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An Act directing a disposition of the estate of Eli Rogers, a man of color. 1849 208 (1849)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0641 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1850. sion, No. 103, Sons of Temperance, with perpetual suc- cession; and by that name shall be capable of contract- ing and being contracted with, suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, of purchasing and holding all such real and personal estate as may be required for the use of said Division ; to receive all necessary convey- ances, to sell, convey, and dispose of all such real or per- sonal estate as they may now have or may hereafter ac- May receive conveyances of quire : Provided, the amount vested in real estate, exclusive property, &G. of buildings thereon, shall, at no time, exceed twenty thou- sand dollars. SEC. 2. That the management of the concerns of said Trustees tobe corporation shall he and is hereby confided to five Trus- appointed, tees, and their successors in office, who, or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority to make all con- tracts pertaining to the real or personal estate of said Di- vision. SEC. 3. That the Trustees of said corporation may Trustees' pow- have, make, and use a common seal, which they may ers, &c. change or alter at pleasure ; and the members of said Di- vision may make such by-laws, rules, and regulations, touching the management and control of the real and per- sonal estate belonging to said Division, as they, from time to time, may choose: Provided, they be not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States, or this State. SEc. 4. That Richard Barnes, George J. Ingram, John Names of Trus- -p RaceRoetH.1 tees appointed Rascoe, Robert H. Lander, and James W. Weller, be by this act. and they are hereby appointed Trustees, as provided for in section second hereof, and shall hold their office until the. last Tuesday in September, 1850, and until their succes- sors are appointed; and it shall be the duty of the mem- Truatees to be bers of said Division, on the last Tuesday in September, elected in Sept. annually. 1850, and on the last Tuesday in September every year thereafter, to elect five members of their own body to act as Trustees for one year, or until their successors are duly elected ; and the service of process or notice on any two of said Trustees shall be sufficient service and notice for all. Legislature SEC. 5. The Legislature hereby retains the power to may repeal or al change, modifV or repeal pleasure. modify charter. ter, this act at Approved February 28, 1850. CHAPTER 205. AN ACT directing a disposition of the estate of Eli Rogers, a man of color. Whereas, it is represented that Eli Rogers, a free man of color, died intestate, without heirs capable in law to in- herit his estate; that he had for a number of years recog- nized and lived with, as his wife, a negro woman, the ser- vant of John L. Helm, who, under assurances from said

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