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An Act for the benefit of William F. Colston and Mary E. Colston. 1845 208 (1845)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0486 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1846. CHAPTER 226. AN ACT for the benefit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Hop. kinsville. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth May sell a of Kentucky, That William E. Price, Samuel A. Means, Dan- lot of ground. iel I. Hooser, and William S. Talbott, Trustees of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, South, in the town of Hopkinsville, Christian county, be and they aie hereby authorized to sell the lot of ground, in said town, and the church and parsonage house thereon, for any sum in their discretion they may deem proper, and convey the same, by deed, to the purchaser : Pro- vided, that the proceeds arising from the sale of said property shall be appropriated, under the authority of said church, to the building of a new church in said town. Approved February 17, 1846. CHAPTER 227. AN ACT to change the name of the town of Landing, in Boone county, to that of Hamilton, and to appoint Trustees for said town. SFc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- monwealtit of Kentucky, That the name of the town of Land- ing, in the county of Boone, be and is hereby changed to that of Hamilton, in honor of Joel Hamiltnn, one of the former proprietors of said town, by which name the town shall here- after be called and known. SiEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That Benjamin E. Garnett, John J. Miller, Marshall M. McManama, James R. Hawkins, and Richard Johnson, be and are hereby appointed Trustees of said town, to continue in office until the first Saturday in March, 1847, and until their successors are elected, on which day, in every year thereafter, five Trustees shall be elected, as directed by the existing laws. Approved February 17, 1846. CHAPTER 228. AN ACT for the benefit of William F. Colston and Mary E. Colston. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Comeonwealtl Asaleofland of Kentucky, That William F. Colston, and his wife, Mary authorized, & E. Colston, be and they are hereby authorized to file their pe- proceeds to be tition in the Oldham Circuit Court, describing the situation and vested in a ne- gro man. condition of a certain tract of land, containing about one hun- dred and eighty acres, in Shelby county, Kentucky, which Mary E. Colston inherited from hergrand father, William Tay- lor, and praying for a sale of said tract of land, and the in- vestment of the proceeds in a negro man and another tract of land; and if the Judge of said court shall be satisfied, from the statements in said petition, and evidence introduced in said case, that it will be to the interest of said Mary E. Col- 208

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