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An Act for the benefit of John Duerson. 1845 120 (1845)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0469 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1846. SEc. 11. That said Trustees shall have power to pass all by- Trustees may laws and ordinances that may be necessary for the govern- pass by-laws. ment, good order, and well being of said town; and it shall be the duty of said Trustees to meet at least once in every two months for the discharge of the duties enjoined on them. by this act. SEc. 12. It shall not be lawful for any Trustee of said town to be appointed overseer of any street in the same. SEC. 13. Be it further enacted, That the third and fourth What part of sections of this act, so far as the same makes the Trustees of this act to be the town of Mayfield subject to presentment and fine by the applied to grand jury, be and the same are hereby applied with full force to the Trustees of the town of Clinton, Hickman county, Kentucky. Approved January 31, 1846. CHAPTER 119. AN ACT for the benefit of John Duerson. WIIEREAS, Moses Frederick, alias Moses O'Dear, a free man of color, lately died intestate in the city of Louisville, the owner of some real and personal estate in said city: and, whereas, he left no heirs or persons competent in law to take said estate, but left a brother named Harry, a slave, the pro- perty of John Duerson, his nearest relation, and expressed the wish that Harry should have his estate: and, whereas, said Duerson is willing to emancipate Harry upon receiving his fair value, to enable him to take, hold and enjoy, said estate. Therefore: SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the Generdl Assembly of the Com- monwealtth of Kentucky, That all the right, title, interest, and claim, legal or equitable, which said Moses Frederick had and held by that or any other name, at the time of his death, in and to any real estate, shall be and hereby is vested in John Duerson, as fully and completely as if it had descended to him as heir of said Moses Frederick, with the right to bring any suit therefor, or for any thipg pertaining thereto, which an heir would have had, and to sell and convey the same: but the proceeds to be held for, and applied to, the purposes and trusts hereinafter declared, and the title to the personal estate of said Moses shall, in like manner, vest in said John Duerson, after a due course of administration, as if he were heir and distri- butee of said Moses, to be held for, and applied to, the purpos- es and trusts hereinafter declared: Provided, however, that said Duerson shall apply and appropriate so much of the pro- ceeds of said estate to the emancipation of Harry, the brother of Moses Frederick, as may be necessary, but not to exceed the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars; and after the pay- ment of all necessary expenses, he shall deliver and surrender to Harry, after he shall have been emancipated, the residue of

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