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An Act for the benefit of Samuel Lawler. 1841 187 (1841)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0378 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. tees herein named, and their successors in office, which deed 1842 to be made and acknowledged and recorded as other deeds of - real estate. SEC. 3. That the said Trustees, hereby appointed, shall con-. Vacancies-- tinue in office so long as they shall continue to be members of how filled. said church, unless they shall sooner resign or refuse to act; and whenever vacancies may occur it shall and may be lawful for them to be filled pursuant to the discipline and rules and regulations of said church. SEC. 4. That a majority of said Trustees shall at all times A majority to act, and keep constitute a quorum to do business, and as such it shall be record ofpro- their duty, and they are hereby authorized and empowered ceedings. and required, to keep a fair record of all their procedings, and may appoint all such officers as they may deem proper, in pursuance of their said discipline ; and they are hereby given full authority to pass all such by-laws and regulations, as to the government and control of said church building, as they may see proper, not inconsistent with the constitution of the United States, nor of this State, nor of the laws of the same. SEC. 5. That those persons to whom said subscriptions for May sue fo said church are made payable, are hereby authorized and re- subscriptions. quired to collect the same, by suit or otherwise, for the use and benefit of said church, and for no other purpose; and, when collected, they are hereby required to pay the same over to said Trustees for the use of said church. Approved, February 17, 1842. CHAPTER 219. AN ACT for the benefit of Samuel Lawler. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealtk of Kentucky, That Samuel Lawler is hereby released from all the penalties of an act to prevent the importation of slaves into this State, approved on the second day of February, eigh- teen hundred and thirty three, incurred by reason of the said Lawler's having purchased a negro woman slave, and her five children, who were purchased by the said Lawler after having been imported into this State: Provided, that said Lawler shall make oath, before the Clerk of the County Court in which he resides, that he did not know that said slaves had been brought into this State, from another State or country, at the time he purchased them; which affidavit shall be filed in the said Clerk's office. Approved, February 18, 1842.

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