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An Act to provide for a change of venue in the prosecution against Polly Fenton. 1846 224 (1846)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0535 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1847 CHAPTER 3112. AN ACT for the benefit of the heirs of Daniel Bnrksdale, decensed. WnnrE',s, it is represented to the present General Assem- bly, that Daniel Barksdale. deceased, late of Todd county, Kentucky, departed this life several years since intestate, seiz- ed and possessed of a valuable tract of land in said county of Todd ; it is also represented that the heirs and legal represen- tatives of said Barksdale are desirous to sell and convey said tract of land, and one of said heirs, to-wit, Sally M. )avid- son, being a hnatic and incal)able of consenting to said sale. Therefore, Be it enacted bi the General Assembly of the Commonwealth o1 Kentuckq, That it shall be legal for any one or more of' the heirs of' Daniel l1irksdale, deceased, to file their petition or bill in chancery in the Todd Circuit Court, making all the heirs and legal representatives of said larksdale parties thereto, who shall be duly notified thereof, unless by answer they waive said notice; and it shall be the duty of' said Court to appoint a colmmittee for Sally L. I)avidson, a luatic, daugh- ter of said Barksdale, deceased, which committee, so appoint- ed, shall, in ali respects, represent the interest of said lunatic, and answer for her without the service of process on her; and he shall enter into bond, with good security before said Court, in a penalty equal to double the value of the interest of said lunatic, in said tract of land, paYaldC to said lunatic, and her legal representatives, conditioned faithfulv to discharge the duties imposed upon him by the decree relflered iu said suit; and if from the ftcts and pleadings, all the circumstances con- sidered, the Court shall be of opinion that the interest of said heirs, and especially said Sally IM. Davidson, will he promoted by the sale of said land, then said Court shall make a decree ordering and directing the sfde of said land, on such a credit as may be deemed reasonable; and directing said committee to receive that portion of the proceeds of' said sale to which said lunatic may he entitled. and hold thesame for the use and ben- efit of said lunatic, and her legal representatives, subject to anv future order of said Court. A Commissioner shall be ap- poitnted to execute said decree, on dme notice, and muake con- veyance of said land to the purchaser upon the payment of the purchase money. Approved Febrmary 25, 1847. CIIAPTEIR 31t. AN ACT to provide for a chnnge of venue in the prosecution against Polly Fenton. Be it enacted by the General Assembli of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That a change of venue is granted to Polly Fen- ton, a fiee woman of color, who stands indicted in the Adair Circuit Court for house burning, to the county of Cumberland, 224

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