

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