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An Act to authorize Samuel Shannon to sell a slave owned by his ward, Mary Shannon. 1825 123 (1825)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0163 and id is 1 raw text is: KENTUCKV. Gn'p. 27.M-An act to prohibit the appropriation of a part of the 1825. vacant land ih this commonwealth. Be it enacted by the General Jlssembly of the Com- inon-wealth of Kentucky, That it shall not be lawful for any person to appropriate any part of two thou- sand acres of land on Shelby's creek in Pike coun- 9000 acres in ty, around the spot where William Tackett, Mere- Pike county not to be ap- dith Collins, and Jesse Hamilton are boring for propriated. salt water, the lines to be run to the cardinal points, until after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, under or by virtue of any law of this state for the appropriation of vacant lands. Provided however. That nothing in this act Provys. . shall prohibit the said William Tackett, Jesse Ham- ilton, and Meredith Collins from appropriating the aforesaid land, or any part thereof. Approved, December 21, 1825. Ca.%P 128.-An act to authorize Samuel Shannon to sell a slave owned by his ward. Mary Shannon. WHEREAS, it is represented to the General As- sembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that MIary Shannon,. an infant, owns a certain negro slave named Dick, which slave is unruly, and un- manageable, and that there is great danger of said negro escaping from this commonwealth ; There,. fore, Be it enacted by the General .Isseinbly of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky, That Samuel Shannon, the brother and guardian of the said Mary, is hereby authorized to sell said slave, and convey to the pur- chaser, all the right and title of said Mary, in and, to sail slave ; provided however, before said Sam-. nel shall sell said slave, he shall execute bond with security, to be approved of by the county court of Shelby, to said court, conditioned, to account for and pay to the said Mary, the purchase money of said slave, when she shall have arrived at the age of twenty-one years, with interest thereon from the time of the sale. Approved, December 21, 1825. CITap. 129.--An act for the ben-fit of Peter Carr. WIIEREAS,'it is represented to the present Gene. ral Assembly of tle Commonweal.lh of Kentucky,'

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