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the State Provided, That the authority, by this act granted,
shall not extend to persons who have removed from the
county, or to executors, or administrators, nor to any por-
son who will voluntarily swear before any justice of the
peace of said county, that he or she verily believes, that the
arrears of taxes claimed from him or her, have been paid.
SEo. 2. Be it furtlr enacted, That the power and au-
thority hereby granted, shall cease and determine with the
.year 1857.
S 8E0. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect and be in force from and after its ratification. [Rat-
,fled the 13th day of December, A. .D., 1856.]
Cha4p. 142. AN ACr TO AUTHORIZE JOSHUA SMALL AND 1118 WIFE POLLY,
ROBERT AND ELIZABETH SMALL, ANTHONY COPELAND AND
WARREN BOON, TO RESIDE IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON,
FOR THE SPACE OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS.
Myremain SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
months. of North-Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same, That Joshua Small and his wife Polly, Robert
and Elizabeth Small, Anthony Copeland, and Warren Boon
be, and they are hereby authorized to remain in the county
,of Northampton for the space of eighteen months, and enjoy
all the rights and immunities that other free persons of
color now enjoy under the constitution and laws of this
State.
Pen r not SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That if the said free per-
sons of color do not remove from the State within the above
named time, then they shall become subject to all the laws
relative to the emancipation of free persons of color into
this State.[?]
I SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in
force from and after its ratification. [Ratified the 2d day
of February, A. D., 1857.]
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