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An Act to provide for the disposition of the estate of George Johnson, a free man of color; and also for the manumission of a slave Emily, the daughter of said Johnson. 1859 vol. II 656 (1859)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0789 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1860. CHAPTER 1046. AN ACT to provide for the disposition of the estate of George Johnson, a frea man of color; and also for the manumission of a Slave Emily, the daughter of said Johnson. WHEREAS, George Johnson, a free man of color, who was murdered in McLean county, in this State, was the owner, at the time of his death, of a tract or parcel of land, in said county, containing about forty acres, conveyed to him by Peter N. Johnson, and also some personal estate, all of which will escheat to the Commonwealth by virtue, of law; and whereas, the said George Johnson was the father of a girl named Emily, now the slave of Samuel Evans, of Said county; and whereas, the said Samuel Ev- ans, the owner of said Emily, has signified his willingness to manumit said slave upon the payment to him of nine hundred dollars; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the administrators of George Johnson, de- ceased, are hereby authorized and required, after paying off the debts of said Johnson's estate, to dispose of the remainder of his effects, and after collecting the money, to appropriate the sum of not execding nine huiidred dollars to the purchase of the aforenamed Emily. § 2. That the surplus of said estate, after paying off the debts thereof and expenses of administration, &c., shall be set apart as a fund for transporting said Emily to Libe- ria, and for her support after her migration: Provided, That if said surplus shall not amount to a sum sufficient to defray the expenses of transportation, and to support the said Emily six months after her arrival in Liberia, then the said administrators shall hire out the said Emily until such sum shall be obtained: And provided further, That said Emily shall elect, within one year from the time of its passage, to avail herself of the benefit of this act. § 3. That said administrators are hereby required to exe- cute covenant to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, with sufficient security, before the clerk of the county court of McLean county, for the faithful performance of the duties required of them under this act: Provided, however, That in the event said administrators shall fail to execute covenant as aforesaid, within six months from the passage of this act, the county court for said county shall appoint a com- missioner to carry this act into effect, who shall be paid a reasonable amount for his services out of the estate of said decedent, to be fixed by the county court. § 4. That the administrators aforesaid, or the commis- sioner, as the case may be, shall be required to report their acts and doings to the ecunty court within two years from the passage of this act, and shall file in the clerk's office

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