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An Act to emancipate Charles and Eve, persons of color. 1828 15 (1828)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0097 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.

the justice of the peace, constable or witnesses in
said case-Therefore, be it further enacted, That county
the county court of Copiah county be, and they Cont to
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are hereby authorized and required to issue their tin auo-.
warrant on the treasury of said county, for the a- n
mount of services rendered by the said justice,
constable and ivitnesses in said case, respectively.
APPROVED, January 26th, 1828.
CHAP. XII.
AN ACT, to emancipate CharIcs and Eve, persons of colo..
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the state of .lississippi,
in General .Jssembly convened, That Charles
and Eve, persons of color, mentioned in the pe-
tition of Joseph E. Davis, he, and they are here-
by emancipated, and set free from slavery, on the
condition that the said Joseph E. Davis enter in-
to bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, paya-
ble to the Governor, for the use if the state of
Mississippi, with security to be approved by the
county court of Wilkinson county, and filed in the
clerk's office of said county, conditioned for the
good behaviour of said Charles and Eve, and that
they shall not become a public charge.
APPROVED: January 26th, 1828.

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