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An Act to authorize the police jury of the parishes of West Feliciana and Livingston to emancipate certain slaves therein mentioned. 1839 78 (1839)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0212 and id is 1 raw text is: 78 No. 29.-AN ACT to authorize the police jury of the parishes of West Feliciana and Livingston to emancipate certain slaves therein mentioned. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, in gene- ral assembly convened, That the police jury of the Police jury parish of West Feliciana shall have full power to free unihorized to the children and grand-child of Wm. Chew, a free man f ro certain slaves in the of colour, upon the said Wim. Chew giving bond and se- parish of West curity, approved by the parish judge, that the said child- Feliciana. ren and grand-child shall not become a burthen to the citizens of the parish of West Feliciana. SECT. 2. An,/ be it further enacted, &c., That the police jury of the parish of Livingston shall have power to emancipate the wife and children of Thomas Free- Parish of man, a free mai of colour, of said parish, upon his giv- Livingston. ing bond and security, to be approved by the parish judge, that his wife and children will not become a bur- then to the said parish of Livingston. Approved, March 14th, 1839. No. 30.-AN ACT supplementary to an act authorizing the gov- ernor to puichase arms for the use of the State, and for other purposes, approved February 25th, 1836. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the 'Senate and House The gover. of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, in gene- nor authorized ral assembly convened, That the section sixth of the to cmploy anly ,aforecited law be so amended as to authorize the governor engineer to furnish a plan to employ any engineer in the State, instead of the civil and estimate engineer, for the purpose of drawing the plai and esti- forl the ar. mate of the armory to be built on a lot of ground situate nal.b Site of ar. on the site of the old prisons, which lot, being the pro- senal. perty of municipality No. 1, has been given by the coun- cil of said municipality to the State of Louisiana, by a resolution adopted 18th December, 1837, for the purpose Donation ac- specified in the act aforesaid, and which donation in per- cepted. petuam is hereby accepted. SECT. 2. 13, it further enacted, &c., That the gov- ernor shall advertise during thirty days, in three of the papers published in the city of New-Orleans, for scaled

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