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An Act for the relief of Thomas Crenshaw, a free man of color, of Copiah county. 1859 287 (1859)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0359 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI. and parts of laws conflicting with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby repealedf Approved, Jan. 19, 1860. CIAPTER CCXXXVIII. AN ACT for the relief of W. F. Smith. SECTION 1. Be it enactecd by the Legi8lature of the State of Mississippi, That whereas it ap- pears that warrant No. 322 for one hundred and sixty-one dollars was issued in favor of William F. Smith, on tax sales department on the 7th day of September, A. D. 1859, and that said warrant has been lost by said Smith, and has never been paid or presented for payment at the said treasury; therefore the auditor be and he is hereby author- ized to issue a duplicate warrant for said sun in favor of said Smith, which shall be as valid as the original warrant,. the payment of either to be in discharge of both. SEc. 3. Be it jhrther enacted, That this act take effect and be in force from and after its pas- sage. Approved, Feb. 11, 1860. CHAPTER CCXXXIX. * AN ACT for the relief of Thomas Crenshaw, a free man of color, of Copiah county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of .A1ississ.ippi, That Thomas Crenshaw, a free man of color in Copiah county be permitted to go before the Probate Judge of said county and volun- tarily to select a master, and go into slavery for life: Provided, that the master so selected by him shall also appear before said judge, and accept said slave as his property, and whenever the parties aforesaid appear before said judge and voluntarily enter into the relation of master and slave as 287

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