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An Act more effectually to prevent persons dealing with Slaves. 1792 20 (1792.11)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0006 and id is 1 raw text is: Mime. Court when and where to be held. Jufl.ices to Atpoint a Clerk and fix on a place to hold Courts, nd to erell public buil- dings. Provifo. Sheriffs of Fayette and Bourbon to difirain for officers fees &c. Courts of Fayette and Bourbon to have cogrIi. zince &c. of all fuits de. pending therein. The county of Clarke to have 2 Reprefentatives. County Court of Mercer to have power to admit the will to record. C to MafQn county to the head thereof; and along the faid line a-direct courre. from the head of Licking to flrike the neareft part of Cumberland moun- tain; thence alohg the laid mountain fouthwardly to the prefent line of Bour- bon county at the head of Kentucky ; thence down the fauie to the bigin- ning, thall be one diflinet county, and called and known by the name of Clarke. A court for the faid county of Clarke (hall be hcld by the faid Juf~ices thereof on the fourth Tuefday of every month after the faid divi- hion fhaill take place, in fuch manner as is provided by law in refpect to bther counties, and as fhall he by their commifions directed. The Juflicce to he named in the commiflion of the peace for the faid county of Clarke dhall meet at the houfe of John Strode in the faid county upon the fift court-day after the (aid divifion fhall take place, and having taken the oaths pref'cribed by law and the Sheriff being legaly qualified to aiL', the Juf- tices flall proceed to appointtand quili'y a Clerk, and fix upon a plaze to hold courts in the faid county at or as near the center thereof as the fi- tuation and convenience will admit of, and thenceforth the [fid court (hall proceed to ere& the public buildings at fuch place; an(d until fich build- ings be compleated, to appoint fuch place for holding courts as they may think proper ; Prvided always, that the appointment of a place for e- recting public buildings and of a Clerk thall not be made, unlefs a majority of the Juflices of the court -o the (aid county concur therein, but fuch appoint- ment fhall be poflponed until fome codrt.day when a majority fliall be pre- fent, but the court may appoint a Clerk pro tempore, it (hall be lawful for the Sheriffs of the faid counties of' Fayette and Bourbon to c'llca or maka difirels for any public dues and officers fees which fhall remain unpaid by the inhabitants thereof at the' time fuch divifion fhall take place, and flhall be accountable for the fame in like manner as if this Act had not been made. Arid that the courts of the laid counties (hall have jurifdiction in all actions and fuits in law ot equity which (hall be dep nding before them at' the time of the (aid divifion, and fliall try and determine the fame, iffue procefs and award execution thereon. Szc. 2. Until an enumeration be made agreeable to the Conflitution, the faid county of Clarke fliall be entitled to two reprefentatives, the refi- due o.f the County of Fayette to eight reprefentatives, and the refidue of the county of Bourbon four reprefentatives. C H A P. XIII. .in A C T concerning tbe la/i Wilh and Tejlamnt of IfVlliam Harris deceafed. Ipproved December 6, 1792. yj HEREAS, it is reprcfented to this prefent General Affembly, that Wil- t Viiam Harris departed this life on the river Ohio on his paffage to this Commonwealth, having made his laft Wil and Teflament in writing,. and that Anne Harris widow and relit of the (aid William, hath fince fettled h.-rfelf in the county of Mercer, with a confiderale i)art of the eflate, whereof the faid William died feized and poffelffed, and as the law at pre. fent flands the faid Will cannot be admitted to record, or letters of admini- firatioei w:th the ill annexed gran~ted, altho' the faile be immediately ne- ceffary. Sic. I. Be it therefore enalled by the General Afitmbly, That the county coort of Mercer is hereby declared to have full power and authority to re- ceive and admit the faid will to record, and 'to grant letters 'of admifiration in due form, in as full and ample a manner as If the (aid William Harris had died in the (aid county of Mercer. Petfons prohibited from dealing with flaves under sertait reftriftlons, • C H A P. XIV. tin ACT more e taually to prevent perfons dealing witb Slaves. Afpproved Decmber 6, 1792. SEC. I. E it enafled by the General ./4fmbly, That no perfon whatfo- B ever flball buy fell or receive of to or from any flave any coin or commodity whatfoever, without the leave or confent of the mafter or owner of fuch flave in writing, expreifive of th# article ro permitted to

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