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An Act to explain and amend an act. 1831 120 (1831)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0072 and id is 1 raw text is: in the hands of the Representative elected for their respect tive counties, directed to the Speaker of the House of Re- presentatives, and endorsed votes for Representatives and for a Convention in --county, and said Sheriffs-shall take a receipt from the Clerk and Representative elect for the statements herein directed to be furnished, which Uatements shall be furnished the Clerk and Representa- tive before the first September 1833. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That if any Sheriff or Sheriffs Peanaly ina ain this State shall fail, refuse or neglect to comply or raure. with the requisitions of the first section of this act, they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in oflice; and upon its being made to appear to the satislaction of the county court of the county in which such delinquent Sheriff shall live, that he has failed to comply with the requisitions of the first section of this act, it shall be the duty of such court to remove such delinquent Sheriff from office and appoint another in his place. SEc. 3. Be it enacted, That in addition to the number Additional num. of reports of the Supreme Court heretofore required to bor of Suprom obe printed by the publicprinter of this State, there shall court reos. be three hundred under the same rules and regulations. F. W. HULING, Speaker of the House of Representatives. BURCHET DOUGLASS, December 19, 1831. Speaker of the Senate. SLAVES. CHAPTER Cf. An Act to explain and amend an act passed De- cember 7th 1829, Chapt. 29, more effectually to provide far emancipating slaves. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ten- nessee, That the above recited act shall in no wise be so construed as to extend to any case where any person may by their last will and testament have directed any slave or slaves to be set free before the passage of the before recited act which this is intended to a- mend; but in all such cases where any suit shall have been instituted in the District. Chancery Court, under the provisions of the act which this is intended to amend, it shall be the duty of the Chancellor, at the first term of said court after the passage of this act,io have the same stricken from the docket, and it is hereby made the duty of the Clerk of said court to transmit to the Clerk of the county court where the parties reside, the whole of the records and proceediigs in said cause; which shall stand Digitized from Best Copy Available 120 SLAVES-

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