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Relinquishment by the State to all right, claim, etc., to the Estate of George Gee, deceased, etc. 1865-1866 81 (1865.1)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0249 and id is 1 raw text is: 81 CHAPTER LVIII. AN ACT to Legalize Certain Marriages. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That all marriages contracted and entered into during the late rebellion, and duly solemnized as the law directs, be, and the same are hereby declared valid to all intents and purposes, and that the issue of said marriages are hereby declared legitimate, and that free pesons of color be requir'ed to obtain license and have the rights of matrimony solemnized as now required for white persons. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the officer or minister who has solemnized such mar- riages, to return the certificate of the marriages to the office of the County Court Clerk of the proper county, and for a failure thereof, he shall be liable to indictment or presentment for a misdemeanor; and this act to take effect from its passage. WILLIAM HEISKELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOSHUA B. FRIERSON, Speaker qf the Senate. Passed May 28, 1866. CHAPTER LIX. Relinquishment by the State to all right, claim, &c , to the Estate of George Gee, deceased, &c. WHEREAS, George Gee, a free man of color, departed this life in the year 1850, in the county of Lincoln, State of Tennessee, directing, by his last will and testament, which is of record in the county of Lincoln, that his pro- perty, or the funds arising from the sale of the same, should be equally distributed among his wife and children; and, WHEREAS, His wife and children were then held as slaves, and could not receive property under the said de- vise, and by a decree of B. L. Ridley, Chancellor, sitting Preamble at Fayetteville, it was declared that the estate of the said George Gee, or its proceeds, escheated to the State of Tennessee; and, 6L

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