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An Act for the benefit of Pleasant H. Williams, of Clinton county. 1847 130 (1847)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0561 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1848. be filled in such way as the said General Conference shall prescribe; and the said John Early, and his successor or successors in office, shall hold the said agency, and conduct the business of the concern in conformity to the rules and regulations of the said General Conference of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, South. SEC. 4. Any future legislature shall have the power to Act may be modify and repeal this act: Provided, such modification or modified repeal shall not affect the title to any real estate or personal Proviso. property acquired or conveyed under its provisions. Approved January 25, 1848. CHAPTER 115. AN ACT to amend the charter of the town of Paducah, and for other purposes. SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- Trutees may #nonwealth of Kentucky, That the Chairman and Board of el .rine Rail Trustees of the town of Paducah may sell or lease, for a term of years, the Marine Railways now owned by said Chairman and Board of Trustees. SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That the purchase, made by Purchase of the Chairman and Board of Trustees, of thirty acres of land, Cemetery legali- in McCracken county, from Jefferson K. Clarke, for a Cem- zed. etery, be and the same is hereby legalized; and said Chair- May peass by. man and Board of Trustees may pass all such by-laws for laws to regUlate Cemetery. the regulation of the same as they may think right, not in- compatible with the penal laws of this State; and they may sell and convey, to individual purchasers or to societies, any of the lots in said Cemetery; and the title to any lot or lots sold, shall vest in said vcndces, their heirs or succes- sors, for the purpose of burying the dead, and for no other purpose, and shall not be subject to execution or sale for any debt or demand whatever. Approved January 29, 1848. CHAPTER 116. AN ACT for the benefit of Pleasant H. Williams, of Clinton county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Pleasant H. Williams, of Clinton county, be and he is hereby authorized to import into this State, with- out incurring any penalty for the same, the following ne- groes, (slaves,) to-wit: Lucy, Caroline, Maria, Emily and William: Provided, said Williams shall, within sixty days from the time he imports said negroes into this State, make affidavit before some Justice of the Peace of said county, that he did not import said slaves for merchandise, but sole- 130

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