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An Act to ratify and confirm the sale of the land and negroes conveyed to the Governor for the use of the State, as made by Joseph Pickett, James F. Taylor and William Robards, commissioners on behalf of the State. 1828-1829 17 (1828)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsnc0102 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF NORTIf CAROLINA. be the duly of the court rendering judgment thercon, forthwith Duty of the to direct an issue to be tried, in which the damages the defenant e.;n s hs i-u tainvd from being deprived of his property shall be ascer- Cover. tained, and judgnunt shall be rendered against the plaintiff and Iis securities for the amount of the bond given by them, agreea- bly to the second section of this act, with a condition to be dis- ciarged upon payment of the amount of damages thus assessed, and all costs, for which the defendant is entitled to judgment. CHAPITlER XXIX. An net to nuthorise the Unarl for Internal Inmprovenments to have a road made fiorm theneer PI'ettigew'LWs Canal to Cubloon's Luke, in Tyrrell county. e it (naeld by the General .issemblY of the Stale ('AiAoilth Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authorili oithe same, surve to iJe That the Board for Internal Improvements be, and they arc miade foroad hereby authorised atid empowered to cause a survey to be made for a road in the most direct and convenient way from Ebenezer Pettigrew's Canal to Cahoon' Lake, in Tyrrell county. 11. Be it jhrther e(nacted, That as soon as said survey shall have been made, and Ebenezer Pettigrew and Thomas Dunbar or cointrc* Pfo 110. akin, shall have made a good road, at least fourteen feet wide, with a flitch six feet wide and four feet deep, through their own land, and shall have given the Governor for the time being due notice thereof, then and in that case the Board for Internal Improve- moents salill contract with one or more person or persons to make a road and ditch, of the s5vme dimniions, connecting the roads made by Pettigrew and Dunbar: Provided nevertheless, that the Proviso. expense of aking said through the lands owned by the State shall not exceed the sum of one thousand live hurdred dollars: Provided neverthless, that if hereafter it shall appear Further prp that the land through which the road and canal is proposed togo,nso. which is now supposed to belon to tihe State, should hereafter be claimed and recovered by any person or persons, such person or per)sons shall pay the cost of cutting the road and canal through .o much of the land as may be claimed or recovered as aforesaid. CHAPTER XXX. An act to rattvilad confirm the sale o the hindand negroesconveyedto the Co- %ernor for tI h t oe use tie State, as i:ue by Joseih Pickett, James F. Taylor anu William lotib ts, commis sioners on behalf of the State. Be it ciacted bU the uenerat Jssentblu of the State of .brth Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, sale rttd&1. That the sale of the several tracts of land, houses and lots in the city of Raleigh, and negroes, convTyed by the representatives and dcvisees of the late John laywood, Esqtire, as made by (lte conmmissioners, Joseph Pickett, James F. Taylor and William Robards, or by a majority of them, be, and the same are hereby ratilied and confirmed, except the purchase made by James F*Exceptioii. Taylor for a piece of land, which is not confirmed; and the titles ade by them, or a matjority of them, to the negroes stated to have been bld, he, and they are hereby declared to be good and Of titlei valid to the purchasers; and that the Governor be authorised to 3 it

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