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An Act for the benefit of James Chapman and wife. 1849 105 (1849)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0635 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. property and money, and may dispose of the same by deed 1850. or will, as fully and completely as though she were a single woman of full age. Approved January 30, 1850. CHAPTER 67. AN ACT for the benefit of Thomas W. Hammond, former Sheriff of Trigg county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Thomas W. Hammond, former Sheriff of Trigg county, for the year 1845, shall have until the first day of October next to make out and return his delinquent list, upon the Auditor's list, to the Trigg County Court; and the Second Auditor shall receive said list and give credit for the same, under the same rules and regulations as if the same were returned in proper time. Approved January 30, 1850. CHAPTER 68. AN ACT for the benefit of James Chapman and wife. Whereas, it is represented to the present General As- sembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that Nancy T. Chapman, the wife of James Chapman, of Barren coun- ty, (who is now a minor,) was, at the time of her marriage with said James, the owner of three negro slaves, and that she and her husband are anxious to sell said slaves, and to invest a portion of the proceeds arising from thei' sale in land. Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That upon petition being filed and sworn to by James Chapman and Nancy T. Chapman his wife, in the Barren Circuit Court, the Judge is authorized to render a decree directing the said James Chapman to sell and con- vey the three negro slaves, the property of the said Nancy T. Chapman his wife. But before said decree is rendered, the said Chapman and wife shall be required, by said court, to execute a bond payable to the Commonwealth of Ken- tucky, with good and sufficient security, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned that the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars, a part of the money arising from the sale of said slaves, shall, within six months after the rendition of said decree, be paid by the said Chapman and wife to a trustee who shall be appointed by said court; which trustee shall invest said sum of $450 in land lying in said Barren county; and said trustee shall take a convey- ance of the land so purchased, from the grantor or grantors to himself, for the use and benefit of the said Nancy T.

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