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An Act to punish the offence of Killing a Slave. 1817 18 (1817)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsnc0038 and id is 1 raw text is: I LOWS OF 'NOTH-CAROLINk. 1i7 Thit a c, minoiiie of three persons be appointed by joint bal- : ,f h th houses, vhoise duty it shall be to revise and con. TCo nMUme .lidate the public aL a and parts of acts of the General As. ofrevival. sembly of thim. sta e h-retof re pass, d or which may be pass- ed before the completion of th it work: And whereas, from the phras'alogy of the act of one thousand seven hund'ed and seventy ; ght, rhanytr the fifih,Aoubts often arise what at ,ruies of the pmuarlnent of Great Britain are in force in this state, 11. Ife it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said c mmissnrs to eumerut) and specify those statutes and parts of stautes of Great Di iain whichare in force within this state. II[. Andbe it further enacted That said commissioners shall b. Alloved such cumpcisation as shall be j.alged ade- q,.ate a.d pr p r, and that thuy report their proceedings to the succeeding General Asst-mb y. CH1.AV. XVIL. Au act to authorise the stperior Courts of Law to sell the estates of Idiots and Lunatics. BE it enactedby the General .isenibly of the State of Norih- Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the saine, That **.henever at ihall be tnaac.ap; - ar to the satisfiqction if stition to ,l superior ct'tl' of law of any county in this state, upon the urt.er' (wtition of the gu irdlaa i M ny Idiot or Lunati that a sale of any p art of the )ersoial or real estate of such Idiot or Lu- natic is necessary fir his >r her maintenance, or for the dis- charge of debts ujnavoi la'l incurred for his or her mainte- nance, said cor. t shall be, and it is hereby impowered to make an order for the sale f such lpa-t of the personal or re- a) estate of said [diot or Lungtc, 313l upon such terms as said court shall :hink proper: Protvided, that no order shall be made fCr the sale of real estate until said court is satis- VovisG fled that tho whole personal property has been exhausted : .lud provided that said court may if it think proper, order said pIetition to be fied and their order of sale to be deferred until the next of kin or presumptive heir at law of said Idiot ot Lunatic have been summoned to show cause against said petition,if any they have, either by summons personally ser- ved upon them, or by advertisement, as in qther caaei of pe. titions, notices and advertisements are ordered to be made. CHAP. XVIII. An act to punish tM ofence of Killing a Slave. BE it enacted by theGeneral Assembly of the State of Aorth. aaro .na, and tr is ,ereby enacted by the authority of the same, I hat the offeuce uofKaling a Slave shali hereafter be denom-

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