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An Act for the benefit of Zattee Cushing. 1846 150 (1846)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0524 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1847 said heirs- to divide the skives among them: And, provided further, That all tile adult heirs consent to the division. SEC. 3. That the said Rebecca Morrison, widow of said Joseph A. Morrison, deceaced, may be authorized and permit. ted to receive one third of the proceeds of the sale of said lands as dower, upon her executing bond, with good security, to he approved by the Court, in double the sum received, con. ditioned that the principal shall be paid to the heirs at her death, or sooner if she chooses, their respective portions of said sum received; or at her election, the Court nay decree her, in money, the value of her dower in the property herein authorized to be sold, to be ascertained in any manner the Court may think best. Sic. 4. That upun entering said decree, tile guardian to the infant heirs, or in case they shall have no guardian, the Court shall appoint a guardian, who shall enter into bond, with good security, in at least double the amount the infants may be en- titled to of the purchas6 money that may arise from tile sale of said lands, payable to them jointly and severally, (if more than one,) conditioned to pay to each respectively the portion to which each will be entitled to under the statute of distribu- tions on their arrival respectively at the age of twenty one years, or marriage of the girl, (it' any,) together with such in- terest as tile same may produce, provided the interest should not be expended in their maintenance and education. SEc. 5. That it shall be the duty of said Court to appoint a Commissioner to convey, as well on the part of said Rebecca Morrison and the adult heirs, as the infant heirs (if any,) of the said Joseph A. Morrison, deceased, the tracts of land that may be sold to the purchaser or purchasers, after the purchase money shall be paid; which conveyance, when made and ac- knowledged before said Court, shall be effectual in law and equity to pass tle title to the purchaser or purchasers, which shall be certified to the Clerk of the Adair County' Court for record. Approved February 9, 1847. CHAPTER 176. AN ACT for the benefit of Zattee Cushing. SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- monwealths of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for Zattee Cushing, of Lawrence county, to bring into this State (with- out incurring the penalties imposed by the &ict of February 2d, 1833, to prevent the importation of slaves,) one female slave named Naomi: Provided, Said Cushing shall, within twenty days after he shall bringsaid slave into this Common- wealth, make affidavit before some Justice of the Peace for Lawrence county, that he has brought said slave into this Commonwealth for his own use and not for merchandise;

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