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An Act for the relief of Francis Machen. 1845 82 (1845)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0460 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1846. trustee on the trusts set out in the deed of the said Beer as aforesaid. Approved January 21, 1846. CHAPTER 46. AN ACT for the relief of Francis Machen. SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com. monwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for Francis Machen to file a bill In Chancery in the Caldwell Circuit Court, making H. M. Prince and Robert C. Prince, infant heirs of John Prince, dec'd, defendants; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of said court, that said Francis Machen was the owner -of one moiety, and the said infants of the other moiety of a negro man named George, and that the sale of said George, by said Machen, was for his full value, it shall be the duty of said court to make a decree, requiring said Francis Machen to pay into court, for the use of said infants, one half of the money received by said Machen, with interest thereon from the time when received; and said court shall thereupon make a decree confirming said sale, and vesting title in the purchaser thereof; and that the money thus paid be delivered to the guardian of said infants, upon his executing bond in a penalty double the amount thus received, with good security, conditioned to pay the same to the said infants when they ar- rive at full age, or whenever required by said court. SEc. '2. Be it further enacted, That, if it shall appear to said court that said negro man was not sold for his full value, a decree shall be rendered against said Machen for one half of such ascertained value, with interest from the day of sale; and upon the payment of the same in the manner directed in the first section of this act, the sale of said negro man, George, may be confirmed by the decree of said court. Approved January 21, 1846. CHAPTER 47. AN ACT for the benefit of the heirs of Elisha Franklin, deceased. Src. 1. Be it rnacted by the General Assembly of the Corn. monwealth of Kentucky, That it shall and may be lawful for Lewis Parker, administrator and guardian to Matilda, Lewis, Louisa and Mary Franklin, children of Elisha Franklin, dec'd, to file a bill in Chancery in the Wayne Circuit Court, asking a sale of a tract of land of 213 acres, lying on the waters of Fishing creek, in the county of Pulaski, which descended to the said heirs from their ancestor, and an appropriation of the proceeds to the payment of his debts; and if it shall be deemed advisable, the said court may appoint a Commissioner to make sale of said tract of land, instead of the negroes of the said

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