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An Act to provide for the disposition of the estate of William Moore, deceased. 1824 33 (1824)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0151 and id is 1 raw text is: OrUAP. 39.--An ACT to provide for the disp~ition of the estite of 1824 - William Moore, deqeased. WHEaEAs it is rdpresented to the present General Assembly, that William ,Moore, a free man of colour, Recital. was drowned a few months since, in the county of Lew- is, in which he had for many years previously resided; that the said William Moore, was, during his life, indus- trious ahd honest, and had, by means of hard labor, ac- quired claim, by purchase, to some real estate Vsaid county, and also a considerable personal estate; that he had for his wife a negro woman slave, the propqrly of the late Harry Parker, deceased, of said co.unty, by whom he.had several children; and that he made a will, by, which he devised his property,'real and personal,.to his said wife and children; but by the laws and statutes of this Commonwealth, they being slaves, cannot held or enjoy said property: For remedy whereof, Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Gneral qlssembly of the Thecircuit, Cornzrmnwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be the duty court of Iewi • ' . -r • ll ,,appoint a the circuit court of said county of Lewis, to appoint a committee to committee to take into his or their care and possession, tahe charge of all the prop~rcy, real and personal, which belonged to the estate. the said William Moore, at the time of his death; and it shall be lawful for said committee, in his or their own name, as committee of the estate of William Moore, deceas- Their powers ed, to sue and be sued, either in law or equity, for all mat- and privileges, ters in relation-to the said estate; and so far as relates to the personal estate, the said committee shall be gov- erned by all the principles, and entitled to all the privi- leges of-the law of the land, in.relation toadministrators; and so far as regards the real estate, shall be governed by !he laws in relation to heirs. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said circuit Ti.p doty of court shall, at least once in each year, cause a settle- thecort and commttee in ment to be made with said committee; and it shall he Om';oette the duty of the commonwealth's attorney in said court, mni.ts, &c. to examine said settlement and the vouchers produced bysaid committee, nd oblerve that none be received except such as are strictly legal; and said court shall have power, at pleasure, to remove any committee so ap- pointed, and i.n all instances of vacancy, appoint a new one, so long as any of said estate may remain, and shall, in all instanccs ofa'ppointing a committee, require such committee to execute bond with good security, in a suf- ficient penalty, conditioned for a faithful discharge of the duties of the office of committee of the estate afore- said.

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