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An Act for the benefit of the heirs of Carter and Jane Lightfoot, deceased. 1849 115 (1849)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0637 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. CHAPTER 91. 1850. AN ACT for the benefit of the heirs of Carter and Jane Lightfoot, de- ceased. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for the Judge of the Bourbon Circuit Court, upon petition filed, to de- cree a sale, on such terms and conditions as he may deem advisable, of a house and lot situate and being in the town of Paris, in Bourbon county, devised by Carter Lightfoot, deceased, a free man of color, to his wife, Jane Lightfoot, deceased, a free woman of color, and to direct the pro- ceeds of sale to be applied to the purchase and emancipa- tion of Hatley, the son of said Carter. Lightfoot and Jane Lightfoot, who is now a slave and the property ot Henry Stevenson of Scott county. SEC. 2. That said petition may be filed by the adminis- trator of the estate of the said Jane Lightfoot, deceased, to which said Henry Stevenson shall be made a defendant; said petition to allege all the facts of the case, the will of said Carter Lightfoot, his death, the death of the said Jane Lightfoot, and the desire of said Carter Lightfoot for the purchase and liberation of his son Hatley, and that there is no other estate by which the purchase and emancipa- tion of said Hatley can be effected. The allegations of said petition to be sustained to the satisfaction of the Judge of said court by oral testimony or otherwise. SEC. .3. That said Judge may appoint a Commissioner to sell and convey said house and lot and make all such further orders and decrees as may be necessary in the premises. Approved February 2, 1850. CHAPTER 92. AN ACT to incorporate Clinton Lodge, No 82, and Clay Chapter, No. 28, in the town of Princeton. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky, That the members of Clinton Lodge, Clinton Lodge No. 82, of the Masonic fraternity of the town of Princeton, ineorporated in Caldwell county, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of Clinton Lodge, No. 82, with perpetual succession, and by that name shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, of purchasing and holding all such real and personal es- tate as may be required for the use of said Lodge; to re- May hold or convey property ceive all necessary conveyances, to sell, convey and dis- not over $10,000 pose of all such real or personal estate as they may now in value. have or hereafter acquire: Provided, the amount vested in real estate, exclusive of buildings thereon, shall,'at no time, exceed ten thousand dollars.

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