About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

An Act to amend an act, entitled, an act to amend and reduce into one the several acts regulating the town of Henderson. 1840 238 (1840.12)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0364 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. CHAPTER 355. 1841 AN ACT to incorporate the Louisville Iron Manufacturing Company, under the general law. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Thomas Anderson, David L. Beatty, Wil- liam E. Glover, JacobBeckwith, John Curry, and William Mil- ler, and such persons as may become their. associates, and their successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, created a body corporate, by the name of the Louisville Iron Manu- facturing Company, for the purpose of manufacturing iron and steel, in their varieties, in Louisville or the county of Jeffer- son; and, for this purpose, they shall have all the powers and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and require- ments, contained and provided respecting such corporations, in and by an act, entitled, an act to establish a general law concerning manufacturing corporations. Said corporation may hold real estate, not exceeding forty thousand dollars, within said county, and their capital stock shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars. Approved, February 17, 1841. CHAPTER 356. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, an act to amend and reduce into one the several acts regulating the town of Henderson, approved January 21st, 1840. WE.REAS, it is represented to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that a great number of slaves are annually employed in the tobacco stemmeries, in the town of Henderson, and in other pursuits; and that many evil dis- posed persons, with a view to their own emolument and ad- vantage, and in violation of the laws of the Commonwealth, are in the habit of carrying on a secret and illicit commerce with such slaves, in purchasing from them stolen goods, and selling to them spirituous liquors, much to the annoyance of the good people of said town, and greatly to the injury of the owners of said slaves: And, whereas, The existing laws are wholly inadequate to the suppression of such unlaw ul trading, because of the incompetency of the slaves to give testimony against the white men who trade with them, and the difficul- ty in such cases of making other proof-for remedy whereof, SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- Slaves not to monwealth of Kentucky, That, hereafter, it shall not be law- Visit tippling ful for any slave to go into any tippling house, or houses where houses. spirituous liquors are vended by retail, in the town of Hen- derson, without a special permit from his or her master, mis- tress, or person entitled, for the time being, to his or her service by contract of hiring with his or her owner, under any pre- text whatever. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That if any slave shall, in violation of this act, be found in any tippling house, or houses 238

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most