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An Act for the relief of the heirs and devisees of M. Jules Godeau d'Eutraigues, and Madame Agathe Garaud d'Eutraigues, and for other purposes. 1855-1856 420 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0195 and id is 1 raw text is: 420 CHAPTER 214. AN ACT for th rollef the heirs and devisees of M. Julei Codean d'Eutraigues, and Madamj Agatho Garaud d'Fairaigues, and for othor purposes. Whereas: M. Jules Godeau d'Eutraigues, and Madame Agathe Garaud d'Eutraigues, formerly citizens of France, removed to and settled in the State of Ton- nessece, or. Ton's Creck, in Perry County, with thc in- tention of becoing citizens thereof; and, with this in- tent, brought with them their estate, with a part of which th.ey purchased real estate, and resided thereon during their lifetime : And whereas, the said parties and thcir heirs were always under the impression that they could hold real estate in the same'manner, and by the same right, in the State of Tennessee, that the citizens of the State of Tennessee are authorized to hold real property in the empire of France: And whereas, the laws originally passed by the Congress of the United States and adopted by the State of Tennessee, in regard to aliens holding real estate, were intended to effect more particularly the rights of the subjects of England and not of the citizens of France: And whereas, by the Consular Convention ratified between the Government of the United States and the GovcrMnent of the Empire of France, in February, 1853, wherein the United States pledged to use their influence with the General Assem- blics of the different States of the Union to have laws passed, giving and granting the same right and privilege to the citizens of the Empire of France to hold real es- tate within their limits that the citizens of the United States are allowed and have under the laws of the Em- pire of France, to own, hold, and convey real estate in their own right, with the Empire of France ; therefore, Sceveox 1. Hc it enacted by the General Assenbly of the State of' Tennessee, That the State of Tennessee hereby relinquishes, remits, and releases all the right, title, and interest she has or may have in and to the estate of the said late IM. Jules Godeau d'Etraigues, and Madame Agathe Garaud d'Eutraigues, to their heirs, or devisces forever, to be held and conveyed by them in their own right,kand in the same manner as though the said devi- sors had died citizens of the State of Tennessee, and said devisoes were also citizens of said State. . And, whereas: David Woods, an aged free man of color, a resident of the County of Davidson, State of Tennessee, departed this life in the month of January, 1854, having previously executed his will, by which lie willed to his only son, then his slave by purchase, Plummer Woods, his freedom, and all his estate, real

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