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An Act to aid in removing free negroes from this State to Liberia. 1855 vol. I 50 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0737 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1.856. ICHAPTER 74. AN ACT to aid in removing fie negroes from this State to Liberia, Be it enacted bn/ the General Ax ..imb! of the Commonlwealth of Kentulc/y: § 1. That the sum of five thousand dollars he and the ApProPiMrton same is hereby appropriated, annually, to be paid out of to runvove Wdtee Pueoos t) A. he public Ireasury, under the restrictions hervinafcr borta, prescribed, to the Kentucky State 'Colonization Society to be applied to the removal out of this State of negroes re- sident therein who are now free, and of such as ilay be born of them and be free. § 2. Be i Iurcuoe, / enld, That the Governor, Attorvey Governor, At- Geeral, anl Auditor of Public Accounts, for the time being, stll const itite a board to carry this aet into efilect. sttOIo d a l Whenever it shuall satisfactorily be Shown to thetht at t, to rarry atit offect. negro now Wree aid it resident of this State, or hrn of such negro and free, hldl be ready to embark for liberia, in Africa, anld tint h has placed hiinseif under the on- tmi ofa the Kientucky State Colonization Society, to b transported to Liberia, tle said boart diall certify i hese fiats to the Auditor of Public Accounts, who ,halt lbrith- with issue hiis warrant on tle treaztry in favor of the society for tle 'tllll of seveany dollars fbr each .such per- son over two years or age, which sum shall be applied to his removal to Lileria, and his support thre fir six months: Prorhd'd, That )efore such cei llficate s,11 bie lllade, notice Of the intended transportation shall he pub- lSlhed at les two months in two newspa*'f': at Frank- fort. The said hoard shall be furnished by the society, or its agent, wilh a written stateient containing Ihe names and ages of the negroes tor whose removal application has been made, the (late of the application, and counties Where they reside; and also of those who have been selit, with the couaties where they resided, and the tate, port, and vessel of sailing tor Lileria. And the said hoard shall see that amnongst the applicants prefereitee he given to those of each county in proportion to their contribution to tie And. § 3. And le i/ftrther enacted, That the said society shall report to the Legislature at each session, how it has dis- posed of the moneys that may be drawn by virtue of this act. Approved MIirh 3, 1F&i6,

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