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An Act for the benefit of Mary N. Gwynn. 1845 207 (1845)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0485 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY.

CHAPTER 224.                         PS46.
AN ACT for the benefit of Mary N. Gwynn.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Common-   May remove
wealth of Kentucky, That Mary N. Gwynn be and she is here- dower slaves to
by authorized and empowered to remove her dower slaves to Tennessee.
from the State of Kentucky to the State of Tennessee, with-
out forfeiting her right of dower: Provided, that she, before
such removal, shall execute bond, with good security, in doub-
le the amount of the value of said slaves, conditioned that she
will not sell or dispose of said slaves, and their increase, if any,
but will hold them, or such of them as shall be living, subject
to the claim of the heirs of her deceased husband, Daniel
Gwynn: said bond, with a description and names of said slaves,
to be executed in the Clerk's office of the Christian County
Court, and the sureties in said bond to be approved of by the
Clerk of said court.
Approved February 17, 1846.
CHAPTER 225.
AN ACT for the benefit of the Christian Church in Winchester, Clarke county.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth  A sale of a
of Kentucky, That Samuel Wheeler be and he is hereby ap- lot of ground
pointed commissioner, and as such.authorized tosell,publiely or authorized.
privately, on a credit of six months, the interest of the Chris-
tian Church in lot No. 94, with the meeting house thereon, in
the town of Winchester, Clarke county, containing about one
half acre, conveyed to said church by the name of the Friend-
ship Church, by John Hampton and wife, by deed bearing date
the 11th day of July, 1827. Said commissioner shall take
from the purchaser, bond, with good and sufficient security,
for the purchase money, payable to himself, as commissioner,
for the use and benefit of said church ; and that he shall pay
over to said church, the proceeds of sale, when collected, to
be by said church invested in some more suitable house and
lot in said town, for the use and benefit of said church ; and
said commissioner shall convey, by deed of quit claim, to the
purchaser, said lot, on the payment of the purchase money ;
and said commissioner shall, before he makes sale of said lot of
ground, execute bond with good security, in the County Court
of Clarke county, in a sufficient penalty, payable to the Com-
monwealth of Kentucky, conditioned that he shall well, truly,
and faithfully, pay over the proceeds of said sale, as herein di-
rected, and faithfully discharge all the duties imposed on him
by this act; which bond the Clerk of the said County Court
shall preserve and file away in his office, for the use and bene-
fit of said Christian Church.
Approved February 17, 1846.

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