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An Act for the benefit of Rebecca Morrison, and the heirs of Joseph A. Morrison, deceased. 1846 149 (1846)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0523 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. same is hereby changed to the Shelby Circuit Court, under tile 1847 provisions and conditions of an act approved 23d February, 1 1846, proviUng for changes of venue in criminal cases. Approved February 9, 1847. CIIAPTER 174. AN ACT for the benefit of Rebecca Morrison, and the heirs of Joseph A. Morrison, deceased. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembl of the Coin- monwealth of Kentucky, That it shall and may be lawful for Rebecca Morrison, widow, devisee and executrix of Joseph A. Morrison, deceased, to file her bill in chancery in the Adair Circuit Court, making the children and devisees of the said Joseph A. Morrison, deceased, parties thereto; and shall state in said bill that it would be to the interest and advantage of all the heirs to sell three tracts of land, or any two ns she may think best, that the said Joseph A. Morrison died seized and possessed, lying and being in Adair county; one tract contains one hundred and eight and one third acres; one other tract of ore hundred acres, and one other tract of about five hundred acres, more or less; and shall file with said billa certified copy of the will of said Joseph A. Morrison, deceased, and the deeds or other evidences of title to tile lands proposed to be sold; and when all the heirs shall be legally and properly be- fore the Court, by themselves and their guardians ad litem, it shall and may be lawful for said Court to decree a sale of said tracts or parcels of land, set out and described in said bill, upon such terms and credit as said Court shall deem most advisable: Provided, Said Court shall be of opinion, from the evidence, by proof made to the satisfaction of the Court, that it would be to the interest and advantage of the devisees and heirs to sell said tracts of land aloresaid, or any two of them: And, .provided further, That all the adult heirs shall agree to the sale. Src. 2. That the said Rebecca Morrison, if she shall desire it, shall also state in said bill that she is willing that two thirds of the slaves of which the said Joseph A. Morrison died seized and possessed, shall he divided among the heirs of said Joseph A. Morrison, deceased ; she shall set out in said bill the names and description of the slaves she may wish divided among tie heirs, and it shall and may be lawful for said Court to decree a division of said slaves among the heirs of said Joseph A. Morrison,deceased; and the Court shall have power and au- thority to make such order and decree in the case as shall be necessary to accomplish that object and secure to the infant heiri the slave or slaves allotted to them: Provided, Said Court shall be of opinion, from the evidence, by proof made to the satisfaction of the Court, Ihat it would be to the advantage of 149

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