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An Act for the benefit of Jailey Watson and others. 1841 240 (1841)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0384 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1842 Trustees for the recovery of fines inflicted by such by-laws: Provided, that the phrase spirituous liquors, as used in this act, shall be construed only to embrace brandy, gin, and whis- key. Approved, February 24, 1842. CHAPTER 327. AN ACT for the benefit of Jailey Watson and others. WrREAS, it is represented to this General Assembly, that Jailey Watson holds, in trust, a negro woman slave by the name of Charlotte, for the benefit of Eliza Thomas, the wife of James Thomas, and her children; and, whereas, it is repre- sented that it would be greatly to the advantage of the said Eliza, and her children, to sell said slave and vest the pro- ceeds in a tract of land in the county of Jessamine-where- fore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth The sale of a of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for Jailey Watson to file slave authoriz- her bill in chancery, in the Jessamine Circuit Court, setting ed. forth the facts aforesaid, and praying for a sale of said slave, and making the said James Thomas and his wife, Eliza, to- gether with her children, defendants thereto; and if the court, upon the filing of said bill, and the answers of the defendants, and the facts of the case, shall be of opinion that the sale of said slave and the investment of the proceeds in the purchase of a tract of land in the county of Jessamine, will redound to the interest of the said Eliza and her children, then the court may order and decree a sale of said slave, and the investment of the proceeds as aforesaid, directing that said land shall be purchased and held in trust for twe benefit of the said Eliza and her children, in the same manner that said slave was held; and the court is hereby authorized to make all such orders and de. crees, to effect the purposes of this act, that it may deem ne- cessary. Approved, February '.5, 182. CHAPTER 332. AN ACT further to regulate and amend the laws regulatiug the town of Newpoi'. WHnREAs, it is represented to the present General Assem bly, that by an act, approved the 12th day of January, 1830, entitled, an act to amend the laws defining the powers of the Trustees of the town of Newport, it is provided that the Commissioner appointed to make sale of such lots and parts of lots in said town for the non-payment of taxes duo said cor- poration, that such sale shall be made at the door of the court 240

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