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An Act for the benefit of Wm. H. Stephens, and the heirs of Solomon Derossett, deceased. 1845 141 (1845)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0471 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. he may be again indicted by the regular grand jury, if in ses- 1846. sion, or the court may order a grand jury for that purpose, if required by the prosecuting Attorney; and, thereupon, said case, on such indictment found, shall be proceeded with, in all particulars, as if the offence had originated in Spencer county. That the same fees and mileage shall be allowed to witnesses, for mileage and attendance, as in other cases; to be paid in the way pointed out by law. Approved February 10, 1846. CHAPTER 140. AN ACT for the benefit of Wm. H. Stephens, and the heirs of Solomon Derossett, deceased. SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com. Court author- monwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for William ed to decree S. Hickman, guardian of William H. Stephens. to file his bill fale ofslaves in the Anderson CircuitCourt, praying said court for the sale of certain slaves belonging to his said ward. That said Hickman, guardian as aforesaid, shall set forth fully in his bill the grounct upon which a sale of said slaves is prayed for; that said Wil. liam H. Stephens shall be made a defendant in said bill, and shall be duly served with process ; that it shall be the duty of the Judge of the Anderson Circuit Court to appoint some proper person a guardian ad litem, to attend to and defend for said infant defendant, William H. Stephens, during the pen- dency of said suit; that said complainant shall set forth, in said bill, the names, ages and sexes of said slaves; that the Judge of said court shall cause the proof in said cause to be taken by depositions, sustaining the allegations as set forth in said bill; that it shall be the duty of said complainant to give notice to the guardian ad litem appointed to defend for said William H. Stephens, of the time and place of taking the depositions, and that it shall be the duty of said guardian, so appointed, to attend to the taking of said depositions. SEC. 2. That if it shall appear to the Judge of the said An- derson Circuit Court, that it will be, in his opinion, to the advantage of said ward to sell said slaves, he shall enter a de- cree in said case, directing said slaves to be sold, upon such credit as he shall deem expedient; and for that purpose shall, in said decree, appoint some suitable person a commissioner to carry said decree into -effect, whose duty it shall be to duly advertise and sell said slaves, taking bond with good and suf- ficient security, from the purchaser or purchasers of said slaves; and that said commissioner shall report the same to the Anderson Circuit Court; which said bonds shall be made payable to said commissioner, for the use and benefit of said William H. Stephens. SEC. 3. That before the said William S. Hickman, guar- dian as-aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive the money aris-

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