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An Act for the relief of Edmond Gresham of Walton, and Lancelot Johnston of Morgan county. 1834 36 (1834)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0256 and id is 1 raw text is: APPROPRIATIONS. dollars and sixty-nine cents, agreeable to a concurred reso- lution. THOMAS GLASCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB WOOD, President of the Senate. Assented to, 22d December, 1834. WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor. AN ACT for the relief of Edmond Gresham of Walton, and Lancelot Johnston of Morgan county. Whereas, Edmond Gresham and Lancelot Johnston, the former of the county of Walton, and the latter of the county of Morgan, did prosecute and convict Enoch Waters and Nathaniel Simpson of the offence of negro-stealing-at the last terms of the Superior Courts of Walton and Morgan counties, and did lay-out and expend a large amount of money in arresting in the State of Alabama, and bringing to trial and conviction said offenders against the laws; and whereas the good people of this State are all interested, par- ticularly in the prevention of the crime of negro-stealing, by bringing to justice those who violate the laws in this regard; therefore- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the sum of four hundred and thirty-five dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any funds belonging to the State which aic unappropriated, to Edmond Gresham and Lance. lot Johnston, to be divided between them according to the amounts respectively expended by them in arresting, prose- cuting, and convicting the said Enoch Waters and Oliver Simpson for the offence of negro-stealing. 36

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