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An Act for the benefit of Joseph C. Stiles. 1841 144 (1841)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0373 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1842 said Trustees shall have power, on the death, resignation, re- moval, or other disqualification of any of the Trustees, or their Vacancies, successors, a majority of those remaining, shall fill such va- how filled. cancy, and should all of said Trustees, or their successors, either by death, resignation, or otherwise, vacate their offices, then, and in that case, a majority of the members of said church, at the time of such vacancy, shall proceed to fill the same, and the person, or persons, so appointed, shall be vest- Corporate ed with power and authority as if named specially in this act; powers. and by the name and style of the Trustees of.the Lancaster Presbyterian Church, may sue and be sued, impiead and be impleaded, in any court of law and equity in this Common- wealth. SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Trustees, and May pur- their successors, shall have power and authority to purchase chase land and a suitable lot, or lots of ground, not exceeding ten acres, for a erect a build- ing. burial ground, and the erection of a building for public wor- ship, and session room, to receive conveyances by deed there- for, which shall be subject to the regulations and provisions, as deeds of conveyance are now subject to by the laws of this Commonwealth. Approved, February 1, 1842. CHAPTER 111. AN ACT for the the benhfit of Joseph C. Stiles. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Joseph C. Stiles be, and he is hereby, au- thorized (upon the purchase thereof,) to introduce and import into the State of Kentucky from the State of Georgia, two negro men slaves, the husbands of his two women slaves nam- ed Rose and Cloe, upon the conditions that he shall leave in the State of Georgia, and not introduce into the State of Kentucky, any two of a number of slaves now owned by him in Georgia, and which by law he might import into Kentucky; and also take an oath before some Justice of the Peace, within thirty days after said slaves shall have been introduced, that he did not bring said slaves with the intention of selling them, and that the women slaves Rose and Cloe did come to him by descent, or devise, and that he has left two slaves in Georgia which came to him by descent, or devise, and which he will not bring into this State, and shall have said oath recorded within thirty days after taking the same, in the office of the Clerk of the County Court of the county in which the oath is taken; and in case of his failing to comply with the conditions hereof, he shall be liable to all the penalties of an act, entitled, an act to amend the law prohibiting the importation of slaves, approved, February 2, 1833. Approved, February 1, 1812.

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