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An Act for the benefit of Leonard B. Johnston. 1841 191 (1841)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0379 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. Cotton, together with said widow, to appoint three discreet 1842 persons, who shall enquire and report to said court whether a sale of said land is advantageous to said infant, and whether the sale made by said widow be an advantageous one; and if, on the coming in of said report, it shall appear that said sale is advantageous, in every respect, to said infant, it shall be lawful, upon the widow and guardian entering into bond with approved security, according to the terms of the several acts of this Commonwealth respecting the sale of the real estate of infants, before said court, for the faithful execution of the trust, to appoint a Commissioner to convey said land to said purchaser: Provided, no conveyance shall be made until the purchase money of said land be paid to said guardian. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said widow shall ac- quire no greater or other interest or estate in the purchase money for said land than she now has in said land under the will of her said husband. Approved, February 19,1842. CHAPTER 224. AN ACT for the benefit of Leonard B. Johnston. WHERrAS, Thomas Spakman, now deceased, and formerly of the county of Barren, did, by his last will and testament duly proven and recorded in the County Court of said county, among other things, bequeath to his children a certain negro slave Milly, together with such children as she might thereaf- ter have, to be held by them as slaves until each should arrive at the age of thirty two years: and, whereas, the said children sold for a valuable consideration their interest to Leonard B. Johnston; and, whereas, the said Johnston has removed from the county of Monroe to the county of Todd, and may desire to remove to some other county within this Commonwealth: and, whereas, doubts are entertained, whether under the exist- ing laws, he can remove said slaves with him to such county as he may hereafter remove to, or the county of Todd to which he has already removed-for remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for the said Leonard B. Johnston to carry with him to the said county of Todd, or to such other county within this Commonwealth as he may here- after remove to, such of the children of the said slave Milly as have not attained to the age of thirty two years: Provi- ded, that before removing said slaves he shall have recorded, in the County Court to which he intends removing them, a copy of the will of the said Thomas Spakman; and shall also execute to the Commonwealth of Kentucky a bond in the panalty of five thousand dollars, conditioned that he will not remove the said slaves out of this Commonwealth, which bond shall be filed in the Clerk's office of the Monroe County

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