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An Act for the benefit of the heirs of Thomas Henry, deceased. 1844 177 (1844)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0446 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. county, be, and the same is hereby, changed to that of Wil- 1845 lian Henry Miller. Approved February 8, 1845. CHAPTER 210. AN ACT for the benefit of the heirs of Thomas Henry, deceased. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That William Henry, administrator of Thomas Circuit Ct. uthorized to Henry, deceased, may file his bill in chancery in the Christian decree a sale Circuit Court, making the widow and the children and heirs of land. of said Thomas Henry defendants thereto; and after due service of process, and the appointment of a guardian ad litem for the infants, the court may, upon being satisfied by proof that the personal estate is insufficient to pay the debts, and that it will be to the advantage of the estate and children of said Henry to save the slaves and sell the whole, or a portion, of the lands for the payment of the debts of said Thomas Henry, decree a sale of the whole of the lands, or so much as may be necessary, to pay the debts of said Thomas Henry; and, for that purpose, may appoint a commissioner to make the deed or deeds to the purchaser or purchasers, and make all other orders and decrees, necessary to carry out the inten- tion of this act; and for the security of the interest of said children and heirs, and in case the proceeds of the lands ex- ceed an amount sufficient to pay said debts, the court shall di- rect the excess to be loaned out at interest, or invested in slaves or other lands, as he may deem best for the interest of said heirs. Approved February 8, 1845. CHAPTER 211. AN ACT for the benefit of Henry Jones. WHEREAS, Jonathan Field, of Pendleton county, took charge of an infant boy named Henry Jones, and has* thus far raised and educated him, and now desires to adopt him, (having no children of his own,) and that he may bear his name, and be made capable of inheriting his estate at his death, in the event that he should die intestate-therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the boy, aforesaid, shall hereafter be called and known by the name of Henry Clay Field, and he is here- by made capable of inheriting the estate of the said Jonathan Field, upon the happening of the contingency aforesaid, saving to the wife of the said Jonathan Field, if she should survive him, her right of dower in his estate. Approved February 8, 1845. 23

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