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An Act for the benefit of William F. and Sarah E. Ward. 1826 137 (1826)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0171 and id is 1 raw text is: KENTUCKY. Cf[AP. 110.-An act for the benefit of William F. and Sarah E. 1827. Ward. WHEREAS, it is represented to the present General Assemhbly, that William Ward, grandfather of Wil- liam F. and Sarah E. Ward, coniveyed to his two grand children a negro boy named Jim; and that the father and mother of said infants are dead; and that the said William Ward, with whom the infants live, is about to remove to some one of the new states, and intends taking said infants with him, and is de- sirous of selling said boy, and vesting the proceeds in land: Wherefore, SEC. 1. Be it ertacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentyuky, That the said William Ward be, and he is hereby authorized to sell, at pub- tic auction, in the town of Georgetown, the said ne- gro boy for cash in hand, having first given ten days notice thereof in the American Sentinel, printed in Georgetown; and vest the proceeds in the purchase of land in some of the new states, in the names of said infants. SEc. 2. Be it further enaoted, That the said William Ward- shall, before he sells said negro boy, enter into bond, in the clerk's office of Scott county, with good and sufficient security, in.the penalty of six hundred dollars, for the faithful application of the funds arising from said sale, as contemplated by this bill. Approved, January 24th, 1827. CHAP. ll.-An att to authorize the sale of part of the public ground in the toAwa of Perryville, by commissioners. WHEREAS, it is represented by a number of peti- tioners living in the town of Perryville, Mercer coun- ty, that on the west side of Chaplin, a stream run- Rcital. ning through said iown, they have more ground, ori- ginally intended for a street, than is necessary for that purpose: Therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Charles F. Bur- Comiission- ton, Joseph Frost, Mason Varmoy, Joseph Jeffries, ers appointed and John D. Robertson, be, and they are hereby to lay off a consfituted and appointed commissioners to lay offa street and sell a part of the street sixty feet in width, on the west side of Chaplinm, public ground so as not to interfere with any lot or building within

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