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An Act for the relief of Isaac Chubb, Nicholas Chubb, Amend Chubb, William, Henry and Ann Chubb, free persons of color. 1837 226 (1837)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0285 and id is 1 raw text is: be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to draw his war- rant upon the Treasury for the payment to the said Samuel Passmore, or his order, the said sum of one thousand dollars. JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives, ROBERT Il. ECIlr S, President of the Senate. Assented to, 25th December, 1837. GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.. AN ACT for the relief of Isaac Chubb, Nicholas Chubb, Amend Chubb, William, Henry and Ann Chubb, free per- sons of color. Whereas, Isanc Chubb, Nicholas Chubb, Amend, William, Henry and Ann Chubb, free persons of color, rvmoved several years ago, from the State of North Carolina, to Morgan coun- ty, Georgia, where they have since resided, and have until very recently, been entirely ignorant of' the existence of any law of the State, that inhibited such removal, or that they had subjected themselves to any penalty thereby; and whereas, the State of North Carolina, has, since their removal, enacted a si- milar law, which prevents a return to the place of their nativity, without incurring a like penalty, for remedy whereof- SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re- presentatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That after the passage of this act, Isaac Chubb, Nicholas Chubb, Amend, William, Henry and Ann Chubb, shall, upon applica- tion to the Clerk of the Inferior Court of Morgan county, and upon the production of sufficient evidence of their freedom, be entitled to have their names registered, in the manner prescrib- ed by the laws of this State, for the registry of the names of free persons of color, and shall be entitled to all the privileges, and subject to all the -liabilities, and shall be upon the same footing in every respect with free persons of color in this State; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. - JOSEPH DAY, Speaker of ihe House of Representatives, ROBERT M. ECHOLS, President of the Senate. Assented to, 25th December, 1837. GOUGE R, GILMER, Governor. 28 RELIEF.

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