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An Act to emancipate Lucy Ann, Emiline, and Priscilla, of Cumberland county. 1835 115 (1835)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsnc0173 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA. its Ut. And be it further enacted, That it qhall and may be lawful for the justices of said court to dispose of said lands for the use and benefit of Haywood county, urder the direction of such commissioners at such time and places, and upon such .erms as may be determined by said court, a majority of the justices being present, CHAPTER CLX AN ACT to encourage the destruction of wolves in the county of Buncombe. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the sane, That from and af- ter the ratification of this act, any person who may kill or destroy any wolf or wolves in the said county of Bancombe, on producing the scalps in open court, and swearing that he caught and killed the wolf from which the said sealp vas taken, within the limits of the said county, with a reference to the year. he shall be entitled to receive from the clerks of the court a certificate allowing the sum of two dollars for each and every scalp, and. the said certificate shall be taken by the sheriff in payment of county taxes. CHAPTER CLXI. AN ACT to repeal in part an act, entitled an act, for the better regulation of the fair held near Laurel Hill, in the county of lichmond, passed in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty Be it enacted by the General Assembiy of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so much of the before re-. cited act, as authorises the commissioners therein named to appoint a collector, be, and the same is hireby repealed, and that all the duties required by said azt, to be performed by said collector, be vssted in the sheriff of said county, who is hereby required to do, and perform the same, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. CHAPTER CLXII. AN ACT authorising the Governor to is ue a grant to James.Truit for a tract of land th the county of Macon. Whereas, James 'Pruit of the county of Macon, by permission of the county court of said county, has caused a toll bridge to be erected across the Tennessee river, and the abutment of said bridge on the north hank is upon tile lands bo- longing to the State; Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Gover- nor of this State be authorized and directed to cause a grant to insue to James Truit of the county of Macon, for five acres of land including his improvement and abutment of his bridge, it being district No. ten, and section No. eight on his paying into the treasury, the sum of twenty five cents per acre, and obtaining a rcceipt therelrom.. CHAPTER CLXIl[ AN AC T to emancipate Lucy Ann, Emiline, and Priscilla, of Cumberlandcounty. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of JV'orth Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Lucy Ann, Emiline, and Priscilla, are hereby, at the request of Solomon W. Nash, their lather, of Fayetteville, emancipated and set free; and bythe names of Lucy Ann Nash, Emiline Nash, and Priscilla Nash, shall hereafter possess and exer- cise all the rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other free persons of color within this State: provided nevertheless, that before the said slaves be emanci. pated, the petitioner shall give bond and good security to the Governor and his successors in office, in the county court of Cumberland county, that the said slaves shall honestly and correctly demean themselves as long as they shall rer Digitized from Best Copy Available

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