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An Act for the benefit of James Allen. 1842 164 (1842)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0398 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY.

1843      Sac. 3. That the Sheriff of Grant county-shall have until the
first day of January next, to return his delinquent list 'for mus-
ter fines in said county.
Approved, February 15, 18j.l.
CHAPTER 125.
AN ACT for the benefit of James Allen.
WHEREAS, Joseph Allen has become a lunatic, and his father,
James Allen, has carried him to the Lunatic Asylum, where
he now is; And whereas, the said Joseph Allen owned a negro
man called Stephen, who was greatly in the habit of running
away, and costing considerable sums of money to re-take him.
Under these circumstances, his father, James Allen, partly
with a view to support his son in the Asylum, and also to part
with such a runaway, sold said Stephen to John Hunter, for
the sum of four hundred dollars. The said Joseph Allen never
was married, and his father, James Allen, is his heir apparent.
It is the interest of the said Joseph Allen and James Allen,
that the sale of the said Stephen to John Hunter should be
confirmed: and for remedy whereof,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky, That the sale of the neg-ro man Stephen, to
John Hunter, as above stated,'be, and the same is hereby, con-
firmed and declared legal and valid, to all intents and purpo-
ses, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, February 15, 1843.
CHAPTER 127.
AN ACT allowing an additional Justice of the Peace to the county of Hardin.
WHEREAS, the people of Hardin county, in the town of
Bloomington and its neighborhood, have petitioned this Gen-
eral Assembly to have an additional Justice of the Peace ap-
pointed in said county, for the convenience of their vicinity-
wherefore,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky, That an additional Justice of the Peace shall be
appointed for the county of Hardin.
Approved, February 15, 1843.
CHAPTER 128.
AN ACT for the benefit of James M. Rice.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky, That James M. Rice, of the county of Law-
rerce, be, and he is hereby, permitted to bring into this State,

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