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An Act for the benefit of Thomas E. Puckett, of the county of Butler, and for other purposes. 1843 256 (1843)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0427 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1R44 land lying and being on the Cumberland river, in Pulaski county, containing seventy acres, which has been laid off into lots, streets, and public grounds, as appears from a plan and plat of said town now before the General Assembly aforesaid, bearing date the 10th day of January, 1844 ; and said town is hereby established according to said plat. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the name of said town Name. shall be Waitsborough. SEC. 7. Be itfurther enacted, That John Beaty, Sr., Joseph Trustees. B. Newell, John Long, George W. Saunders, and John Beaty shall be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of said town, who shall hold their offices for one year and until they have suc- cessors duly.appointed, a majority of whom may act in all things pertaining to their office, and in all other things they shall be governed by the general laws of this Commonwealth in relation to towns, unless otherwise in this act directed. SEC. S. Be it further enacted, That all purchases of lots in said town, shall be made from Bourne Goggin and Cyrenius Wait, the proprietors of the land upon which said town is es- tablished, and they shall make the conveyances of title to the purchasers of lots, and be responsible for the title according to their warranty and the laws of the land. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That when the lot owners and citizens of said town together, amount to the number of fifteen, qualified to vote for-Trustees according to the General laws of this Commonwealth in relation to towns, they shall have the right to elect and choose the Trustees of said town, according to the act of the General Assembly of this Com- monwealth, entitled, an act to amend an act entitled, an act concerning towns in this Commonwealth. Approved, March 2, 1844. CHAPTER 353. AN ACT for the benefit of Thomas E. Puckett, of the county of Butler, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, it is represented to the General Assembly of Preamble. the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that Thomas E. Puckett, of the county of Butler, emigrated from the State of Virginia, into this State, in the fall of 1843, importing with him certain slaves, and in ignorance of an act, entitled, an act to amend the law prohibiting the importation of slaves into this State, approved February 2, 1833, failed to take the oath required by the aforesaid act-for remedy whereof, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- Maytakeoath. monwealth of Kentucky, That the further time of three months from the passage of this act, be allowed to the afore- said Puckett, to take the oath required by the act recited in the preamble hereto. 256

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