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An Act for the benefit of Jonathan T. Moredock. 1845 68 (1845)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0458 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1846. conveyances of, and hold the same, and to erect other suitable buildings thereon for the accommodation of the poor of said county, and in all other respects to conduct and manage the same in the same manner, and -to be governed by the same laws as though they had not heretofore erected any Poor House for said county: Provided, however, that in making the con- tract for land and buildings, that they may either use the proceeds of the sales of the present Poor House and lands, or levy upon the county for the necessary means, as they may think most conducive to the interest of said county. SEC. 5. That, hereafter, the order of one Justice of the Peace shall be sufficient to authorize the Keeper of the Poor House, in said county of Barren, tb receive and retain any pauper, at said Poor House, until the next Court of Claims for said county,, unless at any time previous to suchl Court of Claims, the County Court for said county should direct that such pauper be discharged; Approved January 14, 1846. CHAPTER 14. AN ACT for thb benefit of Jonathan T. Moredock. WHEREAS, it is represented to this General Assembly, that lreamble. James Moredock, deceased, devised to Stephen R. Moredock, in trust, for the use and benefit of Jonathan T. Moredock, two hundred acres of land in Breckinridge county, with a small improvement thereon, and is almost entirely unproductive, and the said Jonathan T. Moredock, and said trustee conceive it to be to the interest of said Jonathan T. Moredock to sell said unproductive tract of land, and vest the proceeds in a female slave or slaves, for his use and benefit. Therefore: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Court may of Kentucky, That it shall and may be 'lawful for the said decreeasateof Jonathan T. Moredock to file his bill or petition in chancery, land, &c. in the Breckinridge Circuit Court, setting tbrth the quantity and quality of said tract of land, and improvements thereon, and the advantages that will result to him; and shall make said Stephen R. Moredock a party to said bill or petition, who shall be legally brought before the court, and shall file a copy of the will of said James Moredock, deceased; and if said Court, from the exhibits filed and proof which may be made in court, orally or by deposition or affidavit, shall be of opinion that a sale of said tract of land would be to the interest and. advantage of the said Jonathan T. Moredock, and to vest the proceeds of the sale of said tract of land in a female slave or slaves, he may make a decree authorizing and directing a sale to be made of said tract of land, upon such terms and credit as said Court shall deem most advisable, and the proceeds vested in a female slave or slaves, for the use and benefit of said Jooathan T. Moredock, in the hands, and under the man-

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