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An Act for the benefit of George Dunn, Jailer of McCracken county. 1848 144 (1848)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0597 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1849. Boone county, be and is hereby changed to that of Taylor- port. Approved February 12, 1849. CHAPTER 205. AN ACT for the benefit of James Cowan's heirs. WHEREAS, James Cowan, deceased, late of Clinton coun- ty, emancipated his slaves, and by his will gave to said slaves one moiety of his land, and the other to his heirs at law, charged with the life estate of John Cowan, who is yet living, and did not define the boundary with sufficient certainty between the slaves aforesaid and the said heirs. Therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- Cumber ma monwealth of Kentucky, That the Clinton County Court is Cty court may monweauthoriKet, Thatwte Clit C ouny ort tpoidt lom's hereby authorized, empowered, and directed, to appoint three fit persons Commissioners, who being first sworn, shall proceed to divide, by metes and bounds, the said tract of land, who shall be governed by the will of said deceas- ed in making such division, and make report to said court, which, if approved, shall be ordered to be recorded; and such division, when made and approved, shall be binding and final, and shall vest the different parties, respectively, with the title to the part set apart to them. SEC. 2. That the Commissioners shall be entitled to one Pay to Com'rs. dollar per day, each, for every day they may be engaged in making said division, one half to be paid by said emanci- pated slaves and the other half by said heirs. Approved February 12, 1849. CHAPTER 206. AN ACT for the benefit of George Dunn, Jailer of McCracken county. WHEREAS, it is represented to this General Assembly, that certain persons of color were committed to the jail of Mc- Cracken county, viz: a man named John, and a man named W. King, as runaways, who severally remained in said jail for one year, and were then sold, as directed by law-the former selling for one cent only, and the latter, after the sale, established his freedom, and the purchaser has been released from the payment of the amount bid for him, so that nothing is realized for the payment of the ex- penses of keeping them in jail, as aforesaid, and doubts ex- ist as to the power of the County Court to make an allow- ance to said Jailer for providing for said persons, and ex- penses incurred by him in taking the proper care of them. For remedy whereof, 144

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