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An Act for the benefit of L.D. Berry, of Hickman County. 1847 88 (1847)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0549 and id is 1 raw text is: 88 LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1848. CHAPTER 17. AN ACT for the benefit of William B. Carlisle, Sheriff of Green County. Be it enacted bj theed General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That William B. Carlisle, Sheriff of Green county, be and he is hereby allowed until the next April term of the Green County Court to return his delinquent list of revenue tax for the year 1847. Approved January 12, 1848. CHAPTER 18. AN ACT for the benefit, of L. D. Berry, of Hickman County. Preamble. WHEREAS, it is represented to this General Assembly, that Benjamin Berry, a citizen of Carroll county, Tennessee, departed this life about three years ago; that he died intes- tate; that he had, at the time of his death, four slaves and ten children; that L. D. Berry, one of his sons, a citizen of Hickman county, Ky., became the purchaser of said woman and two children at the sale of his father's property, in July last; and as doubts are entertained wyhether said Berry has the right to bring said slaves to this State or not. There- fore, -May bring in Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of negroes. Kentucky, That it shall and may be lawful for said Berry to bring into this State said woman and children, without in- curring the penalties of an act, entitled An act to amend the law prohibiting the importation of slaves into this State, approved February 2d, 1833: Provided, said Berry shall, within twenty days after bringing said woman and children into this State, go before some Justice of the Peace for Hick- man county, and make oath that he has brought said slaves into this State for his own use and not for sale, and give, at the same time, the names, ages,'and a full description of the same, which shall be filed with the Clerk of said County Court, within ten days thereafter, for record:. Provided, fur- ther, that said Berry shall be subject and liable to all the pains and penalties of the act of 1833, if he shall, at any time, sell said slaves or either of them in this State. Approved January 12, 1848. CHAPTER 20. AN ACT to amend An act for the benefit of John U. Watson and Pemberton Cave, approved February 17th, 1847. Act amended Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth by new parties of Kentucky, That the act, entitled An act for the benefit and who, of John U. Watsoin and Pemberton Cave, approved 17th

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