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Of the emancipation of slaves. 1844-1845 1019 (1844)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmo0071 and id is 1 raw text is: CHAP. 167. be construed to include every person, who, at the time, shall construction have the possession and control of a slave, whether he be of the term owner or bilce, or have the general or special property in his ased in this own right, or in right of another. article. SEC. 36. The cir.uit courts, at each term, shall give this Court to give this act in article in special charge to the grand jury, whose duty it shall charge to be to make diligent enquiry and presentment of all violations gran jury. of the provisions of this article. SEC. 37. Whenever a grand jury shall make presentment Presentment . ognizahi. of any violations of this article, cognizable before a justCe y justice of of the peace, such presentment shall be certified to som heo peace, how proceed- justice of the proper township, who shall immediately proceed ed in. thereon, according to the foregoing provisions. ARTICLE II. Of the emancipation of slaves. SEc. 1. How slaves may be emancipa- SEc. 5. Person emancipating slave, to ted. deliver to him a copy of the 2. Effect of such emancipation. act of emancipation, how cer- 3. Slaves emancipated, liable to he tified, &c. taken in execution in certain 6. Emancipation by will, copy cases. how and by whom made out 4. Person emancipating slave, la- and delivered. ble for his support, in what 7. Fees of clerk for making Qut cases. such copies, by whom paid. SECTION 1. Any person may emancipate his or her slave, How slaves by last will or any other instrument in writing, under the hand may be eman- and seal, attested by two witnesses, and proved in the circuit p court of the county where lie or she resides, or acknowledged by the party in the same court. SEc. 2. Such emancipation shall have the effect to discharge Effect of such the slmv e from the performance of any contract entered into emancipation. durirng servitude, and shall make such slave as fully and per- fer.tly free, as if such slave had been born free. SEC. 3. Slaves emancipated by virtue of this law, shall be slaves eman- liable to be taken in execution to satisfy any debt contracted to betabenb by the person emancipating them, prior to the act of emanci- execution, pation, as if no such act had been made. when. SEC. 4. The person emancipating a slave, in virtue of this Person eman- law, shall be held to support and maintain such slave : First, liabl or1 e, Where the slave shall not be, in the judgment of the court, ofsupport, in sound mind and body; Second, Where the slave shall be above V~iat cases. the age of forty-five years; and, Third, Where the slave, 1019 SLAVES.

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