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An Act directory to the County Court of Rutherford County. 1823 202 (1823)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0047 and id is 1 raw text is: ed by him as aforesaid, to pay the same -nver to the .trustee of said county, and the'receipt 'of said trustee shall be a good vouicher in the -settlenent of his ac- counts. Prq.isions Si tC. 1.0. Be it enacted. That if the-court of Pleas not built by and Quarter-Sessions of Bedford comity Mhall fail or county, and refuse, or not deem it expedient, to lay-atid colledt the retesof toll. tax,fori.the purposes aforesaid, then, ir4that case, it shall and may be lawful for Newton andRobert Can- non, ofrthe county of Williamson, to build said bridge, at any point. they may think most eliible in the neighbourhood of Shelbyrille, across said stroaim, at their own expense;. and shall be allowed- to. demand and receive not exceeding the following rates of toll. to wit- foreach-horseand rider, twelve and-one half cents ; for ea* bI led or loose horse, six and one fourth cents; for each wagon and team, one dollar: for each cart, twentydive cents; for each two-wheel carriage of pleasure, fifty cents; for each four-wheel carriage of pleasure, one dollar; for each head of cattle, hogs, and sheep, ooe-cent ;- for each foot passengerfsix-and one fourth cents: Provided, that the carrier' of the United States mAil shall pass over said . bridge free from toll. Liabililyfor SEC. 1.1. Belit enacted, That said bridge shall be da~mage kept in good'repair at all times, for tliesafety o[those who may wish to cross the same; and'if anyidamage may happen to any passenger, in consequence-of-said bridge being out of repair, said proprietors-shall be hound to pay the same, to be recovered beforceny jpirisdiction having cognizance thereof. JAMES FENTlRESS, Speaker of the House of Reprecseitatives. W. HALL, Speaker of' the 'Senate, profcm. Noventherih7, 1823. CHAPTER CCXXXI. iN ACT directory to the.County Court of Rutherford Coutity. dm'd Jqujes 'SEcTIoN 1. Beit enracted'bU the General .Issembly ,,may emanci-of the State of Tennessee, That it shall be the duty ofthe court of Pleas and Quarter-Sessions for the county of Rutherford, at their January sesSions, one 1tiousand eight hundred and twenty-four, or'at any subsequent term, of Edmond1 Jones, setting forth his *ish to emancipte threenegro boys, Sim, ibout se- eiteep, iep, fiften, amid Tom, 'about fourteen yearsi Digitized from Best Copy Available

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