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An Act prescribing the duties of executors and administrators in certain cases. 1827 66 (1827)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0065 and id is 1 raw text is: Monday in.May, arti all boid, recognizatices, proq Supreme et, cess, and other proceedings returnable to the pre. at Reynolds. sent time of holding the-court shall be returnable burg, when to, to the third Monday in May, and shall be as good bo hld. and valid in law as if the same had1 been made re- turnable at the time of aforesaid. JNO. H, CAMP; Speaker of the House of'Representaives, V. 11ALL, Speaker of the Senate. December 12, 1827. CHAPTER LXI. AN ACT prescribing the duties of executors and administrators in certain cases. Exec. or nil SEC. . e eitenacted by the General Assembly of min's. to sell the State of Tennessee, That no executor, or admin- slaves, except istrator, shall make sale of the slaves of his or her as hereafter testator intestate unless directed by the will of the prescribed. testator to do so, except in the manner herein af- ter pointed out. SEC. 2. Be it enaCted, That if any executor, or administrator shall think it necessary to sell, or dispose of any slave, or slaves, for the payment of County court debtq, or where it is for the interest of the legatees upon petition or those entitled to distribution to make such sale, to direct sale &slaves. or where a division cannot be made among the legatees or distributees of the estate without sale in all such cases such executor or administrator shall exhibit his petition to the county court of the county in which the will is proven or letters of ad. ministration granted setting forth the causes why such slave or slaves ought to be sold which petition shall be sworn to, and if on the hearing of such petition, and any evidence that may be adduced, the court shall be satisfied of the truth thereof, and that such slave, or slaves ought to be s'old, they may order, and direct the executors or administrao tors to do so, and all sales of slaves made by exe- cutors, or administrators contrary tn the provisions of this act hereby declared to be void. SEc. 3. Be it etracile That this act shall take Digitized from Best Copy Available

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