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An Act for the benefit of William B. Smith, of Warren county, and William S. Green, of Hart county. 1847 354 (1847)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0575 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KE NTUCKY. 1848. they may add said lot of ground to the said burying groun d, as in their discretion they may deem best. Approved February 28, 1848. CHAPTER 418. AN ACT to amend the act relating to the town of Georgetown. Be it enacted bj the General Assembly of tho Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the act, entitled, .an act to amend and re- duce into one the several acts relating to the town of Georgetown, approved March 1, 1847, be so amended, that the Trustees shall have the right and power to license all stores in said town, and to pass penal ordinances, so as to prevent persons from selling goods in said town without first obtaining license. The license shall in no case ex- ceed one hundred dollars per annum, nor be less than twen- ty dollars. Approved February 28, 1848. CHAPTER 420. AN ACT for the benefit of William B. Smith, of Warren county, and William S. Green, of Hart county. WHERVAS, William B. Smith, a citizen of the county of Warren, is the owner of a farm in the State of Mississippi, and has heretofore removed to that State a portion of his slaves, from his farm in Kentucky; and he having express- ed, by his petition a desire to reunite his slaves. Therefore, SEc. 1. Be it enacted by? the General Assembly of the Com- smith allow- monwcalth of Kentuckc/y, That said William B. smith shall slaves. Import have the right, and he is hereby authorized, to bring back into this State, from said farm in Mississippi, the following slaves to-wit: Felix, Martha, Nathan, Viney, Dick, Joseph, Eliza, John, Maria, and her child, Andrew, without incur- ring the penalties of the law of 1833, against the importa- tion of slaves into this State: Provided, that said Smith shall, within sixty days after bringing said slaves back, make oath, before some Justice of the Peace, that he brings them back for his own use and not as merchandise; which oath shall be entered of record by the Clerk of the Warren County Court. SEc. 2. That William S. Green, of Hart county, shall Green allowed have the right, and he is hereby authorized, to bring back in- toiaport slave, to this State, from his farm in the State of Louisiana, a slaVe named George, aged about fourteen years, without incurring the penalties of the act of 1833, against the importation of slaves: P.wvided, That said Green shall, within sixty days after bringing said boy into this State, make oath, before some Justice of the Peace for Hart county,

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