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An Act to emancipate the persons therein named. 1824 120 (1824)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0050 and id is 1 raw text is: 120 luntingdou, and. also the north and middle forks of the Ohion river, from their months to the dividing line of theltwelfth and thirteenth surveyors' (istiicts, shall be deemed as navigable streams, free and open to all persons for navigation with boats, crafts. and other means of conveyance by water, without inter- ruption or obstruction. Personserec- SLc. 2. Be it encted, That if any person or per- ting dams to sons shall hereafter erect a dam, 1or any purpose leave chan- nel open. whatever, in that part of said river declared navigable by this act, they shall leave open in the deepest part of the channel of said rivers, a space suiliciently wide for the easy and safe passage of crafts, &c. Penalty for SEc. S. Be it enacted, That if any person or per- obstructing. sons shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, they shall forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered before any jurisdiction having cognizance thereof, one half to the use of the informer, ndothe other half to the use of the state. JAMES FENTRESS, Speaker of the House of Representative. R. WEAKLEY, Speaker of the Senatt. October 16, 1824. CHAPTER CXXV. An Act to enancipate the persons therein named. Whereas it is represented, that Christopher Chris- tian, a free man of colour of the town of Nashville, is desirous that his wife Martha, and her.daughter Jen- ny, should he emancipated, Marthathris- SECTTON 1. Pe it enacted by c the General Assembtly tian emanci- of the State of Tennessee, That Martha, the wife of Cated. Christopher Christian, a free man of colour of the town of Nashville, be, and she is hereby, emancipated and entitled to all the privileges that other free per- sons of colour are entitled to. Her daugh. SEc. 2. Be it enacted, That the daughter of the ter Jenny. said Christopher Christian's wife Martha, named Jenny, be, and she is hereby, also emancipated, and entitled to all the privileges of free persons of colour. JAMES FENTRESS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. R. WEAKLEY, Speaker of the Senate. 400her 16, 1894. Digitized from Best Copy Available

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