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An Act for the benefit of the estate of John D. Locke, a Lunatic. 1849 78 (1849)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0631 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1850. CHAPTER' 7. AN ACT for the benefit of B. F. Hatcher and wife, and Simeon Cow- herd and wife. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky, That the Judge of the Green Cir- cuit Court, upon the petition or petitions of Benjamin F. Hatcher and Mary B., his wife, and Simeon Cowherd and Martha F., his wife, for themselves and for their respective children, (such petition or petitions being sworn to,) may decree a sale of the tract of land, situate and being in Green county, or so much thereof as may be deemed by said court for the interest of said parties, the same being wilJed to the, said Hatcher and Cowherd, in trust for their said wives and children, by Adam Mitchell, deceased, by his will now of record in the Clerk's office of the Green County Court: Provided, that it. shall appear, by the state- ments of the said petition or petitions, and oral or written testimony, that it will redound to the advantage of the wives and children of said Hatcher and Cowherd for such sale to be made. SEc. 2. That the Judge of said couri may make a de- cree re-investing the whole, or a part, of the purchase mo- ney arising from said sale, in such other lands or estate as may appear most to the advantage of the said Mary B. Hatcher and Martha F. Cowherd, and their children; and in all orders and decrees made by him, he shall require such security to be given by those whom be shall appoint to execute the same, as in his discretion deemed proper. SEC 3. That in case said Judge shall not decree a re- investment of the proceeds of sale, but that the fund shall be kept at interest, or otherwise appropriated for the bene- fit of said Mary B. Hatcher and Martha F. Cowherd, and their children, it shall be in his power to appoint a Trustee or Trustees for them, or direct the said proceeds of sale to be delivered over to the said Trustees appoint- ed by said will, who shall have the care and management of said fund; and may require said Trustee or Trustees to give such security for the faithful discharge of his or their duties as, in his discretion, he may deem advisable. Approved January 11, 1850. CHAPTER 8. AN ACT for the benefit of the estate of John D. Locke, a Lunatic. WHEREAS, it is represented to the General Assembly, that a portion of the slaves belonging to the estate of John D. Locke (who has been, by a regular proceeding in the Jefferson Circuit Court, found a lunatic,) are now con- fined in the jail of said county, they having been appre- hended as runaways in the State of Indiana, and as by

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