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An Act to increase the compensation for taking up fugitive slaves from this Commonwealth. 1837 158 (1837)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0312 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1838. in default of his entering into a recognizance for his appear- ance in said county, then he shall be ordered to stand commit- ted to the jail of the county in which the offence was com- mitted, for trial, and shall be remanded to said jail. Approved February 8, 1838. CH1AP 752-AN ACT to increase the compensation for taking up fugitive slaves from this Commonwealth. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the compensation for apprehending fugi- tive slaves taken without this Commonwealth, and in a State where slavery is not tolerated by law, shall be one hundred dollars, on the delivery to the owner at his residence within the Commonwealth, and seventy five dollars if lodged in the jail of any county in this Commonwealth, and the owner be -notified so as to be able to reclaim the slave. Approved February 8, 1838. ClAP. 753--AN ACT to incorporate the Jefferson Gardening and Silk Company. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly f the Com- monwealth of Kentucky, That Theodore S. Bell, and his asso- Company in- ciates, shall be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporated. corporate, by the name of the Jefferson Gardening and Silk Company, and by that name and style, he and his associates, and their successors and assigns, shall and may have contin- ued succession, and capable in law of suing and being sued, and of pleading and being impleaded, in all courts; and of tak- ing and holding lands and tenements, not exceeding five hun- dred acres, and goods and chattels, machinery and personal Amount of estate, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and making all property they my hol y contracts proper to carry into effect the objects of this act; also, all proper by-laws for the management of the corpora- tion, and the management of its prudential concerns, and gen- erally to do and perform all and every thing that a corpora- tion, for the purposes of this act, may lawfully do. SEC. 2. That the capital stock of the company shall not ex- Capital and ceed one hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided into number of shares of one hundred dollars each, and which the said Bell, shares, and his associates, may raise by subscription, in such time and in such manner, as he or they may deem best; and payable in such manner and such instalments as may be agreed on; and the stock shall be personal estate, and shall be transferrable on the records of the corporation, in such manner as the by-laws shall direct; and each share shall entitle the holder to one vote in elections or meetings of the company. SEc. 3. That so soon as ten thousand dollars shall be raised,

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