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An Act to extend the provisions of the act of February 4th, 1842. 1845-1846 278 (1845)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0138 and id is 1 raw text is: 278 CHAPTER CLXXXIV. An Act to extend the provisions of the act of February 4th, 1842. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Free persons State. of Tennessee, That the .provisions of the act passed of color. 4th February, 1842, entitled an act to amend the laws now in force in relation to free persons of color be extend- ed to. all cases where a free person of color shall have mar- ried a..alave in another State, and such slave shall have been,.or may be removed by his or her owner to this State to settle and remain herein: Provided, That such marriage may not have taken place with the view on the part of such free person of color to become an inhabitant of this State. In the base provided for in this act, such free person of cclor shall be exempted from. the penalties of the act of 1831, chap. 102, sec.. 1st, by the permission of the.coun- ty court of 'he county where he or shemay propose to live with his or her wife orhusbanid, being a slave as aforesaid, upon complying with all the provisions of said act of Feb- ruary 4th, 1842,in the mode and manner therein prescribed for the cases to which' it relates. .SEc. 2. Be it enactcd, That when a, free man of color Intermarriage has intermarried with a female' slave, in. this State, apd the with slaves, owner of such female slave will give bond and security be- fore the county court for the good behaviour of such free man of color and he shall be of good character, the said free man of. color may be permitted to remain in this State so long as he continues of good character. But should he become otherwise, said court may make an order'for him to remove in thirty days, and upon his failing to comply with such order he shall forfeit all the benefit of this act. BROOKINS CAMPBELL, Speaker of the House of-Representatives. H. M. WATTERSON, Speaker of the Senate. Passed February 2, 1846. CHAPTER CLXXXV. An Act for thebenefit of School Commissioners of Jackson and other counties. Beit enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ten- nessee, That the trustees of the counties of Overton, Jack- son and White are required to settle with the former school commissioners of the districts in said counties, and if upon such settlement, such commissioners have I;.- out more money than they have had in their hands and found that the

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