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An Act for the benefit of the widow and heirs of James W. Buchanan, dec'd. 1843 140 (1843)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0420 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1844 chandize, in the county of Allen, without procuring the license required by the existing laws, of pedlers. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Clerk of Henry Ring may ob- county be, and he is hereby authorized to issue to William tainlicense for King, a pedler's license, for the county of Henry, upon his ten dollars. paying the sum of ten dollars, which license shall continue in force for one year, and shall be again renewed fora like term, from year to year, as long as the said King may follow the business of a pedler, on payment of a like sum. SEC. 3. That in case the said King exercises the trade of a pedler, without such license, at any time, he shall he liable to all the penalties and forfeitures now • in force against pedlers selling without license.peer Approved, February 2, 1844. CHAPTER 121. AN ACT for the benefit of the widow and heirs of James IV. Buchanan, dec'd. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Mildred Buchanan, the widow and relict of James W. Buchanan, deceased, and the infant children and heirs of said deceased, by their guardian or next friend, to. gether with the administrator of the estate of said deceased, shall be, and they are hereby authorized to file their petition in chandery, in theGreen Circuit Court, for the purpose of having a sale of the land, instead of the slaves belonging to the estate of said deceased, to satisfy the debts against said estate, setting forth therein, a statement of the quantity of land, and its probable value, and the number of slaves, their ages and probable value, with the comparative productive- ness of said land and slaves respectively, and the probable amount of debts, after exhausting all means of payment, ex- clusive of the land and slaves; and the Chancellor of said court, shall; thereupon, appoint three Commissioners, to inquire into the condition of said estate, who shall report thereupon, and also, upon the propriety of the prayer of said petition ; and upon said Chancellor, from the statements of said petitioners, the report, in writing, and under the oath of said Commis- sioners, and such other proof, by affidavit, as may be furnish- ed, being fully satisfied that it will be for the interest of said widow and children, to have a sale of the land to pay the debts against said estate, instead of the slaves thereto belong- ing, the said Chancellor shall decree a sale of said land, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy said debts, upon such terms of payment as shall suit the interest and rights of all concerned, and under such regulations in other respects, as comport with the law in relation to the sale of infants' real estate, so far as the same is not changed by the provisions of this act ; and all proceedings under this act, necessary to a 140

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