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An Act for the benefit of Benjamin Berry, Jr. of Union county. 1847 152 (1847)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0567 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1848. keepers to view said slaves, and report to the court, in writing, a description of said slaves, and the value of each; Bond to be and upon the coming in of such report, the said Boarman given, shall give bond, in a sum to be fixed by said court, with two good sureties to be approved by the court, and payable to the Commonwealth, conditioned to have said slaves and their increase, or such of them as may then be alive, deliv- ered to such person or persons as may be entitled to them Discriptionto upon the death of said Mahala Ann: And, provided fur- be made out and recorded. ther, that it shall be the duty of the said Boarman to make out a written description of said slaves, and therein he shall state clearly the title by which he holds the same; and it shall be his duty to acknowledge, and have recorded in the proper office for the record of such papers, in the State to Bond to re. which he may remove. The bond directed to be taken by main in Meade this act shall remain amongst the records of the Meade Cir- Circuit Court, cuit Court till the death of the said Mahala Ann, after which event the court may order it to be delivered to any one, or his, or her attorney, that may have rights under, and by virtue of it; and it shall further be the duty of said Boarman to cause to be transmitted to the Clerk of the Meade Circuit Court, a certified copy of the paper required by this act to be recorded in the proper office in the State to which he may remove; and the Clerk of the Meade Cir- cuit Court shall record the same in his office. Approved January 29, 1848. CHAPTER 155. AN ACT for the relief of George M. Green. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for George M. Green to bring into this State a negro woman, the wife of a negro man owned by him, together with her infant child, without' incurring any responsibility therefor under existing laws : Provided, that, within sixty days after he shall have brought said slaves into this State, he shall make oath that he has imported said slaves for his own use and not forisale. Approved February 2, 1848. CHAPTER 156. AN ACT for the benefitof Benjamin Berry, Jr., of Union,county. WHEREAS, it is represented to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that Benjamin Berry, Jr., of Union county, suffered great loss by the late destructive freshet in the Ohio river; and that a relative of his, in Vir- ginia; proposes to sell to him ten negroes at a very reduced 152

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