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An Act for the benefit of R.G. Fletcher, of McCracken county. 1848 54 (1848)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0584 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1849. CHAPTER 3. AN ACT to change the name of William Cobb. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That, upon the petition of Y. 0. Booker, of Oreen county, acknowledging himself to be the father of William Cobb, an illegitimate son of Elizabeth Cobb, the name of the aforesaid child be changed to William Book- er; and he is legitimatized and made capable of inheriting all the lands, tenements, goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said Y. 0. Booker, in as fall and ample manner as if born in lawful wedlock. Approved January 10, 1849. CHAPTER 4. AN ACT for the benefit of R. G. Fletcher, of McCracken county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Fletcerher, and his security, hi! securities re. - leaed, shall be and they are hereby released and discharged from the payment of the principal, interest and cost, of an exe- cution which issued from the Clerk's office of the McCrack- en Circuit Court, on the 17th April, 1848, for the sum of two hundred and ten dollars, on a sale bond executed by said Fletcher, with T. F. Terrell as security, payable to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, being the purchase price for a negro man named William King, supposed to have been a runaway slave, and sold by the Sheriff of McCracken county, under the act of the General Assembly of Ken- tucky, approved January 11 th, 1845, reducing into one the several acts for the apprehending and securing runaways; said negro, upon bill filed in the McCracken Circuit Court, having established thefact of his freedom at the time of the sale and execution of said bond. The Sheriff of said county is hereby required to return said execution, with his written endorsement thereon, in accordance with the pro- visions of this act: Provided, That nothing herein contain- ed shall prevent the collection, by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, of the amount of said bond, with interest and cost, in the event said suit should be further prosecuted, and said negro, (William King,) be decided to be a slave for life. Approved January 10, 1849. CHAPTER 5. AN ACT for the benefit of the Sheriff of Green county. SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky, That William B. Carlisle, Sheriff

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