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An Act for the benefit of Ann D. Yancey. 1831 122 (1831)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0212 and id is 1 raw text is: 122 KENTUCKY. 1831. and to decree that the sale be not made, unless it be sold for three fourths of the value reported by tht; commissioners. CHAP. DCLXXXVIII. A . ACT for the benefit of Ann ). Yancy. Approved, Decembcr 2-2, 1831. WHEREAS, it appears that Thomas 1. Yancey, of -%eamble. Bourbon county, is a lunatic, and is totally incapable of bestowing a proper attention to his family, or to his pecuniary concerns: and whereas, it is represented, that said Thomas I. Yancey has a wife and five small children, and is also possessed of several valuable slaves, but owns no land in this Commonwealth, and his wife and children are without a home; and where- as, James Simms is the committee of said Thomas I. Yancey: SEC. 1. Be it enoctcd by the Generol ssrnmbly of the The Bourbon Commonwealth of Kentucky, That said James Simms, circuit court au- the father of Ann D. Yancy, wife of said Thomas I. thorized to dte- Yancey, be authorized to exhibit a bill in the Bour- cree a sale of some slaves of bon circuit court, making said Ann D. Yancey a de- a ltmatic. fendant thereto, and setting forth the circumstances of the case, and praying a sale of so many of the slaves as he may deem proper, to purchase a tract of land for the said Ann D. Yancey. Whereupon, if the said Ann D. Yancey, in her answer, consents to the sale of the said slaves, the court shall render a decree, em- powering said James Simms to make sale of three of the slaves of the said Thomas I. Yancey, to-wit, Da- rius, John, and Aggy, for cash, or upon such credit as, in his discretion, may seem best; and to expend the proceeds of such sale, after paying costs, in the pur- chase of a house and piece of land, for the said Ann D. Yancy; and the title of said house and land shall be executed to the said Thomas I. Yancy, for the ben- efit of himself, his wife, and children. SEc. 2. Be itfurther enacted, That the court afore- Commissioner said,'shall require the said James Simms to execute togi9esscurety, bond, with security, in a reasonable penalty, to said Ann D. in the clerk's office, faithfully to discharge his duties, under said decree, and report his proceedings to the court.

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