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An Act for the benefit of James Pratt, of Union county. 1847 458 (1847)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0580 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1848. Company, incorporated by an act approved February 9th, 1847, shall not be subject to, or embraced by, any of the provisions of the act, entitled, an act to establish a general law concerning Manufacturing Companies, approved Feb- ruary 15th, 1841, but shall alone be governed by, and sub- ject to, its own charter. Approved March 1, 1848. CHAPTER 574. AN ACT for the benefit of James Pratt, of Union county. WHEREAS, it is represented to the present General Assem- bly, that a small tract of land, in Virginia, has descended to the wife of James Pratt, of Union county; and that his said wife has become a cripple for life, and that said Pratt and wife are desirous to exchange said land for two slaves. Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall and may be lawful for James Pratt to vest the proceeds of said land in two slaves, and import them to this State, without incurring any penalty therefor: Provided, he shall, within sixty days after such importation, make oath, before some Justice of the Peace for Union county, that said slaves have been imported into this State for his own use, and not for sale or merchandise: Andpro- videdfurther, that he shall not be permitted to sell said slaves, to remain in this State, within three years after they are imported. Approved March 1, 1848. CHAPTER 575. AN ACT for the benefit of the Louisville and Elizabethtown Turn- pike Road Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentuc/y, That the Louisville and Elizabethtown Turn- pike Road Company be, and is hereby authorized, to issue its bonds, payable ten years after date, and redeemable at any time after three years, at the will of said Company, bearing interest at the rate of six per centum, payable annually, to the amount of thirty thousand dollars, in sums of not less than fifty dollars; and the proceeds of said bonds shall be exclusively applied to the erection of a bridge across Salt river, and embankments connected there- with, including the purchase and condemnation of the site thereof. Approved March 1, 1848. 458

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