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No. 75.j AN ACT
For the Reliet of Thomas P. Iall and the Administrator of Wyley J. McElroys
decoased.
WTIinRAS, 01l the of November, A. D. eighteen hundred and
forty-nine, Thomas P. Hall, as Superintendent of Public Schools
Preamble, in the parish of Do Soto, made a sale of five-eighths of section six-
tPen, in township ten, of range cleven, to one Wyloy J. McElroy,
for the price and man of eight hundred dollars; and whereas said
Hall has paid into the Treasury the sun of one hundred and sixty
dollars, and deposited with the Treasurer the notes of said McElroy
fotthe balance of said purchase price; and whereas the aforesaid
salo has been declared null, and said section of land now belongs to
the State; and whereas the said Hall has refunded to the said Mc-
Elroy the said sunt of one hundred and sixty dollars; Wherefore,
Be it enacted bY the Senate and Htouse of Representatives of
the State of Louiszana, in General Assembly conrencd, That the
Treasurer nutber. Treasurer of the Statb be, and lie is hereby authorised and required
to rinorn , to pay to the said Thomas 1. Hall, or his order, the said sun of one
notes. hundred and sixty dollars, out of' any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, and to return to the admiiiistrator of said
McElroy, the notes given us aforesaid.
E. WARREN MOTSE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
W. W. FARIIMER,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved, March 31t, 1853.
P. 0. ITEhIERT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy,
ANDRE1V S. IIER.uoN,
Secretary of State.
No. 70.] AN ACT
For the Relief of Hal Frazier, a mulatto man, pning for his freedom in the District
Court of the parisi of Claihorne.
SECTION 1. B0 it enacted by the Senate and House of Rltre-
ItrictCour sentatives of the State of Loidsiana, in General Assemibly con-
Caitborn a uttrsed enerd, That the District Court in and for the parish of Claiborne, be,
to reader Judgment and is hereby authorised to proceed with and finally deteruiine the suit
Murel & .etI: now or recently pending in said Court, entitled Hal vs. Murrell &
Peets et als., in which Hal Frazier, a mulatto man, aged about forty-
five years, is suing for his freedoni.
SiE. 2. BeC it further enacted, -c., That in the event of final
judgment being rendered in favor of the plaintiff, decreeing him to be
Iniv rarterauthor- entitled to his freedom, the said Hal Frazier shall be permitted to
I'ed to remain In the
state. remain in this State, aill laws to the contrary notwvithistanding.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsla0375&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)