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An Act to confirm and make valid a sale of certain negroes by Richard Simpson, executor of Rezin Simpson, to Charles S. Simmons. 1860 [369] (1860)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0279 and id is 1 raw text is: T. HOLLIDAY HIOK8, ESQ., GOVERNOR. CHAPTER 255. CHAP. 255.. AN ACT to confirm and make valid a sale of cer- Pnazed March tain negroes by Richard Simpson, executor of10' 1860. Rezin Simpson, to Charles S. Simmons. WHEREAS, it is represented to the General As- Preamble. sembly of' Maryland, That Thomas Warfield, late of Frederick county, Maryland, during his life time, by bill of sale duly executed, acknowledged and recorded in Liber 11. S. number seventeen, folios fifteen, and so forth, one of the records.of F'red- crick county, did sell and convey unto Rezin Simpson, late of said county a certain negro wo- man therein mentioned with her issue for the term of years in said bill of sale speciied, and that the said Rezin Simpson, afterwards departed this life; and whereas, Richard Simpson, executor of said Rezin Simpson, under the authority and direction of the Orphans' court of Frederick county, did on the twentieth day of AMugust, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, sell unto Charles S. Simmons, of said county, fbr the term of years fixed by the afbresaid bill of sale, the negro woman in said bill of sale mentioned, and also two children of said negro women, born between the period of the execution of said bill of sale and the date of the said sale by the said executors, being during the period of the servitude of said negro woman ; and whereas, it is further represented, that the said executor has departed this life without having executed a good and sufficient bill of sale of the negroes sold as aforesaid by him, and that two other children have been born of said negro wo- man since the sale as aforesaid to Charles S. Sim- mons, and during the term of her servitude as fixed by said bill of sale ; and whereas, it further appears that the said Charles S. Simmons held the undisputed possession of said negro woman, during her said term of servitude, which has since expired, and now holds undisputed possession of her said four children ; Therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Mado valid. of Maryland, That the sale made on the twenti- eth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty- seven, of negro - woman Kitty, and her two chil- dren, by Richard Simpson, executor of Rezin Simp- 46 1860;

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